CIA, Mossad made up fairytale al-Qaeda

An American investigative journalist says the al-Qaeda is a fairytale terrorist group made up by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Israeli spy agency, Mossad.

"In the US, the Zionist propagandists are spinning the fanciful tale that Iran was involved with "al-Qaeda," the fairy tale organization concocted by Mossad and the CIA, in carrying out the 9/11 attacks," Wayne Madsen wrote in an article published in Global Research.

Madsen was referring to the latest US allegation that Iran was involved in the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.

On December 22, a US federal judge in Manhattan alleged that Iran, together with the Taliban and al-Qaeda, had been involved in the 9/11 attacks.

The court, meanwhile, withdrew Saudi Arabia's name from the 10-year-old case, even though 15 of the 19 attackers were Saudi nationals.

Tehran has condemned Washington's allegations as amateurish and baseless scenarios.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that the US is jeopardizing international peace and security by repeating such groundless claims.

He added that the US role in founding the al-Qaeda and supporting it is common knowledge.

The American journalist concluded that Iran is now facing an undeclared war being waged by the West and Israel.

"It is a war of computer viruses like the Israeli-developed Stuxnet, propaganda, support for armed insurgents, covert assassinations and sabotage, and political pressure against Iran's friends around the world. This softening up of Iran is expected by the West to make a final military assault on the country a cake walk. "

AGB/हघ

Source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/218669.html

बाबा साहब को हार्दिक अभिवादन !

........उन्होंने सिर्फ एक मस्जिद पर ही हथोडा नहीं चलाया था ! उनकी नियत देश के संविधान के ढांचे को पस्त करने की थी ! समाज के तानबाने को काटने की थी ! पर उन बेवकुफो को ये कौन बताये के तुम एक मस्जिद के ढांचे को तो तोड़ सकते हो .....पर उन हिन्दुओका क्या करोगे जिन के दिलो में अल्लाह बसता हैं...!और उन मुसलमानों का क्या करोगे जो सदियों से राम की अजमत को सलाम करते आये हैं .... !और ये हिन्दू और मुस्लमान दोनों ही आंबेडकर के बनाये हुए संविधान को, सच्चे दिल से कबुल करते हैं ! ये संविधान हमे हिदायत देता हे की इस मुल्क में ...सभी ..हिन्दू, मुस्लमान,सिख, इसाई, बोद्ध ,पारसी , आस्तिक , नास्तिक, साम्यवादी , समाजवादी ,इत्यादि ....सब सम्मान से मिलजुल कर रहे ! और उन लोगो को से सचेत रहे ....जिन्होंने ६ दिसम्बर का नंगा नाच खेला था....!

बाबा साहब को हार्दिक अभिवादन !

दिवाली मुबारक

दोस्तों..... दिवाली मनाना ......बड़ी धूम से मनाना , लेकिन ये याद रखना के दुनिया से अँधेरा अभी हटा नहीं ......इन्साफ , अमन और प्यार की रौशनी से इस अँधेरे को ख़तम करने की कोशिश करना ........तो दिवाली की मज़ा और भी दुगना हो जायेगा ..........दिवाली मुबारक...

The Yatra No One Talked About

By Syed Ali Mujtaba

18 October, 2011
Countercurrents.org

Much hullabaloo was made of Anna Hazare’s fast against anti corruption, so was about Narender Modi’s fast for communal harmony. LK Advani yatra too has attracted a great deal of attention, has anyone heard about the communal harmony Yatra (travel) that concluded in New Delhi on October 16, 2011. I guess very few.

It’s unfortunate that such meaningful and positive development in the country is not being reported by the media which in turn prefers to feed the staple of news that may loosely called infotainment.

Its long well established that Indian media is bourgeoisie in character but now what is becoming apparent is the total lack of moral and ethical values in media representation. If this gradual decline goes unabated the designers of national character may be guilty of acts beyond our comprehension.

Leaving this thought for an introspection, let me talk about this secular yatra that began from the pious town of Ayodhya on October 11 and concluded at the Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin in New Delhi on October 16.

This was the fourth edition of this yatra and persons from various parts of the country led this march to the national capital cherishing the ideal of peaceful existence. Whether these people were successful in their mission is difficult to profess, but the fact remains that they strived to bridging the communal divide in our country, is laudable indeed.

The yatra was led by Ayodhya’s famous mahant of Ayodhya Yugal Kishor Shastri who has been tirelessly working for communal harmony in India. Last year, he took out a similar yatra among various communities from Ayodhya to Sewagram in Wardha.

I had the privilege of interviewing Mr Shastri at an interfaith conference in New Delhi last year where he narrated to me how he sheltered the fleeing Muslims being chased by the Hindutva goons during the demolition of Babari mosque in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. “I have buried many Muslim bodies with my own hand in that communal madness,” said the inconcipious mahant, in a whispering tone. He brings out a magazine Ayodhya ki Awaz to promote the values of peace and harmony.

Talking to Yugal Kishor Shastri, I wondered, how some swamy's and mahant's become national figures and amass huge wealth and followers in this country, while those who are genuinely godly persons, remain a naked fakir like Mr Shastri. Again, I leave this thought left for self introspection.

The communal harmony yatra started from Ayodhya on 11th October, 2011. It went to Faizabad and from there reached Lucknow on 12th October, Sitapur on October 13, Shahjahanpur on October 15, spent the night at Moradabad and arrived at Delhi in the morning of October 16, covering a distance of 490 kilometres by road.

There were twenty members in this yartra and number of programmes of mass contact were organized all along the travel route. It included conferences, street plays and press meets and contacting people, especially the youth.

The aim of the yatra was to propagate the idea of shared culture heritage among different communities. It was to tell that the shared history of living together among different communities is of much longer then the momentary phases of conflict and disharmony.

The starting point of the yatra was the temple town of Ayodhya, where the Hindu- Muslim conflict over a disputed mosque has sown the seeds of communal hatred in the country. The place was chosen because it was Ayodhya where five religions; Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Islam and Sikhism have their roots and all existed side by side.

The city once was an oasis of communal coexistence and there was perfect harmony among the communities living there. The raking up the issue of Ramjanamboohmi was a deliberate attempt to destroy this plural culture of Ayodhya and making that as a symbol, it has rattled the secular character of the country.

Even more than twenty years to that event, the seeds of hatred that has sown around this mosque/temple controversy, has poisoned the relationship among the communities so much so that it is hard break free from that cluttered mindset.

The yatra was taken out to combat such preachers of hate and to propagate the idea of shared cultural history. The purpose of the yatra was to resist the forces of fascism, communalism and untouchability. It was to promote idea of peace, unity and brotherhood.

All along during the yatra, programmes of mass contact were held where it was stressed that the country is in the dire need of communal harmony. Th development and progress of the country is only possible when an atmosphere of love and harmony is created and this could be done by knitting the people together.

The yatra concluded at the hospice of Hazrat Nizamuddin, a towering sufi saint of India, whose most popular phrase was “ do not give me scissor because it cuts, give me needle because it stitches.”

The members of the yatra later paid tribute to the soul of Mahatma Gandhi at the Rajghat in New Delhi. The prayed for the communal peace and harmony in the country at the monument of the father of the nation, who fell to the bullets of lunatic Hindu chauvinist.

A conference on communal harmony was organized at the Gandhi Samriti at Rajghat where most of the speakers stressed on ways and means to promote communal harmony in India. Some prominent speakers were; Asghar Ali Engineer, Lalit Kumar, Haneef Shastri, Zafarul-Islam Khan, Mazher Hussain, Saroj Khan Choudhry, Deepak Singh and Muhammad Afzal.

Communalism Combat (Teesta Sitalvad), Viswa Yuva Sadbhavana Parishad (Seshnath Dubey), Asha Parivar ( Sandeep Pandey), Ayodhya ki Awaz (Yugal Kishor Saran Shastri), Milli Gazzete (Zafarul Islam Khan), Sarvdharam Sadbhav Kendra Trust (Zafar Saifullah), Confederation of Voluntary Association-Cova (Mazher Hussain), Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (Mohammad Ahmad), Rashtriya Yuva Sangathan (Kumar Prashant), Centre for study of Society and Secularism-CCSS (Asghar Ali Engineer) and Centre for Human Rights and Social Welfare (Saroj Khan Choudhry) were some of the prominent organizations associated with this yatra.

India is perhaps the only country in the world where there is mix of several religious identities existing side by side. There is a general desire among various communities to lead a life of peaceful coexistence eve though attempts have been made regular intervals to break this blissful peace. The resilience of the Indian society has always discarded such narrow outlook and have cherished the ideal that all religion have equal place and their followers must live in perfect harmony.

It wont be out of context to say that in our country there exists two diametrically opposite forces at work. One, those who are working to destroying the communal amity and the other, working relentlessly to bridge the communal.

The communal harmony yatra was an attempt to isolate the preachers of hate and to promote the idea to live in peace. It was also an effort to initiate the process of interfaith dialogue to resolve all the outstanding issues in a peaceful manner.

One has to salute those people who have taken such an initiative, and it would be a service to the nation to highlight such a noble cause. One wish that more and more people join in such initiative and this humble beginning may become a movement soon.

Syed Ali Mujtaba is a journalist based in Chennai. He can be contacted at syedalimujtaba@yahoo.com

25 lakh People declared in Mumbai as Below Poverty Line by Municipal Corporation

GHAR BACHAO GHAR BANAO ANDOLAN
c/o NAPM, Room No 29-30, Ist Floor, A Wing, haji Habib Building, Naigaon Cross Road, Dadar (E), Mumbai 14

Press Release

25 lakh People declared in Mumbai as Below Poverty Line by Municipal Corporation.
Number of BPL families grows 18 times in 7 years.
Mumbai Municipal Corporation declares the BPL lists after 5 years due to a PIL filed in the High Court by slum dwellers.

After a Public Interest Litigation (27 of 2011) filed at Bombay High Court by Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan and slum activists Jammela Begum & Durgavati, BMC has now declared the result of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) survey carried out in the year 2005-06 during which 14,60,000 families were surveyed. According to the results of the survey, around 4,94,000 families have been declared as BPL, meaning around 25 lakh people in Mumbai are below poverty line. For Mumbai the below poverty line has been defined as a daily income of Rs 20 per day per person. This means that in Mumbai there are around 25 lakh people who are not even able to earn Rs 20 every day and thus they live on as low as this an amount every day.

It is worth mentioning that in the last survey carried out in the year 1998-99, 13600 people were declared as below poverty line. Thus in a short period of 7 years, the number of people who are below poverty line has grown by 18 times.

Municipal Corporation had carried out a survey in the year 2005-06 but till 2010 they had not declared the lists of the BPL. The repeated requests by the slum dwellers to declare the BPL list were not responded to by the Municipal Authorities and thus a PIL(27 of 2011) was filed by Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan and slum activists with the Bombay High Court. As a result the Municipal Corporation has now declared the BPL lists on its website. Adv Gayatri Singh & Adv Kranti had argued the case in the High Court before the Hon’ble Chief Justice on behalf of Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan and slum activists.

