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Click here to stop the suffering in Syria!
Click here to stop the suffering in Syria!: 2 million Syrian children are in need of urgent humanitarian aid, but Assad is blocking cross border humanitarian access. Sign this petition calling on BRICS governments to stop turning a blind eye to Assad choking off aid for Syrians:
Click here to stop the UK from expelling 670 Syrian students!
Click here to stop the UK from expelling 670 Syrian students!: Hundreds of Syrian students in the UK are threatened with expulsion. Let’s raise our voices to demand the UK government ensure that they can continue their education - not be sent back into the conflict. Sign now.
Friday, April 26, 2013
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Obama: Stop Assad from using chemical weapons in Syria!
Obama: Stop Assad from using chemical weapons in Syria!
2. To avoid hundreds of babies malformations at birth;
3. To save the environment in preventing decades of contamination.
Why this is important
1. To save lives;2. To avoid hundreds of babies malformations at birth;
3. To save the environment in preventing decades of contamination.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Buy PhoenixTears: The Rick Simpson Story « #Cannabis #Cancer #TheCure
Buy PhoenixTears: The Rick Simpson Story « Phoenix Tears
The long-awaited book by Rick Simpson has finally been released, and you can purchase it right here on PhoenixTears! The revenue from this book supports Rick’s living expenses and helps further his mission to bring cannabis extract medicine to the world. If you’ve always wanted to learn the story of how this revolutionary movement started and the remarkable events surrounding it, this is your chance. All orders will be delivered within 12 hours of order placement in electronic (eBook) format. Please include the email address you would like the file sent to in the Comments of the order.
Your purchase only includes electronic delivery of the eBook to your email address. This is not a sale for a physical book, hemp oil, T-shirts, or anything else.
If you would like to order multiple copies of the book to share with friends, use the option below. Please indicate in the Order Comments which email addresses you would like the books sent to. If you would like more than ten copies, please email phoenixtearsadmin [at] gmail.com for special requests.
The long-awaited book by Rick Simpson has finally been released, and you can purchase it right here on PhoenixTears! The revenue from this book supports Rick’s living expenses and helps further his mission to bring cannabis extract medicine to the world. If you’ve always wanted to learn the story of how this revolutionary movement started and the remarkable events surrounding it, this is your chance. All orders will be delivered within 12 hours of order placement in electronic (eBook) format. Please include the email address you would like the file sent to in the Comments of the order.
Your purchase only includes electronic delivery of the eBook to your email address. This is not a sale for a physical book, hemp oil, T-shirts, or anything else.
If you would like to order multiple copies of the book to share with friends, use the option below. Please indicate in the Order Comments which email addresses you would like the books sent to. If you would like more than ten copies, please email phoenixtearsadmin [at] gmail.com for special requests.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
No-fly zones are complex and dangerous - The Washington Post - via WendyRuthWyatt - Newsvine
No-fly zones are complex and dangerous - The Washington Post - via WendyRuthWyatt - Newsvine
In his April 7 Sunday Opinion commentary, “Moral and strategic,”
Scott Cooper encouraged the establishment of a U.S.-led no-fly zone
over Syria. While no-fly zones are strategically and tactically
effective, Mr. Cooper’s experience paints an inaccurate portrait of the
realities of establishing one. These operations are dangerous, expensive
and extremely complex. The nation’s political leaders and the public
must be well informed before embarking on such a mission.
Mr. Cooper’s essay seemed to add to the general perception that no-fly zones are essentially bloodless events that are relatively easy to establish, need few resources and require no airstrikes or bombings. The opposite is true. No-fly zones require huge planning efforts, strategic cooperation, allied basing privileges, overflight rights, significant intelligence preparation and substantial commitments of strike, air-refueling and command-and-control aircraft, search-and-rescue platforms and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets. They are, by their very nature, offensive military operations and require bombings, airstrikes and countermeasures before they can be effectively established and sustained.
Mr. Cooper is correct in that no-fly zones can be effective and
decisive. The no-fly zone in Libya was key in permitting uncoordinated
insurgents to overthrow the Gaddafi regime. No-fly zones have been
instrumental in Bosnia and in the Iraq conflict, but each operation was
distinct, with differing political, military and diplomatic objectives.
The application of force is, of course, a political decision, but our
political leaders would be well served to receive advice from airmen
rather than from others who postulate with limited experience and
historical vignettes.
Stuart K. Archer, Fairfax Station
The writer is a colonel in the U.S. Air Force. The views expressed are his own.