A high increase in the number of BPL families in Mumbai proves beyond doubt that the policies and the plans of the government is leading to further deterioration in the condition of the people. Rather than any improvement in the status of the poor, more and more families are being pushed in the poverty trap which is just a manifestation of the growing inequality for which the policies of the government are responsible. The growing threat on the lives, livelihoods and houses of the working class is directly leading to growing number of families that are poor.

A band-aid solution of poverty alleviation programmes and plans is not going to be of any use, until and unless the state and the civil society revisits and revises its development paradigm, which today is anti-people while favouring the corporates and the private developers.

Simpreet Singh, Jammela Begum, Durgavati, Santosh Thorat

gbgbandolan@gmail.com

इसलिए मोदी हमारे समृद्ध मिडिल क्लास के सपनो का हीरो है !

By, Himanshu Kumar


"एक पुलिस वाले को किसकी बात माननी चाहिये" ?

संजीव भट्ट के मसले पर कल भारतीय जनता पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय प्रवक्ता श्री प्रकाश जावडेकर जी टी वी पर बोल रहे थे कि जो पुलिस अधिकारी मुख्य मंत्री के सामने सिर उठाये और इस तरह की अनुशासन हीनता करे तो उसे कैसे माफ़ किया जा सकता है ?

दो तीन सवाल ?

१-- अर्थात संजीव भट्ट को मुख्य मंत्री के सामने सिर उठाने के लिए सजा दी जा रही है ना कि उस मामले में जिसमे उन्हें अभी गिरफ्तार किया गया बताया जा रहा है !

२-- एक पुलिस अधिकारी को किसका अनुशासन मानना चाहिए ? भारतीय संविधान का ? या मुख्य मंत्री के किसी भी तरह के आदेश का ?

३--मान लीजिये एक मुख्यमंत्री किसी पुलिस अधिकारी को आदेश देता है कि मेरे राजनैतिक विरोधी को गोली मार दो ! और वो पुलिस अधिकारी मुख्यमंत्री का आदेश नहीं मानता है ,तो क्या ये अनुशासन हीनता है ?

भाजपा के राष्ट्रीय प्रवक्ता के अनुसार तो यह अनुशासन हीनता है और ऐसे पुलिस अधिकारी को जेल में डाल देना चाहिए !और उन्होंने संजीव भट्ट को जेल में डाल भी दिया है !

लेकिन आप चौंकिए मत ! यही भाजपा की घोषित संस्कृति है ! भाजपा जैसी विचारधारा वाली पार्टी का ये घोषित तरीका है कि यदि हम सत्ता में हैं तो सबको हमारे लिए काम करना होगा ! फिर चाहे वो अदालत हो , वकील हो पुलिस वाला हो , एन जी ओ हो या मीडिया हो !

थोड़ी देर के लिए संजीव भट्ट को भूल जाइये और अब आप अपनी याददाश्त पर थोडा सा जोर डालें! पिछले कुछ सालों में ये भगवा ब्रिगेड क्या कर रही है और क्या कह रही है ? ये कहते हैं कि" अदालत का फैसला कुछ भी आये होगा वही जो हमारी आस्था कहती है !" मतलब अदालत अगर हमारे मन मुताबिक फैसला नहीं देगी तो हम उसे भी नहीं मानेगे ! अनेको मामलो में इन्ही संघियों ने वकीलों पर इसलिए हमले किये क्योंकि उन वकीलों ने उन लोगों को कानूनी मदद देनी चाही जिन्हें भाजपाई नापसंद करते हैं !

और एक अंतरात्मा वाले पुलिस वाले पर ये हमला सिर्फ गुजरात में नहीं है ! भाजपा शासित सभी प्रदेशों में है! उदहारण के लिए २६ मार्च को दंतेवाडा में जब एक आदिवासी ऐ एस पी श्री मरावी को बुरी तरह पीटा गया और उनकी गाडी को तोड़ दिया गया ! क्योंकि वो एक जांच दल को उन गावों में ले जा रहे थे जिन्हें वहाँ की सरकार के निर्देश पर जला दिया गया था ! और उन पर ये हमला नक्सलियों ने नहीं किया बल्कि सरकार के वफादार " अनुशासित " पुलिस वालों ने ही किया ! और मजे की बात ये कि उन ऐ एस पी साहब की ऍफ़ आई आर भी नहीं लिखी गयी ! जब हम लोगों ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट में ये मामला उठाया तब बेचारे अपनी ऍफ़ आई आर लिखवा पाए !कार्यवाही अभी भी नहीं हुई !

आप लोगों को याद रखना चाहिए भाजपा हिटलर को अपना आदर्श पुरुष मानती है ! और जिस दिन ये लोग पूर्ण बहुमत प्राप्त कर लेंगे उस दिन लोकतंत्र , संसद संविधान , सब भूल जाइएगा ! और कई नर संहारों के लिए अपने मन को तैयार कर लीजिये ! ये नर संहार नए आर्थिक सामाजिक सांस्कृतिक युग के लिए अनिवार्य है !क्योंकि इसमें कुछ ही लोगों का विकास किया जाता ! बाकी करोड़ों लोगों को तो मारना ही पड़ेगा ! इसलिए मोदी हमारे समृद्ध मिडिल क्लास के सपनो का हीरो है !

Remembering.....Our Greatest Leader Mahatma Gandhi

प्यारे दोस्तों,
गाँधी जयन्ती के अवसर पर हम, भारत तथा दुनिया के महान नेताओ में से एक महात्मा गाँधी यानी हम सबके बापू को सलाम करते हैं ! उनसे प्रेरणा लेते है !
अब हम भारतीयों के लिए वक़्त आ गया है की हमसब लोग अपने आपसी मतभेद को भुलाकर, भारत के निर्माण के लीये कार्य करे, एक ऐसा भारत बनाये, जहा सब के लिए जगह हो , न्याय हो , शांति हो, खुदको विकसित करने के समान अवसर हो, जहा गरीब इन्सान को भी इज्ज़त मिले, सबको उचित शिक्षा और रोजगार मिले. एक ऐसा भारत जहा धर्म, जाती, लिंग, वंश के आधार पर भेदभाव न हो, जहा सब के लिए खुशहाली, लोग बिना डरे मज़े से रह सके हम ऐसा भारत बनाना चाहते हैं .

आज ज़रुरत है , हम गाधीजी, बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर, मौलाना आजाद , भगत सिंग, जैसे हमारे महान नेता को जीवन से उनके संघर्ष से प्रेरणा ले . और आपसी भेदभाव भुलाकर अपने देश को अंधकार से बचाए, भ्रस्टाचार, जातिवाद , धर्मान्धता , सामाजिक तथा आर्थिक न्याय के लिए , देश के गरीब से गरीब इंसान के अधिकार के लिए संघर्ष करे . ये में जो कुछ भी लिख रहा हु वो सिर्फ भाषण नहीं है. भाषण से कुछ नहीं होगा , हर एक नागरिक को अपना कर्तव्य पूरा करना होगा . देश आज भी खतरे में हैं......हमारे संविधान को बचाना है .....देश को बचाना है ....देश को बनाना है ........जय हिंद ....जय भारत .

आरिफ परवाज़

Citizens for Justice and Peace: PRESS RELEASE

Citizens for Justice and Peace

Sepember 30 2011

PRESS RELEASE

The Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) strongly condemns the vinictive action of the Gujarat government in arresting Sanjeev Bhatt, senior IPS officer in an action that is nothing short of an attempt to intimidate an important witness in the Zakia Ahsan Jafri and CJP criminal complaint against chief minister Narendra Modi and 61 others. This action of the Gujarat police under the direct intructions of the state’s Home Minister—Narendra Modi amounts to tampering with evidence and direct intimidation of a key witness. It is also a cheap attempt to slur his character and standing.
Key issues need to be raised here. One that through his affidavit before the Hon’ble Supreme Court dated April 2011 he had testified to criminal and un-Constitutional instructions being issued by Modi at a late night meeting of 27.2.2002 the day of the Godhra incident. In his statements before the SC-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) he also gave documentary data about Modi’s abdication of responsibility on 28.2.2002 the day attacks on Gulberg Society and Naroda Patia in Ahmedabad were in full swing. Finally, and last but not the least in an affidavit filed before the High Court recently Shri Bhatt had even mentioned that both Modi and Amit Shah, then MOS Home had tried to intimidate and pressurise him into not giving facts and evidence in the possession of the State Intelligence Bureau related to the assassination of former MOS Revenue Shri Haren Pandya. The CBI investigation into the Pandya assassination has been recently severely criticised by the Gujarat High Court.
Most critically, Bhatt had challenged this FIR for which he was arrested through Writ Petition 135/2011 in the Supreme Court. The SC had issued notice to the Gujarat government on 29.7.2011. This hasty and vindictive, even desperate action of the Gujarat police directly while the matter is under consideration of the Supreme Court raises serious issues of contempt of the highest court, due process and most importantly intimidating a witness critical to a trial to ensure public justice. The alleged offences for which Bhatt was arresred are sections 183,189, 193, 195, 341 of the IPC. With our matter now awaiting being charge sheeting before a Gujarat Magistrate’s Court the arrest of Bhatt is also a clear attempt by the state of Gujarat to warn us all collectively and individually of repercussions if we struggle for justice. It is a pathetic subversion of the Constitution and the Rule of Law
Teesta Setalvad
Secretary
Trustee
Other Trustees: IM Kadri, Alyqye Padamsee, Nandan Maluste, Cyrus Giuzder, Javed Anand, Arvind Krishnaswamy, Javed Akhtar, Rahul Bose, Cedric Prakash, Ghulam Pesh Imam

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The UN Palestine Statehood Vote, implications of the US Veto & Indian Foreign Policy

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INDIA PALESTINE PEOPLES' SOLIDARITY FORUM



The UN Palestine Statehood Vote, implications of the US Veto & Indian Foreign Policy
A Panel Discussion

Venue: Marathi Patrakar Sangh, CST, Mumbai.
Date: 5th October 2011 / Time: 4.00 to 6.00pm

The struggle for the Palestinian quest for statehood has once again reached the centre-stage of global politics. The battle from the streets of Palestine, is now being waged in the UN & continues to be debated across every capital across the world.

The US Imperial power has vowed to Veto the application moved by President Mahmoud Abbas & the Obama administration has threatened the Palestinian leadership with dire consequences. Yet the Palestinians continue undaunted with the support of the overwhelming nations of the world, as the US & Israeli Imperialists grow increasingly isolated & thoroughly exposed.

The UN Statehood process has generated a new political awakening, sympathy & solidarity the world over & it has strenthened the Palestinian solidarity movements both within & across the nations.

Also the fact that India's is determined to vote in support of fPalestine, despite it's close alliance with the US-Israel, is a pointer to new possibilities for our struggle.

We will also discuss the need to create & establish a Palestine solidarity netowrk across the country as that is the need of the hour.

Also the critical issue of the Judaization of Jerusalem, lies at the centre of the crisis as the Settlements continue to grow unabated & here we will discuss the "Global March to Jerusalem", as the next major collective international people's endeavour.

The meeting will be presided by the eminent Supreme Court Advocate Yusuf Muchala

Speakers:

Key Note Address: Feroze Mithiborwala (President, The Palestine Foundation)
Com. Prakash Reddy: (Mumbai Gen. Sec. CPI)
Com. Sanjay Singhvi: (Member Central Committee, CPI-ML)
Shahid Latif: Editor: Inquilab (Urdu Daily)
Aslam Ghazi: (Sec. International Affairs, Jamat-i-Islami : Maharashtra)
Prof Munisa Bushra
Kishore Japtap (National VP, Awami Bharat)

Organizers:

Arif Kapadia, Shyam Sonar, Jyoti Badekar, Yawar Ali Qazi, Mulniwasi Mala, Jagdish Nagarkar, Asif Khan, Reshma Jagtap, Chetna Birje, Pooja Badekar. Kazim Malik, Tito Eapen, Winnie Thomas, Manmeet Singh, Farid Khan, Harshavardhan Vartak, Munawwar Azad, Ghazala Azad & others.

देश से गरीबो को मिटाने की साजिश है........

हमारे देश की सरकार ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट में, हलफनामा (Affidavit ) दायर कर के, ये कहा है, की इस देश में जो इंसान प्रतिदिन ३२/- (शहरी भाग ) और २६/- (ग्रामीण भाग ) में कमाता है वो गरीब नहीं है . सरकार की ये बात सुन के मेरा खून ख़ोल उठता है ,मुझे लगता है की ये सिर्फ गरीबो का उड़ाया गया गन्दा मजाक ही नहीं बल्कि , देश से गरीबो को मिटाने की साजिश है, ये बात साफ़ है की हम जैसे आम लोगो ने अगर हमारे अधिकारों की रक्षा के लिए संघर्ष नहीं किया तोह ये लोग हमे अपना गुलाम बनाकर रख देंगे, ज़रुरत है बिना डरे, निर्भयता से ,एक ताकतवर अहिंसक आन्दोलन खड़ा हो, जिसमे समाज के सभी हिस्सों को सिम्मिलित किया जाये, और हम सब लोग एक साथ मिलकर हिम्मत से अपने हक की लड़ाई लडे..........जय हिंद

जिंदा है इन्सा...

ये दौर ज़ुल्म का दौर सही, हर और खोफ का शोर सही !
ज़ालिम का बजाहिर ज़ोर सही, हमलोग बड़े कमज़ोर सही !
इंसानियत पे मर मिटने के लिए ज़ज्बाए शहादत जिंदा है !
जिंदा है इन्सा... जिंदा है, जिंदा है इन्सा... जिंदा है !
कोई लाख हमे पाबन्द करे, इंसानियत दावत जिंदा है ......

PUBLIC MEETING: ANLYSING & EXPOSING THE DELHI TERROR ATTACKS

BHARAT BACHAO ANDOLAN

PUBLIC MEETING
The recent terror attack on the Delhi High Court has left very little left to the imagination. Clearly the ruling class/caste elite are in a state of crisis due to the spate of scams that are being exposed & they desperately required a diversion & that came in the form of another blast, killing, as always - the aam aadmi . .
Thus we have organized a meeting to analyse & expose the politics of terror that ...is being used as a strategy & a weapon against the masses of this country & across the world as well.
Venue: Marathi Patrakar Sangh, CST, Azad Maidan, Mumbai.
On Wednesday, 14th September - from 3:00pm - 6:00pm

The proceedings will be presided by Dr. Suresh Khairnar from Nagpur, who is a well respected senior gandhian & socialist. He is known across the country & beyond for exposing the true perpetrators of the terror attacks over the course of the last decade & more.

The Speakers include:

1) Prof. Ram Puniyani
2) Feroze Mithiborwala (President, Bharat Bachao Andolan)
3) Kishore Jagtap (Vice President, Awami Bharat)
4) Shyam Sonar (Convenor, Republican Panther)
5) Com. Gohil (CPI-ML-Liberation)
6) Jyoti Badekar (President, Marathi Bharti)
7) Mulniwasi Mala (Phule-Ambekar Vichar Manch)
Organizers:

Asif Khan, Pooja Badekar, Dr. Azimuddin, Salim Alware, Reshma Jagtap, Salim Alware, Amruta Waske, Arif Kapadia, Winnie Thomas, Yawar Ali Qazi, Harshawardhan Wartak, Munnwar Azad, Vilas Gaikwad, Ghazala Azad, Shadab Sheikh.
contact: 9820897517 / 9324514101



Organizers:
Asif Khan, Pooja Badekar, Dr. Azimuddin, Reshma Jagtap, Salim Alware, Amruta Waske, Arif Kapadia, Winnie Thomas, Yawar Ali Qazi, Harshawardhan Wartak, Munnwar Azad, Vilas Gaikwad, Ghazala Azad, Shadab Sheikh.
contact: 9820897517 / 9324514101

PUBLIC MEETING: 9/11 TRUTH - PUBLIC MARATHI PATRAKAR, CST /13TH SEPT, 3-5PM

BHARAT BACHAO ANDOLAN

EXPOSING THE POLITICS OF TERROR IN THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM & ZIONISM

THE 9/11 TERROR ATTACKS CHANGED THE VERY TRAJECTORY OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS. IT HAS BEEN AT THE CORE OF THE ISLAMOPHOBIC ARGUEMENT TO TERRORISE & WAGE WAR ACROSS THE WORLD. IT HAS LED THE ENTIRE WORLD INTO STAGE OF PERPETUAL WARFARE, THUS USHERING IN A PERIOD OF HATE, FEAR, CONFUSION, VIOLENCE, TERROR & WARS.

AGAIN ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11, THE AIRWAVES ARE SPREADING FEAR ACROSS THE WORLD. WE THUS NEED TO EXPOSE THE TRUTH OF THE 9/11 TERROR ATTACKS, WHICH WERE BASICALLY AN AMERICAN-ISRAELI INSIDE JOB, A FALSE-FLAG OPERATION, THAT HAS TRULY SERVED THE IMPERIAL-ZIONISTS INTERESTS IN PURSUING THEIR AGENDA OF GLOBAL HEGEMONY.

THUS WHEN THE BUSH'S & OBAMA'S OF THE WORLD ARE SPREADING THEIR LIES & FEAR, WE STAND RESOLUTE TO UPHOLD THE TRUTH.

THUS AS PART OF THE GLOBAL 9/11 TRUTH MOVEMENT, WE WILL BE:

SCREENING THE DOCUMENTARY - LOOSE CHANGE (IN HINDI)

FOLLOWED BY A TALK & A DISCUSSION TO BE INITIATED BY FEROZE MITHIBORWALA, KISHORE JAGTAP, ASLAM GHAZI, JYOTIBADEKAR.

WE WILL ALSO BE SCREENING STATMENTS BY CINDY SHEEHAN, DR. MAHATHIR MOHAMMAD, STEVE PIECZNIK, RICHARD CLARKE & OTHERS

MARATHI PATRAKAR, CST, MUMBAI - 13TH SEPTEMBER - 3-5pm

ORGANIZERS:

POOJA BADEKAR, ARIF KAPADIA, CHETNA BIRJE, RESHMA JAGTAP, FARID KHAN, SAYEED KHAN, IFTIKHAR AHMED, ASIF KHAN,YAWAR ALI QAZI, RAHUL GHARAT, VIJETA, SALIM ALWARE, MUNAWAR AZAD, MULNIWASI MALA, GHAZALA AZAD, HARSHAWARDHAN WARTAK, MUNAWAR KHAN & OTHERS

PUBLIC MEETING: THE LOKPAL BILL - BETTERMENT OF THE NATION & THE EMPOWERMEN​T OF THE MINORITIES​.

PUBLIC MEETING:

THE LOKPAL BILL - BETTERMENT OF THE NATION & THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE MINORITIES.

SPEAKERS:

MEDHA PATKAR - NATIONAL CONVENOR OF THE NATIONAL ALLAINCE OF PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS

FEROZE MITHIBORWALA - NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE BHARAT BACHAO ANDOLAN

MAYANK GANDHI - MUMBAI CONVENOR, INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION

SS YADAV - NOTED ECONOMIST & SENIOR DALIT INTELLECTUAL

VENUE: BURAHNI COLLEGE, MAZGAON, MUMBAI

DATE: TUESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER / TIME:10.30am to 1.00pm

BURHANI COLLEGE & "NEEDS" HAVE ORGANIZED A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF CORRUPTION, THAT HAS BECOME A NATIONAL MALAISE.

UNDOUBTEDLY, THE ANTI-CORRUPTION MOVEMENT LED BY ANNA HAZARE HAS CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF THE MASSES & HAS STIRRED THE CONSCIENCE OF THE NATION. THIS MOVEMENT HAS RAISED MANY CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE INTEREST OF THE MASSES. BUT THERE ARE ALSO CERTAIN AREAS OF CONCERN THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

WE WILL BE DEBATING THE NEED FOR A STRONG LOKPAL BILL, THE ISSUES OF THE CONSTITUTION & OUR PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM & THE IMPACT OF THE LAW ON THE VARIOUS SECTION OF INDIAN SOCIETY.

NEVER BEFORE HAS ANY BILL EVER BEEN DEBATED OR DISCUSSED AS WIDELY, AS THE CURRENT CRISIS HAS PROVED.

MORE THAN 400 STUDENTS FROM THE OTHER MUSLIM COLLEGES, APART FROM BURHANI, SUCH AS MAHARASHTRA COLLEGE, AKBAR-PEERBHOY & ANJUMAN ISLAM WILL ALSO BE PRESENT.

ORGANIZERS:
FAROGH WARIS (VICE PRINCIPAL, BURHANI COLLEGE) & ASIF KHAN (PRESIDENT, NEEDS)

One Love | Playing For Change | Song Around the World

Tribute to all the innocent victims of 9/11 attack....

Tribute to all the innocent victims of 9/11 attack, all the innocent citizen of Afghanistan, Iraq who died in the so called “War on Terror” and all the victims of terror attacks all around the world.

आज ९/११ हमले की वर्षगांठ पर उन तमाम बेकसूर लोगो को श्रद्धांजलि.....

आज हम ९/११ हमले की वर्षगांठ पर उन तमाम बेकसूर लोगो को श्रद्धांजलि अर्पित करते हैं जो इस भीषण हमले में मारे गए, तथा साथ ही जो बेक़सूर नागरिक अफघानिस्तान और इराक में मारे गए और लगातार मारे जा रहे हैं उन्हें भी याद करते हैं . और उन तमाम लोगो को भी श्रद्धांजलि अर्पित करते हैं जो दुनिया भर में आंतकवादी हमले में रोज मारे जा रहे हैं ...........हमे इस बात पर कोई शक नहीं की आतंकवाद आज दुनिया पर राज करने, आम लोगो में डर पैदा करने तथा असल बुनियादी मुद्दों पर से ध्यान हटाने की रणनीति बन गया है ....जिसका किसी भी मजहब से कोई लेना देना नहीं है. पर हा साम्राज्यवादी, ज़ायोनिस्ट और ब्राह्मणवादी लोग मजहब के नाम लोगो को मारने तथा मरने के लिए इस का इस्तेमाल कर रहे हैं. वो लोग एक ही है जिन्होंने ९/११ का हमला किया, और अफघानिस्तान तथा इराक पर हमला किया. और दुनियाभर में जो आंतंकवादी हमले हो रहे हैं यही लोग इसके ज़िम्मेदार हैं .