No-fly zones are complex and dangerous
Mr. Cooper’s essay seemed to add to the general perception that no-fly zones are essentially bloodless events that are relatively easy to establish, need few resources and require no airstrikes or bombings. The opposite is true. No-fly zones require huge planning efforts, strategic cooperation, allied basing privileges, overflight rights, significant intelligence preparation and substantial commitments of strike, air-refueling and command-and-control aircraft, search-and-rescue platforms and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets. They are, by their very nature, offensive military operations and require bombings, airstrikes and countermeasures before they can be effectively established and sustained.
Stuart K. Archer, Fairfax Station
The writer is a colonel in the U.S. Air Force. The views expressed are his own.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Aid group pleads with UN to help Syria's children | JPost | Israel News
Aid group pleads with UN to help Syria's children | JPost | Israel News
clip from article: "From the very beginning of the crisis in Syria, children have been its forgotten victims - facing death, trauma and suffering, and deprived of basic humanitarian aid," Save the Children said in a report presented to the 15-nation council on Monday.
"Children are increasingly being put directly in harm's way as they are being recruited by armed groups and (government-aligned) forces," it said. "There have even been reports that children as young as 8 have been used as human shields." The threat to children begins before they are born, it said. Since hospitals and health workers are being attacked, women are reluctant to go to hospitals. It added that nearly 2 million Syrian children were in need of aid.
"This means more births are taking place at home, without a skilled birth attendant," the report said, adding that access to food was also a serious problem for Syrian families.
Save the Children, a US-based non-governmental charity organization, said last month that Syria's children were being shot at, tortured and raped." [read more at link]
clip from article: "From the very beginning of the crisis in Syria, children have been its forgotten victims - facing death, trauma and suffering, and deprived of basic humanitarian aid," Save the Children said in a report presented to the 15-nation council on Monday.
"Children are increasingly being put directly in harm's way as they are being recruited by armed groups and (government-aligned) forces," it said. "There have even been reports that children as young as 8 have been used as human shields." The threat to children begins before they are born, it said. Since hospitals and health workers are being attacked, women are reluctant to go to hospitals. It added that nearly 2 million Syrian children were in need of aid.
"This means more births are taking place at home, without a skilled birth attendant," the report said, adding that access to food was also a serious problem for Syrian families.
Save the Children, a US-based non-governmental charity organization, said last month that Syria's children were being shot at, tortured and raped." [read more at link]
International Criminal Court Wkly Report: Situtation in Kenya
ED167_ENG.pdf
#ICC InternationalCriminalCourt Wkly Update #167 : Situation n #Kenya:
“The Office of the Prosecutor deplores the recent stream of sensationalist reports in the Kenyan media, on the level of
witness cooperation. Witness protection remains one of our highest priorities. The Office will therefore not be drawn
into any public speculation on the status of witnesses. The courage and integrity of witnesses are essential to the Court’s
determination of the truth, which is at the heart of justice. It is in the interest of all concerned to allow justice to take its
course.”
Source: Office of the Prosecutor
Decisions and orders
Kenyatta Case
Order authorising disclosure of lesser redacted versions of victims' applications
Issued by Trial Chamber V on 2 April 2013
Decisions and orders
Bemba Case
Public Redacted version of the "Decision on 'Defence Motion for authorisation to hear the testimony of Witness
D04-21 via video-link'"
Issued by Trial Chamber III on 3 April 2013
ICC-PIDS-WU-167/13_Eng
Week of 1 to 5 April 2013
ED167_ENG.pdf
http://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/PIDS/wu/ED167_ENG.pdf
#ICC InternationalCriminalCourt Wkly Update #167 : Situation n #Kenya:
“The Office of the Prosecutor deplores the recent stream of sensationalist reports in the Kenyan media, on the level of
witness cooperation. Witness protection remains one of our highest priorities. The Office will therefore not be drawn
into any public speculation on the status of witnesses. The courage and integrity of witnesses are essential to the Court’s
determination of the truth, which is at the heart of justice. It is in the interest of all concerned to allow justice to take its
course.”
Source: Office of the Prosecutor
Decisions and orders
Kenyatta Case
Order authorising disclosure of lesser redacted versions of victims' applications
Issued by Trial Chamber V on 2 April 2013
Decisions and orders
Bemba Case
Public Redacted version of the "Decision on 'Defence Motion for authorisation to hear the testimony of Witness
D04-21 via video-link'"
Issued by Trial Chamber III on 3 April 2013
ICC-PIDS-WU-167/13_Eng
Week of 1 to 5 April 2013
ED167_ENG.pdf
http://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/PIDS/wu/ED167_ENG.pdf