दोस्तों अब ज़रुरत है है इनके नापाक इरादे को समजते हुए, बेख़ौफ़ होकर इनके खिलाफ आवाज़ उठाने की. एकसाथ आकर इनका पुरजोर विरोध करने की, और अपने देश और दुनिया को बचाने की. अगर अब भी हम नहीं जागे तो बहोत देर हो जाएगी .........जय हिंद .....जय भारत

think...........

कब तक ये धमाको का सिलसिला चलता रहेगा .......? कब तक यूँही आम इंसान सडको पर मरता रहेगा ......? क्या वही लोग तो हमे नहीं मार रहे जिनपर हमारी हिफाज़त का ज़िम्मा है .......... ? क्या ये धमाके, हुक्मराओ की मुसीबत आसान करने का जरिया तो नहीं ........?

'Bush lied about 9/11 terror attacks'

Mahathir Mohamad says it is not unthinkable for former US President George W. Bush to lie about who was responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks on the American soil.


In a post published in his personal blog chedet on Friday, former Malaysian prime minister said that the attacks on the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan, New York City, and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, could not have been carried out by Muslims. The acts of violence could have rather been the work of other groups.

The Malaysian politician pointed out that “for some Americans, the deaths of nearly 3,000 people was not the scariest thing about 9/11. It was realizing who carried out the attack: yes, the American Government.”

Mohamad said although Arab Muslims are angry enough to sacrifice their lives and become bombers, they are not capable of planning and strategizing attacks similar to the 9/11 ones.

“The planning [for the 9/11 attacks] must have taken a considerable length of time. The candidates had to learn to fly in tiny aircrafts…. Planning to hijack four aircraft simultaneously would require great precision in timing and logistics. One aircraft maybe. But four simultaneously!! I don't think extremists from Saudi Arabia can carry out this highly sophisticated operation with such success,” former Malaysian prime minister commented.

Turning to the collapse of the World Trade Center twin towers, he said, “They came down nicely upon themselves without toppling against the other buildings close by. It looks more like planned demolition of buildings than collapse consequent upon being hit by aircraft.”

Mohamad stated, “A third building also collapsed in the same fashion; although it was not hit by any aircraft. What is the explanation for this untouched building, which collapsed upon itself and did not damage other buildings nearby?”

He also questioned the total disappearance of the aircraft, which hit the Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia. “There was no debris of any kind, no broken parts of the aircraft, no black box, and no human bodies flung into the surroundings. Is it possible for an aircraft to vaporize totally after a crash?” former Malaysian prime minister said.

Mohamad further raised questions over the loss of the fourth aircraft, which was supposed to have crashed in an open field. “Again no sign of any debris. No big crater. Did it vaporize into nothingness? Did the innocent passengers also vaporize?” he stated.

The Malaysian politician noted that the American press was strangely silent about 9/11 attacks.

He also emphasized that Bush is the one that lied about Saddam's weapons of mass destruction. “The legacy of the former US president is that two countries (Iraq and Afghanistan) have been devastated, and fratricidal wars have become endemic. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, Afghans and a few thousand of young American soldiers have died. Thousands more are wounded, maimed for life, and suffering from mental breakdowns,” Mohamad pointed out.

Former Malaysian prime minister also said that human lives do not seem to mean much to the former US president.


Source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/198361.html

PUBLIC MEETING: "STATE REPRESSION AND DEMOCRACY"

SUDHIR DHAWALE MUKTATA ABHIYAN INVITES YOU TO THE
PUBLIC MEETING
"STATE REPRESSION AND DEMOCRACY"

TimeTuesday, August 16 · 4:00pm - 9:00pm



LocationVANMALI HALL, 3RD FL., NEAR CHABILDAS SCHOOL, NEAR DADAR STN (E), MUMBAI.






PUBLIC MEETING: "STATE REPRESSION AND DEMOCRACY"

SPEAKERS:-

DR. BINAYAK SEN (PUCL), J V PAWAR (WRITTER), VAISHALI PATIL (ACTVIST IN JAITAPUR), KIRTI DHOLE, FEROZE MITHIBORWALA (BHARAT BACHAO ANDOLAN), SHYAM GOYAL (SAFAI KAMGAR)

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:-

SHYAM SONAR - 8080829499 / JATIN DESAI / ANAND PATWARDHAN / J.V.PAWAR / PRABHAKAR NARKAR / SUMEDH JADHAV - 8080829499 / 9702707583/ 9869268768

think.......

We are Indians, firstly and lastly.- Baba Saheb Ambedkar

Salute to our Nation...............Jai Hind.......Jai Bharat

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

PRESS NOTE: "MUMBAI SERIAL BLASTS 13/7 - EXPOSING THE POLITICS OF TERROR"

BHARAT BACHAO ANDOLAN
“For a National Struggle against Imperialism, Zionism & Brahmanism”

PRESS CONFERENCE

MUMBAI SERIAL TERROR 13/7 - A POLITICAL ANALYSIS

SPEAKERS

FEROZE MITHIBORWALA, KISHORE JAGPAP, ASLAM GHAZI,
JYOTI BADEKAR, ANJUM INAMDAR & MULNIWASI MALA.

VENUE: MARATHI PATRAKAR SANGH, CST, MUMBAI.
DATE: JULY 15, 2011 / TIME: 5pm.

Once again the city of Mumbai has been rocked with a series of blast, with more than 20 dead & over a hundred seriously injured. Mumbai is now on par with Karachi & Kabul in the list of terror ravaged cities. Once again we have the same words from Home Minister Chidambaram & RR Patil & our ATS led by Rakesh Maria & the Police Commissioner Hemanshu Rai are clueless as always. The same was the case in the aftermath of the 13/2 Pune German Bakery & the murder of journalist J Dey (which is another cover up, as J Dey had exposed the Oil Mafia-Politician-Bureaucrat-Police nexus), when finally some people are rounded up, evidence framed & concocted & case closed, till the next terror attack or murder of a Shahid Azmi.

ROLE OF MEDIA & POLICE: The police are saying that they have no clues & no leads. The CCTV cameras have once again failed to provide footage. The use of Ammonium Nitrate with shrapnel, scooters & tiffin boxes have left the clues, but our police & media are hell bent on only targeting the ephemeral Indian Mujahedeen, which is basically a covert operation of the Intelligence bureau, where Muslims with a criminal background are entrapped & framed in terror acts & files shut . . . till the next terror attack.

Even though there are no leads & that the use of Ammonium Nitrate, tiffin boxes & scooters also point to the Abhinav Bharat & the Sanatan Sanstha terror networks, the political leadership, police & the corporate media, tend to turn a total blind eye to this possibility - once again. This is despite the fact that Swami Aseemanand's confessions & the charge sheeting of Col Purohit & Sadhvi Pragnya have exposed the threat to the very sovereignty that they pose to our nation, with their penetration with the Intelligence Bureau, as well as within the Military apparatus across the country.

ROLE OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP:

Chidambaram, like his predecessor Shivraj Patil has turned out to be an utter failure & the less said about the utter failure RR Patil the better. Chidambaram conveniently forgets that during his tenure, terror attacks have occurred in:

1) Goa on the eve of Diwali (18th October 2009) & the Sanatan Sanstha was even charge sheeted by the ATS/SIT. For the first time the charge sheet was not released to the media.

2) Pune-German Bakery (13/02/10): Target Indo-Pakistan talks & cover up of the Shahid Azmi murder by sections of the political leadership & the police.

3) Chinnaswamy Stadium, IPL-Bangalore (17/04/10), which was clearly the result of the power struggle between Sharad Pawar & Lalit Modi.

4) Delhi-Jama Masjid shooting (19/09/10): Causes unknown

5) Varanasi-Dhaswamedh Ghat (07/12/2010): Target to whip up communal frenzy in Uttar Pradesh & across the country around the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition & counter the Punyatithi of Baba Saheb Dr. Ambedkar.

6) A minor blast in the compound of the Delhi High Court (25/05/11): To target the People's & judicial activism over the issue of corruption & black money, as well as the targeting of the entire Jan Lokpal movement.

7) And last but not the least, the joke of a terror list that was sent to Pakistan, which was an international embarrassment undoubtedly.

This is thus the track record of Chidambaram, who tries to portray himself as an efficient minister with pretensions to the throne & we dread that thought. But the reality of Chidambaram is of a man who is a corporate stooge & is killing Adivasis to procure mining rights for Vedanta. A man who is linked to the 2G scam, where a letter between him & D Raja is missing, Rajya Sabha member Mani Shanker Aiyar has exposed his links to Kalmadi & the CWG scam, yet again Chidambaram got elected through fraudulent means & the rigging of the voting machine & there is an ongoing court case in this matter & yet again Pranab Mukherjee has sent a letter to the PM complaining as to how his office was rigged by Chidambaram.

Thus Chidambaram, being highly corrupt & a corporate stooge is very pliable to blackmail & corruption & thus a person with weak integrity is not the Home Minister we need. So firstly Chidambaram must resign.

The same goes for the likes of RR Patil & Rakesh Maria, as well as Raghuvanshi & their utter failure during the 26/11 terror attack & then their connivance in covering up & framing innocent Muslims in the name of Indian Mujahedeen. Rakesh Maria's case against 26/11 accused Fahim Ansari was thrown out by the court & we know the mess that they created in the Bhatkal brother matter in Pune, which was a total embarrassment, where they tried to manipulate the CCTV footage, but failed miserably. Yet again this was the same team that helped shield the Abhinav Bharat-Sanatan Sanstha-RSS in terror attacks in Malegaon, Nanded, Parbhani, Beed, Jalna & the fake terror attack on the Nagpur-RSS HQ. So firstly there needs to be a revamp of the entire security apparatus at the Centre & in Maharashtra as well, as we need sincere & honest ministers at the helm - difficult, but that is the only way.

But lets once again analyse the political reasons, as that seems the only way to analyse as to who actually benefits from these terror attacks. Here we need to understand that now it is the politics of terror that has replaced the politics of communal riots. Just as riots were earlier organized by politicians to divert the national attention from certain issues by creating communal tensions & dividing the masses, the politics of terror serves the same agenda, with national & international geo-political interests being served here as well.

After discussions with a number of senior activists from across the country, this is the conclusion that we have arrived at:

1) TARGET JAN LOKPAL BILL & NATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST CORRUPTION & BLACK MONEY & THE INCREASING MASS STRUGGLES

The main target of the Mumbai 13/7 terror attack is to target the Jan Lokpal Bill movement that has emerged as a catalyst & a unifying force that is consolidating the nation, similar to the movement led by Jayprakash Narayan in the 1970's. It is this movement against the rampant corruption & black money, where we also have Senior Ministers & Corporate Ceo's going to prison that has rattled the corrupt ruling elite. From the PM Manmohan Singh (the most corrupt PM ever & himself involved in a 40 lakh crore mega Coal mining scam) & he has also removed the CBI from the ambit of the RTI & now we know why.

Also the rising people’s anger over the unbridled inflation, growing class disparity & exploitation, the struggles in Posco & Jaitapur, the peoples’ resistance to the takeover of the land, water & natural resources by this nexus of the robber baron oligarchs is also a central reason for the Mumbai terror attacks.

Thus the only way possible for the Congress government was to once again change the national discourse from corruption - to terror & whilst we are busy looking for Indian Mujahedeen terrorists in every galli & lane of Mumbai, the files of the various scams will keep on vanishing.


2) TARGET INDIA-PAKISTAN TALKS – 26th JULY 2011 &
HILLARY CLINTON TO VISIT INDIA ON THE 19TH JULY 2011

As we are all aware, the India-Pakistan talks are scheduled for the 26th of July & there has been discernible & positive progress between the two neighbours. Earlier too in the terror attacks of Jaipur (13/05/08) & Pune (13/02/10), the Indo-Pakistan talks have been targeted as these blasts occurred 10-12 days prior to the talks. Thus we need to analyse as to which extremist right wing forces in our country, with links to external powers are opposed to Indo-Pak detente & all the possibilities must be put on the table & all the oragnzations & such individuals investigated. Then only we arrive at an honest answer, unlike the single track approach currently underway.

Also the current tensions between the US & Pakistan are a factor here. So let’s not forget that the terror attack has also occurred before the Indo-US strategic talks where Secretary of State & Zionist warmonger – Hillary Clinton is due to visit India on the 19th of July.

This terror attack will definitely help the American case within India & in the region as well. The blast also strengthens the pro-US lobby within the UPA Government led by PM Manmohan Singh & Montek Singh Ahluwalia & other IMF-World Bank stooges.

Increased tension between India & Pakistan helps the US cause to further blackmail Pakistan into doing its bidding & its dirty work for a few million dollars.

The US is planning to destroy Pakistan (like Afghanistan & Iraq) & they want to use India in their larger geo-political game plan for global hegemony. Thus the spate of terror attacks in India is meant to prepare the mindset of the Indian masses for the coming war, which is not far away in our estimation. And thus the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, for which we have not yet filed a charge sheet against CIA agent Headley & nor have we a “National Commission of Inquiry” to investigate the failure & the complicity of the political & security apparatus. Only a cover up, a deafening silence, where we are all satisfied with a small fry called Kasab, whilst the mastermind Headley is safe in the US.

Also the collusion of the RAW & the CBI in the Purulia armsdrop case, with connections to JK Dutta (NSG-CBI)senior leaders PM Narasimha Rao & MP Pappu Yadav & the subsequent cover up.

3) HOME MINISTRY REPORT: 3500 AMERICANS MISSING IN INDIA SINCE 2006 (THE WEEK)

http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?contentType=EDITORIAL§ionName=COVER%20STORY&programId=1073755753&BV_ID=@@@&contentId=9007556 -

Especially after the role of CIA agent David Headley Coleman & the fact that we have more than 3500 Americans unaccounted for in our country as per the records of the Home Ministry, it is a direct threat to our national security with deep penetration CIA agents having disappeared into our country & they do create havoc & terror as well know.

The CIA cells, as well as that of the thousands of Israeli soldiers & Mossad operatives that are lurking around in India, all need to be tracked & investigated. They are part of the international terror networks that are linked to the Military-Corporate Finance-Industrial Complex, that are reaping huge profits from financing wars & debt.

The proliferation of Private Security Agencies, who get their training from the Mossad are also a threat to national security & our very sovereignty. These are the well trained professional ruthless operatives who could have left behind the tiffin boxes across the city & just walked away. But all we can catch are car thieves & small time pick-pockets as the masterminds & terrorists. What a sham!!

According to Jayadeva Ranade, former additional secretary, Research & Analysis Wing. “The CIA is sending Indian-origin and south Asian-origin officers to India so that they can merge better & The basic approach [of the CIA] will be to befriend senior bureaucrats, senior military officials, politicians to find what our intentions are and what we are planning to do.” An intelligence field operative with 35 years experience, Ranade also did a stint in Washington.

The WEEK report also stated that a senior serving intelligence officer said that the ‘missing Americans’ could be part of a ‘deep penetration itinerary’. “For example, an undercover CIA agent might be tasked to locate himself for a specific period somewhere near Mumbai or Kochi to collect some information about the movement of warships,” said the official. “Once the job is done, the agent is withdrawn.”

Chief of the Army Staff General V.K. Singh told THE WEEK that adequate safety measures were taken in light of the increased activity of the western intelligence agencies. A senior Army officer said that retired officers who work for foreign defense and security companies were being closely watched as part of a counter-intelligence programme.

The CIA has also dedicated resources in India to gather and analyse data that is freely available, like research articles, religious books and web sites. As part of this programme, the CIA allegedly commissioned a 20-state survey on Indian Muslims. Reportedly, US-based Princeton Survey Research Associates International were the main contractors. Allegedly, they sub-contracted it to TNS, a Delhi-based market research agency.

In Kerala’s capital of Thiruvananthapuram, TNS staff visited Karimadom colony, a predominantly Muslim area. The questionnaire was bizarre: Do you consider yourselves Indians first or Muslims first? Your views on imposing Islamic law in India? Do you like Osama bin Laden? Will you give him refuge if he comes to Kerala? Police nabbed four TNS staff after Karimadom residents complained.

The above facts are very dangerous & we need to force our government to counter the infiltration & penetration of the western intelligence agencies, or they will destroy us, as they have Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia & all of South Asia & Asia as well.

It is clear that there are elements of the Indian Political & Corporate ruling elite who are complicit in the ongoing terror attacks in our country. Never have this dreaded terrorists even attempted to attack a political leader or a corporate honcho & only ordinary Indians are the victim. Thus the time to expose this evil strategy & nexus has clearly arrived. The masses must awaken & see through this sinister design & save our Republic, our Secular Democracy & our Constitution from being destroyed. The political leadership has failed, thus now it is up to the Indian people to take on the mantle & save India.

IN DEFENCE OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION & OUR SECULAR DEMOCRACY!!
MAHATMA GANDHI KI AUR MAHATMA PHULE JI JAI!!
DR. BABA SAHEB AMBEDKAR AMAR RAHE!!

'My name is Sayed and I'm not a terrorist'

By: A Correspondent Date: 2011-07-09 Place: Mumbai

MiD DAY's photographer Sayed Sameer Abedi recounts his harrowing experience with the Mumbai Police after he was detained for more than for hours for taking innocuous photographs of a traffic junction and an airplane. He was threatened, roughed up and even called a terrorist because of his name
HAVING been a photojournalist for 12 years, I never thought the Mumbai Police would harass me for doing my job. That is exactly what happened to me yesterday, however, when I was detained for four hours for merely taking photographs and realised just how drunk on power, money-hungry and racist some of our officers are.

During those harrowing four hours, I was roughed up, threatened and treated like a criminal and one officer even cast aspersions on my intentions based on my religion. He said I could be Pakistani and a terrorist because I have a Muslim name.

I was on a regular assignment at Zari Mari road near Saki Naka at 2 pm when I found that traffic near the junction was a mess after President Pratibha Patil and her entourage had passed by. While taking photographs of the jam, I noticed an aircraft landing at the airport and clicked a few photos of that as well.

Suddenly, a police constable appeared on the scene and shouted, "What are you doing, what photos are you taking? Don't you know that you cannot take photos like this? You need to take permission before clicking photographs. Come to the senior inspector.". I went with the constable to the inspector, who asked me why I was taking the photographs.

I told the senior police inspector, Samadhan Dhanedhar, that I work as a photojournalist for MiD DAY and Inquilab and that I was merely taking photographs of the traffic condition. I also complained to him that the constable had jerked me around and treated me like a criminal.

He asked me to show him the photographs I had clicked and then asked me how I had dared to take photos of an aircraft without taking permission from him. When I protested and told him that I was just doing my job and was doing nothing that was against the law, he shouted me down and asked me not to raise my voice.

He then turned to the constable and asked him to make sure that I was arrested and booked on serious charges. The policeman made me sit in the van for more than half an hour and then finally took me to the Saki Naka Police station.

A terrorist?
At the police station, Sub-Inspector Ashok Parthi, the investigating officer in my case, asked me about the incident. I explained everything and said I had done nothing wrong.

"Don't talk too much, just shut up and listen to what we are saying. Your name is Sayed, you could be a terrorist and a Pakistani.

The Senior PI (Dhanedhar) has asked me to inform the Special Branch and file all kinds of charges, including those of terrorism, against you. The only option left for you then would be to get your name cleared in court.

Do you want us to do that? Let me inform you that we have all the power in the world to do what we want," Parthi said.

When I told him that I wanted to speak to Dhanedhar, Parthi said that the senior PI did not want to talk to me.
He continued threatening me with dire consequences and sobered down only when I showed him my MiD DAY identity card and press accreditation and informed him that I had covered several press events involving the Prime Minister and the President.

After some time, he said, "If I wanted, I could have filed several charges against you, but I am not doing it and I am only imposing a fine."

The other policemen present there told me that I could go after paying a fine of Rs 1,200. I told them that I did not have the money and would not pay the fine. One of my colleagues came to the police station a while later and paid the fine on my behalf. We finally left the police station at 6.45 pm.

While we were stepping out, my colleague clicked a photograph of mine, which made a policeman pull us into the station again. One of the inspectors shouted at us again and said that we had failed to learn our lesson, before letting us go.
--
Peace Is Doable


http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/jul/090711-Sayed-Abedi-Mumbai-Police-photographs-traffic-junction-terrorist-mumbai.htm

Free Gaza endorses the BNC call for immediate embargo on Israel

Freedom Flotilla II, and Israel's attempts to thwart it through outrageous acts of intimidation, lies, political pressure, threats of violence, and sabotage, has reminded the world that the criminal blockade on the Gaza Strip is still in force, depriving Palestinians of their basic rights.

Last May Israel used its arsenal to launch a full military assault on Freedom Flotilla I, killing nine of our colleagues and injuring over 50. This violent assault on an unarmed civilian convoy in international waters was just another example of Israel's unlawful use of military force and its blatant disregard for international law.

It is through this use of military force that Israel maintains its occupation and colonial apartheid regime in Palestine. Further, every Israeli military operation is used as an opportunity to showcase and promote its weapons to the global arms market thus ensuring the profits needed to support its unlawful actions.

With this backdrop, and on the 7th anniversary of the historic International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision ruling the Apartheid wall illegal, we must all raise our voices louder and demand that the international community cut all military ties with Israel.

According to the ICJ decision, all states are obligated “not to render aid or assistance” in maintaining the situation created by Israel's violations of international law. These grave violations are numerous and besides being in constant breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention, Israel also has a long track record of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during its armed conflicts. The Israeli policy of indiscriminate use of force and deliberate targeting of civilians was no more evident than during the 2008/09 attack on the Gaza Strip, which the UN Fact Finding mission described as “a systematic attack aimed at punishing, humiliating and terrorizing the Palestinian civilian population.”

The international community has a legal, and moral, responsibility to act towards ending their complicity with Israel's unlawful actions. The failure of state and inter-state organisations to hold Israel to account for its crimes has allowed it to act with continued impunity. At the same time, states are bankrolling Israel's colonial regime by partaking in military trade relations with it.

It is time to end this complicity. International law exists for a reason and Israel, regardless of what it may believe and how it may act, is not above the law. A comprehensive military embargo, like the one imposed by the UN Security Council against the apartheid regime in South Africa, is an essential step to pressure Israel to abide by international law. Perhaps then Israel will reconsider attacking civilian ships in international waters or bombing civilian areas with white phosphorous.

To make this embargo a reality, we all have a role to play. International civil society must stand on the right side of history and hear the unified Palestinian call for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions made 6 years ago. Not only must it hear the call, but it must act upon it and intensify the campaign for an end to the occupation, colonization and ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

The Free Gaza Movement calls for Israel to be held responsible for its crimes with the immediate enforcement of a military embargo. In the name of freedom, equality, justice and peace, the international community must take this action to end its complicity in Israel's crimes.

Huwaida Arraf - Free Gaza, International Chaiperson

Feroze Mithiborwala - Free Gaza, India - National Coordinator

TEHELKA: HINDUTVA’S TERROR PLATOON

Dear All,
Do note the connections of the accussed with the RSS.
Also what do we have to say to the government, the investigating agencies & the corporate media & all the stories of masterminds & hundreds who are rotting in prisons for being falsely accussed . . . the terror of being looked upon as terrorists . . .
Regards
Feroze Mithiborwala
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HINDUTVA’S DEADLY PLATOON

The men who allegedly vowed to match Islamist terror with Hindutva terror: bomb for bomb

SOURCE: From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 8, Issue 2, Dated January 15, 2011

INDRESH KUMAR, a member of the RSS Central Committee. Three accused, Swami Aseemanand, Lokesh Sharma and Shivam Dhakad, and one witness, Bharat Riteshwar, have stated before the CBI that Indresh had mentored and financed the RSS pracharaks behind Malegaon, Samjhauta Express, Ajmer and Mecca Masjid terror strikes.

SWAMI ASEEMANAND, the head of the RSS-affiliated Van Vasi Kalyan Ashram, Shabri Dham in Dangs, Gujarat. He has confessed to playing the role of an ideologue to the terrorists. Besides presiding over terror meetings held in Dangs and Valsad in Gujarat, he also selected Malgeaon, Ajmer Sharif and Hyderabad as terror targets.

SUNIL JOSHI, a former RSS pracharak of Mhow district. He was expelled from the RSS after being accused in the murder of two Congress activists in Madhya Pradesh in 2006. Along with a few RSS pracharaks and Hindu radicals from Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Jammu and Jharkhand, he formed an inter-state terror infrastructure.

SANDEEP DANGE, a senior RSS pracharak from Shajapur district near Indore. Along with Joshi and Ramchandra Kalsangra, he was a key figure in the longrunning conspiracy to bomb Muslim places of worship and Muslim neigbourhoods. He is currently absconding.

RAM CHANDRA KALSANGRA ALIAS RAMJI, an RSS pracharak from Madhya Pradesh. He carried out terror strikes in different places between December 2002 and 29 September 2008 (when bombs went off simultaneously in Malegaon and Modasa. He has been absconding since October 2008.

SHIVAM DHAKHAD, an RSS activist and associate of accused Joshi and Ramji Kalsangra. Along with other RSS pracharaks, he allegedly took training in bomb-making in 2005. He also did a reconnaissance of Aligarh Muslim University and residence of Justice UC Banerjee (chairman of the Godhra commission) for terror strikes.

LT COL SHRIKANT PUROHIT, a founding member of terror outfit Abhinav Bharat. He was posted with the military intelligence unit at Nashik. He allegedly tried to draft in other army officers in his terror outfit. He is accused of supplying RDX for the 2008 Malegaon blasts.

DEVENDRA GUPTA, the RSS vibhag pracharak of Muzaffarnagar, Bihar. He provided logistics to Joshi, Kalsangra and Dange for terror strikes. He also harboured Kalsangra and Dange in RSS offices while they were on the run.

LOKESH SHARMA, an RSS worker and close associate of Joshi, Dange and Kalsangra. He purchased the two Nokia handsets that were used to trigger the bombs at Mecca Masjid and Ajmer Sharif.





BHARAT RATESWAR ALIAS BHARATBHAI, the head of Sri Vivekananda Kendra Sansthan in Valsad district, Gujarat. As a close associate of Aseemanand, he participated in several terror meetings held at his residence and also at Shabri Dham ashram. He also travelled with Joshi to Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh providing logistics for the blasts.

YOGI ADITYANATH, BJP MP from Gorakhpur. He was contacted by Aseemanand to provide funds for terrorist activities. Joshi held a hush-hush meeting with him at his Gorakhpur residence in 2006, at the time when the conspiracy to carry out multiple blasts was underway. According to Aseemanand, he didn’t give much support. But he continues to be under suspicion.

DR ASHOK VARSHNAY, RSS prant pracharak of Kanpur. He sheltered key terror accused and RSS pracharak Devendra Gupta at Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram and Vishwa Mangal Gau Gram Yatra in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, while Gupta was on the run. Varshnay has told investigators that he had shielded Gupta at the behest of Indresh Kumar.

RAJESH MISHRA, an RSS activist and owner of a foundry in Pithampura, near Mhow. He gave 15 cast iron shells in 2001 to Joshi, who used them during failed bomb blasts at Ijtema (a Muslim gathering) in Bhopal in 2002. He was also a co-accused along with Joshi in the murder of local Congress workers.

SUDHAKAR DHAR DWIVEDI ALIAS DAYANAND PANDEY, he ran an ashram named Shardapeeth in Jammu. He played the role of an ideologue to those involved in the 2008 Malegaon blasts. He was in the habit of recording the meetings he would have with Abhinav Bharat members on his laptop.

PUBLIC PROTEST: UNION CABINET REMOVES CBI FROM AMBIT OF RTI !!

INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION & BHARAT BACHAO ANDOLAN

In Defence of Democracy & the Indian Constitution!

Public Protest against Union Cabinet decision to remove the CBI from the ambit & purview of the RTI.

Venue: Churchgate Station (E) - Footpath. Mumbai

Date: Tuesday the 21st of June / Time: 5.00pm


As the anger against the widespread corruption continues to increase, the Union Cabinet has silently removed the CBI from the ambit of the RTI. Which means that India;s premier investigating agency will become totally opaque & impregnable.

Whilst here the increasing call is for more transparency & the deepening of democratic rights, the Government by drawing an iron veil around the CBI, has further exposed itself to accusations of connivance & shielding the guilty.

With the battle over the Jan Lokpal Bill raging & with more ministers like Chidambaram (2G Scam) & Murli Deora (Krishna-Godavari-Mukesh Ambani Gas Scam) now under the scanner, we are not surprised that the Government is trying to shiled senior political leaders, bureaucrats & corporate ceo's from the increasing public anger & national scrutiny.

This movement is to protect the values of Freedom, Democracy, Social & Economic Justice & the Secular Constitution that was bequeathed to us by Mahtama Gandhi, Dr. Ambedkar, Bhagat Singh, Maulana Azad & all our martyrs.

We thus appeal to the people to attend the demonstration in large numbers.

Mayank Gandhi, Feroze Mithiborwala & Kishore

26/11 TRUTH: RANA'S ACQUITTAL - MORE EVIDENCE OF US PERFIDY, CIA-ISI CONNIVANCE & THE COMPLICITY OF THE INDIAN STATE.

26/11 TRUTH: RANA'S ACQUITTAL -
MORE EVIDENCE OF US PERFIDY, CIA-ISI CONNIVANCE & THE COMPLICITY OF THE INDIAN STATE.

BY FEROZE MITHIBORWALA

The recent acquittal by Tawwarhur Rana by a US Chicago Court for his alleged role in the Mumbai 26/11 terror attack, has once again exposed the double standards of the US regime. It has also again brought into focus the role of CIA Agent David Headley Coleman, who is clearly the prime mastermind of the 26/11 attack.

But worse, both on the matters of Headley & Rana, the Government of India, is yet to even file a Chargesheet, leave alone, all this talk of "more access & extradition".

So we have this ridiculous charade of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton going to Islamabad to give the ISI a clean chit & Janet Napalitano (Chief of Homeland Security) coming to Delhi to pacify us by targeting Pakistan & then CIA Chief Leon Panetta trying to drive a bargain with the ISI. Whilst our government & the corporate media looks on shamelessly.

In the case of the Rana acquittal, it was a clear attempt to shield the ISI by the CIA. Thus even though Rana is linked to the LeT for the Danish Cartoon affair, his links to the ISI are covered up. This was part of a deal between the CIA & the ISI. Why? Also why is the government of India so silent on this matter? How was he acquitted? The Jury did not speak to or address the media even though they are allowed to & the identities of the Jury members have also been hidden.

Do note the following statements made by the US leadership & the hypocrisy inherent in these positions.
In the aftermath of the Abbotabad attack, where an entire drama was staged, on the 18th of May Secretary of Defence Robert Gates & Admiral Mike Mullen said that “there was no sign that top Pakistanis knew of OBL”
Then on the 28th of May, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a visit to Islamabad said “I want to underscore the point that there is absolutely no evidence that anyone at the highest levels of the Pakistan government knew that Osama Bin laden was living just miles from where we are today”. She had met up with President Zardari, PM Gilani, as well as Military Chief Kayani as well as the Chief of the ISI, Shuja A Pasha. It was at that period we had Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano, who was on her first visit to India & she referred to the ISI involvement in the 26/11 terror attacks. She also spoke of more access to Headley. The Napalitano visit was clearly a damage control exercise to placate Indian public opinion, as the duplicitous US role in the region was on full display.


Then again on the 10-12th of June, we had CIA Chief Leon Panetta who went to meet his ISI counterpart, but the talks failed to reach an agreement. This was also the period when Rana was acquitted from the 26/11 terror attack & only his links with LeT were mentioned for the Danish cartoon matter & none with the ISI. So what was the deal that Panetta & the ISI struck?

The case of Headley-Rana duo have exposed the true role of the US in the region, for those who were a trifle late to understand. Those of us, who have been consistent in our position, are barely surprised, if at all, at the turn of events. This once again proves the level of collusion between the CIA & the ISI, as well as the role that certain pro-US sections within our political & Intelligence leadership-RAW-IB are playing out with the Americans.

The 26/11 was a massive terror attack on India & all of South Asia (http://www.countercurrents.org/mumbai.htm). It was an international plot, planned across 7 nations as per the Interpol report & as yet, we have no "National Judicial Commission of Inquiry" (where even a local riot or a lathi-charge merits a commission of enquiry, or a murder - a CBI inquiry), or a "Parliamentary Committee" to go into the failures & lapses of our Intelligence & national security apparatus, of the glaring lapses on the sea by the Navy, or delays in deploying the NSG forces or that no prior warnings were ignored, or that local links have been unearthed as yet, which is impossible for an attack of this magnitude. Or then, were they lapses? Or wilful criminal complicity? (http://www.countercurrents.org/hansa130510.htm) / (http://www.countercurrents.org/mithiborwala140510.htm)


This for the simple reason, that any honest inquiry will uncover a veritable can of worms, in which a number of political & security elements within our own leadership & expose their external linkages, thus the coverup & of which Headley is the most glaring example.

26/11 TRUTH: RANA'S ACQUITTAL - MORE EVIDENCE OF US PERFIDY, CIA-ISI CONNIVANCE & THE COMPLICITY OF THE INDIAN STATE.

BHARAT BACHAO ANDOLAN

TOWARDS A NATIONAL STRUGGLE AGAINST IMPERIALISM, ZIONISM & BRAHMANISM

MARATHI PATRAKAR SANGH, OPP CST, AZAD MAIDAN, MUMBAI

Thursday, June 16 · 4:30pm - 5:30pm

EXPOSING THE POLITICS OF TERROR IN THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM & ZIONISM

RANA'S ACQUITTAL - MORE EVIDENCE OF US PERFIDY, CIA-ISI CONNIVANCE & THE COMPLICITY OF THE INDIAN STATE.

SPEAKERS: FEROZE MITHIBORWALA, KISHORE JAGTAP, ASLAM GHAZI, JYOTI BADEKAR & FARID KHAN

The recent acquittal by Tawarhur Rana by a US Court for his alleged role in the Mumbai 26/11 terror attack, has once again exposed the double standards of the US regime. It has also once again brought into focus the role of CIA Agent David Headley Coleman, who is clearly the prime mastermind of the 26/11 attack.

But worse, both on the matters of Headley & Rana, the Government of India, is yet to even file a Chargesheet, leave alone, all this talk of "more access & extradition". So we have this ridiculous charade of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton going to Islamabad to give the ISI a clean chit & Janet Napalitano (Chief of Homeland Security) coming to Delhi to pacify us by targeting Pakistan & then CIA Chief Leon Panetta trying to drive a bargain with the ISI.

In the case of the Rana acquittal, it was a clear attempt to shield the ISI by the CIA. Thus even though Rana is linked to the LeT for the Danish Cartoon affair, his links to the ISI are covered up. This was part of a deal between the CIA & the ISI. Why? Also why is the government of India so silent on this matter? How was he acquitted? The Jury did not speak to the media even though they are allowed to & the identities of the Jury members have also been hidden.

Do note the following statement of facts.

In the aftermath of the Abbotabad attack, where an entire drama was staged, on the 18th of May Secretary of Defence Robert Gates & Admiral Mike Mullen said that “there was no sign that top Pakistanis knew of OBL”

Then on the 28th of May Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a visit to Islamabad said “I want to underscore the point that there is absolutely no evidence that anyone at the highest levels of the Pakistan government knew that Osama Bin laden was living just miles from where we are today” She had met up with President Zardari, PM Gilani, as well as Military Chief Kayani as well as the Chief of the ISI, Shuja A Pasha. It was at that period we had Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano, who was on her first visit to India & she referred to the ISI involvement in the 26/11 terror attacks. She also spoke of more access to Headley. The Napalitano visit was clearly a damage control exercise to placate India, as the duplicitous US role in the region was on full display.

Then again on the 10-12th of June, we had CIA Chief Leon Panetta who went to meet his ISI counterpart, but the talks failed to reach an agreement. This was also the period when Rana was acquitted from the 26/11 terror attack & only his links with LeT were mentioned for the Danish cartoon matter & none with the ISI. So what was the deal that Panetta & the ISI struck?

The case of Headley-Rana duo have exposed the true role of the US in the region, for those who were a trifle late to understand. Those of us, who have been consistent in our position, are barely surprised, if at all, at the turn of events. This once again proves the level of collusion between the CIA & the ISI, as well as the role that certain pro-US sections within our political & Intelligence leadership-RAW-IB are playing out with the Americans.

The 26/11 was a massive terror attack on India & all of South Asia. It was an international plot, planned across 7 nations as per the Interpol report & as yet, we have no "National Commission of Inquiry" (where even a local riot or a lathi-charge merits a commission of enquiry, or a murder - a CBI inquiry), or a "Parliamentary Committee" to go into the failures & lapses of our Intelligence & national security apparatus, of the glaring lapses on the sea by the Navy, or delays in deploying the NSG forces or that no prior warnings were ignored, or that local links have been unearthed as yet, which is impossible for an attack of this magnitude. Or then, were they lapses? Or wilful criminal complicity?

This for the simple reason, that any honest inquiry will uncover a veritable can of worms, in which a number of political & security elements within our own leadership & expose their external linkages, thus the coverup & of which Headley is the most glaring example.

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ORGANIZERS:
ARIF KAPADIA, MULNIWASI MALA, POOJA BADEKAR, FAROUK MAPKAR, JAGDISH NAGARKAR, MUNAWAR KHAN, GHAZALA AZAD, MUNAWWAR AZAD, YAWAR ALI QAZI, SHADAB SIDDIQUI, RAHUL GHARAT, AMRUTA WASKE, HARSHAWARDHAN WARTAK, AJAY SONI & SHRADDHA.

think..........

For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

A CALL FROM GAZA IN SUPPORT OF FREEDOM FLOTILLA II

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A CALL FROM GAZA in Support of the Freedom Flotilla II
Besieged Gaza, Occupied Palestine
(12.6.2011)
We the Palestinians of the Besieged Gaza Strip, on this day, five years after closures began on Gaza , are saying enough inaction, enough discussion, enough waiting – the full siege on the Gaza Strip must end.
Shortly after 2006 democratic election which were supervised by people and bodies from the international community, nations formerly supporting aid and cultural organizations in Gaza withdrew their support. In mid-2007, our borders, controlled by Israel and Egypt, fully closed, locking Palestinians within and preventing imports and exports from crossing our borders.
From December 27 2008 to January 18 2009, Israel waged an all-out slaughter on Gaza, killing over 1500 Palestinians, the vast majority innocent civilians and among them over 430 children, and destroying thousands of homes, businesses, factories and buildings including universities, schools, hospitals and medical care facilities, and damaging vast tracts of our water and sanitation system.
Two and a half years following the cessation of Israel's attacks, almost no homes and few buildings have been rebuilt, our sanitation and sewage system is more dire than ever, raw waste continues to be pumped into our sea –for want of proper treatment facilities –polluting our water and the fish along the coast which fishermen are forced to harvest –banned from entering the 20 nautical miles of sea accorded to Palestinians under the Oslo agreement—contaminating our drinking water and food supply.
Our farmers continue to be shot at, maimed and killed by Israeli soldiers along our border, prevented from working, growing and harvesting their land, denying us a rich supply of produce and vitamins. Nutrient deficiencies and malnutrition continue to rise, affecting our children's growth and their ability to study. Our economy is shut down by lack of functioning factories and electricity. Our students hold little to no prospects of exiting for study abroad, even when placements and scholarships have been secured, due to the Israeli control of the Erez crossing and the Egyptian-controlled Rafah crossing being closed more often than opened. Our ill suffer for want of necessary medications and medical supplies and equipment.
Since 2005, over 170 Palestinian organizations have called for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions to pressure Israel to comply to international law. Since 2005, Palestinians have weekly met in villages in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, to protest Israel 's occupation policies.
Creative civilian efforts such as the Free Gaza boats that broke the siege five times, the Gaza Freedom March, the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, and the many land convoys must never stop their siege-breaking, highlighting the inhumanity of keeping 1.5 million Gazans in an open-air prison.
On the 2nd of December, 22 international organizations including Amnesty, Oxfam, Save the Children, Christian Aid, and Medical Aid for Palestinians produced the report ‘Dashed Hopes, Continuation of the Gaza Blockade’ calling for international action to force Israel to unconditionally lift the blockade, saying the Palestinians of Gaza under Israeli siege continue to live in the same devastating conditions. Human Rights Watch published a comprehensive report "Separate and Unequal" that denounced Israeli policies as Apartheid, echoing similar sentiments by South African anti-apartheid activists.
The recent announced opening of the Rafah crossing has yet to be fully enacted. Even when open, it will mean little with respect to the imports and exports of goods to and from Gaza and will not improve the plights of fishermen, farmers and Gaza 's unemployment and manufactured poverty rates.

We request that the citizens of the world oppose this deadly, medieval blockade. The failure of the United Nations and its numerous organizations to condemn such crimes proves their complicity. Only civil society is able to mobilize to demand the application of international law and put an end to Israel 's impunity. The intervention of civil society was effective in the late 1980s against the apartheid regime of South Africa . Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have not only described Israel ’s oppressive and violent control of Palestinians as Apartheid, they have also joined this call for the world’s civil society to intervene again.

We call on civil society organizations worldwide to intensify the anti-Israel sanctions campaign to compel Israel to end to its aggression. We call on the nations and citizens of the world participating in the Freedom Flotilla 2 to continue their plans to sail to Gaza where they would be welcomed by Palestinians. The civil society initiatives of the Freedom Flotillas are about taking a stance of justice and solidarity with besieged Palestinians when your governments will not. We call on the Flotilla movement to grow and continue to sail until the siege on Gaza is entirely lifted and Palestinians of Gaza are granted the basic human rights and freedom of movement citizens around the world enjoy.

Signed by:
University Teachers' Association
Palestinian Nongovernmental Organizations Network
Al-Aqsa University
Palestine Red Crescent Society in Gaza
General Union of Youth Entities
Arab Cultural Forum
General Union for Health Services Workers
General Union for Public Services Workers
General Union for Petrochemical and Gas Workers
General Union for Agricultural Workers
Union of Women’s Work Committees
Union of Synergies—Women Unit
Union of Palestinian Women Committees
Women’s Studies Society
Working Woman’s Society
Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel
One Democratic State Group
Palestinian Youth against Apartheid
Association of Al-Quds Bank for Culture and Info
Palestine Sailing Federation
Palestinian Association for Fishing and Maritime
Palestinian Women Committees
Progressive Students Union
Medical Relief Society
The General Society for Rehabilitation
Afaq Jadeeda Cultural Centre for Women and Children
Deir Al-Balah Cultural Centre for Women and Children
Maghazi Cultural Centre for Children
Al-Sahel Centre for Women and Youth
Ghassan Kanfani Kindergartens
Rachel Corrie Centre, Rafah
Rafah Olympia City Sisters
Al Awda Centre,
Rafah Al Awda Hospital,
Jabaliya Camp Ajyal Association,
Gaza General Union of Palestinian Syndicates
Al Karmel Centre,
Nuseirat Local Initiative,
Beit Hanoun Union of Health Work Committees
Red Crescent Society Gaza Strip
Beit Lahiya Cultural Centre
Al Awda Centre, Rafah
Al-Quds Bank for Culture and Information Society
women section -union of Palestinian workers syndicate
Middle East Childrens’ Alliance -Gaza
Local Initiative -Beit Hanoun

26/11 truth: Now RANA'S acquittal: PART I & II - David Colemann Headley Is a CIA-FBI Agent

By Feroze mithiborewala

Dear All,

http://www.countercurrents.org/mithiborwala181010.htm / David Colemann Headley Is A CIA-FBI Agent / By Feroze Mithiborwala
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http://www.countercurrents.org/mithiborwala291010.htm / The Headley Saga: What Are They Hiding? / By Feroze Mithiborwala / 29 October, 2010 / Countercurrents.org

After the recent acquittal of Rana for his alleged involvement in the 26/11 terror attacks by US Courts, is there anyone still left in doubt regarding the collusion of the CIA-ISI in this regard? Rana has links to the LeT & has is facing imprisonment for his role in the Danish cartoon issue, but none for his role in the 26/11.

It is a clear attempt to safegurad the ISI elements who were involved in the 26/11 terror attacks.
This is basically a quid pro quo between the CIA & the ISI, with the Government of India & our RAW & IB, well in the know.

Thus once gain we are told that we will be given access to Headley for further questioning.
Headley we know has been used as a tool of disinformation by our government, especially the NIA led by Chidambaram ( a corpporate stooge currently involved in the mass murder of Adivasis).

Thus Chidambaram used Headley to bail out Modi on the Ishrat Jehan encounter by linking that innocent girl to LeT. Then to safe guard the Abhinav Bharat-Sanatan Sanstha & the RSS, statments were published that the Samjhauta express was the handiwork of the ISI, whilst now we know better after Swami Aseemanand's statments.

And as we all noticed, after Assemanand's confessions, immediately the statements attributed to Headley & used by Chidambaram then came to a halt. Also the Chhitisingpora massacre in Kashmir was linked to the ISI, whereas our own security forces were involved as we all well know.

So our media & govt are supposed to chew on the Headley bone, to pacify the rising anger & doubts amongst the masses.

What a darn sham!!

The articles that I had penned during that period exposing Headley as a CIA agent (thus not a double agent, as we are being told & therefore knowingly misled by our media & government) are useful reminders to the questions & facts that we need to comprehend & grapple with . . . but are we willing to raise them is the question, that begs an honest reply.

In Solidarity with the Global resistance to Imperialism & Zionism!!
Feroze Mithiborwala (National President) & Kishore Jagtap (National Vice-President)
Bharat Bachao Andolan
JAI HIND!! JAI BHARAT!!

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“Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong” - Mahatma Gandhi

Fast by Baba Ramdev: New Face of Communal Politics

Baba Ramdev’s anti Corruption Fast: New Face of Communal Politics

Ram Puniyani

The police crackdown on people assembled to participate on the anti corruption fast by Baba Ramdev on the Sunday night, 5th June 2011, needs to be condemned to no end. As the police methods are, brutal by there nature, in their effort to evacuate the Ramlila ground, they did resort to the firing of tear gas shells and lathi (baton) charge leading to injuries to many, including women and children. The police action was the culmination of the failure of the negotiations between Government and Ramdev. Ramdev is continuing his fast in his Patanjali Yoga Ashram in Haridwar.
A brief run down of the background and few details of the event are in order. After Anna Hazare started his fast for Lokpal bill at Jantar Mantar, Baba did join it. The fast by Anna Hazare got a lot of support from the middle class sections. All over one could see the hand of well organized machinery trying to crystallize the spontaneous upsurge of people in support of Anti Corruption movement led by Hazare. This again, one can see, came in the backdrop of massive scams, 2G etc. the scale of graft shook the people and the middle classes spontaneously supported the fast, and RSS backed up the fast and made the upsurge more organized. During this fast the whole attention was focused on Anna Hazare who was labeled as ‘Second Gandhi’! Baba had his differences with Annaji, as he had his own scheme of things to capitalize on the issue around his following. This following has been built up through his very ‘successful’ business of Yoga teaching. This Yoga is being lapped up in country with new anxieties and to overcome the new tensions of the globalized era.
Baba claims to have a massive following and after Annaji’s fast he declared that he too will go on fast with a focus on the illicit money stashed in foreign countries. He began his mobilizing work and his advisors included the RSS trained Govindacharya. His protest hunger strike was well organized, a sort of five star arrangements were put in place with massive expenditure. The support base of Ramdev is the section of middle class, including the trading community and the one’s with organizations like Khaps, who came in large number. Those who have seen the dharnas and protests of the deprived sections of society must have been gripped with shock that such massive funds can be mobilized with such a huge number participating in a protest, which though genuine, still just looks at the issue in a superficial way.
One concedes that corruption is one of the major scourges of our country, but one also knows that corruption is a superficial manifestation of the deeper rot of the system as a whole. The attempts to weed out corruption without addressing the gross inadequacies of the system and massive injustice prevailing it the society cannot work, as repeatedly demonstrated during the agitations led by Jaya Praksh Narayan and later V. P. Singh.
Still the section of population which participates in these protests is those, who are very different from the large suffering masses of the country. Generally this section is those, based on whom the BJP slogan of ‘Shining India’ depends. In addition, there is another following of Baba, whose own source of wealth may have dubious origin. Coming to Baba himself he is quite a phenomenon, a successful yoga teacher turned businessman and now on the threshold of the political ambition, hiding it all under the cover of saffron garb and religious image.
To pick up the sequence of events, once Baba was close to begin his fast, the Government got panicky for obvious reasons of electoral politics. RSS combine has the parallel support base like that of Baba. Negotiations with RSS were already on, about starting a new political party or to undertake maneuvers which can shift away substantial votes in the kitty of RSS politics, to its progeny BJP; working for a politics aimed at Hindu nation. The Government was keen to prevent his fast and in that direction they kneeled in front of Ramdev. The negotiation began and in the second round of negotiations the agreement was reached that government will expedite measures to ensure all in the direction of getting the illicit money from abroad and tighten the noose around those who have stashed such wealth. Ramdev’s associates signed the agreement and Ramdev declared that 99% of his demands have been met. Obviously it meant that there was no need for him to sit on the hunger strike.
Still once he came to Ramlila maidan (ground), he persisted on the fast. Now his associate claims that they purposely gave a letter of approval, as they feared being arrested. At this point of time the Government felt ditched. Normally these agitations are undertaken so that your demands are fulfilled and 99% is the highest success rate possible. So what was the intention in continuing the agitation? Obviously the fast was a pretext to ensure that the mobilization done for political goals should be consolidated and not be allowed to fritter away. The anti corruption label was just a façade and the goal was to strengthen the politics for Hindu Nation, something which had led to divisive tendencies in the country. Interesting things followed. Manmohan Singh says the crackdown was inevitable; the details are not given so one cannot say as to what was there in Government’s mind. It is at this time that the state authorities decided to take Ramdev away and get the Ramlila maidan cleared of those assembled there. When police approached to take Ramdev away, he jumped from the stage in the midst of his women supporters and disappeared. Few hours later he was spotted wearing the clothes of a women and hiding his beard with a duppata (scarf), from where he was taken away.
So far the experience of agitations is that the leader takes the first blow. The leader is there to protect the followers from the wrath of the police action. But this is politics of different hue. Here cowardice is paraded as bravery and honesty is replaced by tricks! After giving the letter to the Government, Ramdev backed out from that and like a ‘brave’ leader when the police wanted to take him away he hid behind the women and ran away wearing women’s clothes, leaving his followers to face the consequences of his mobilization! While giving the letter to withdraw the fast and after this disguise to escape, Ramdev justifies it by saying that these are the tactics followed by Shivaji. This argument lacks all the understanding of a democratic society. Shivaji was a king, battling with other kings for power. In democracy the agitations and discussions are undertaken to lead the path for pressure on Government. Leaders’ court arrest in a democracy to make their point and tricks are a cheap escape route for some. So here cowardice is being paraded as emulating a King’s methods.
The political aspects of the whole phenomenon are very curious. The RSS combine has underwritten the whole movement. It seems, after two defeats at the general elections, this political outfit is on the lookout for another issue which can give them the electoral rewards the way communal violence gives or the way Babri masjid demolition gave them. The present mobilization is the same which is for the Hindu nation, by and large, which is opposed to the rights of the Adivasis, Dalits and other marginalized sections of society. This was the pattern of the mobilization of Babri masjid demolition as well. The things are not so unclear by now. All the actors of demolition politics are very much around. Govindacharya, Sadhvi Ritambhara, Uma Bharti, in overt or covert manner. The other actors of demolition assault, Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi have joined in post dispersal protests. RSS functionaries have been the one’s who are the major backers of Ramdev. They have so far kept quiet after the atrocities against marginalized sections, against the violence against farmers or against minorities. Now the Babri demolition gang is leading the procession to Rashtrapati Bhavan and having a ‘celebratory dharna’, dancing and singing, to call for the joint session of parliament.
While the issue of corruption measures against corrupt is to be supported to the hilt, one has to distinguish the genuine and deeper efforts to root out the phenomenon of corruption from the sensational efforts and still bigger sensational presentation of the same by the large section of media. The glorification of Ramdev and the efforts around that are aimed to create a mass hysteria of the pre-Babri Masjid demolition days. The efforts for rooting out corruption had been on at various levels even earlier. What adds to the suspicion about the motives of the breast beating against corruption now is the very timing and the well organized nature of the protest.
The current protests also should bring our attention to another part of our democracy. In a democracy whether the Government is to be seen as less responsible than the civic action groups? While the civic actions groups play a most valuable part in the democracy, by putting pressures on the government in a multiple ways, we need to see that it is still through the elected government that the programs can be implemented. So where do we draw the line. If Government accepts 99% of your demands, is there a need for continuing your agitation. If there are differences in the joint committee formed by civic action groups and the government, what should be the weight-age of each group? After all government is an elected body. The trend of Babas and Swamis coming to the political arena gives a very dangerous message. Is it that we want to emulate Pakistan where Mullahs ruled the roost for long time and even now have a big weight in the political affairs, and that is one of the major reasons for the problems through which Pakistan is going through currently. Baba Ramdev, Sadhvi Ritambhara, Sri Sri Ravishanker have full right as a citizen, but to dabble in politics with the claims of spiritual following is to abuse of religious spirituality.
Many a theories will be tumbling out of the whole Ramdev episode, one of the role it has played is that it has diverted the attention away form the Sangh terror trails which have ravaged the country from Malegaon to Ajmer. The deeper links of those involved in the acts of terrorism with functionaries of affiliated organizations is out in the open now, one hopes that the authorities don’t loose sight to ensure that guilty of acts of terror are given the punishment due to them.
One reiterates that any violation of the peaceful protest for social issues is condemnable, at the same time the betrayal of compromises and five star dharnas may be having more to it than meets the eye is more than clear by now.

(A modified version of this article appeared in Financial World, Tehelka on 8th June 2011, http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Ws080611RamdevsFast.asp)-
www.pluralindia.com

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“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”- Maria Robinson

Public Meeting on Human Rights Violations in Kashmir

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Public Meeting on 'Human Rights Violations in Kashmir'

Kashmir Solidarity Forum

Invites

you to a Public Meeting

on 'Human Rights Violations in Kashmir'



Date - 7th June, 2011
Time - 4 p.m
Venue - Press Club,Mumbai

Speakers -

1.Parveena Ahangar - Founder of Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), Kashmir

2. Freny Maneckshaw- Senior Journalist who was recently in Kashmir will share her experiences

3.Dilnaz Boga - Journalist and Film Maker- Moderator


Kashmir Solidarity Group is a broad network of individuals and organisations working on highlighting issues concerning Kashmir, in Mumbai. This group was formed in 2010 following the developments in the valley since February last year, which led to a strong upsurge by the youth of Kashmir. In this meeting we will lay emphasis on the human rights violations in the valley.

You all are invited to participate in this very important programme along with your interested friends. Please feel free to pass on this message to others also.

On behalf of

Kashmir Solidarity Group