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Latest Issue 33 (Spring 2006)
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28 May 2006
SUNDAY EXPRESS MAY 28 Study finds MMR is linked with autism. Scientists have confirmed the controversial link between MMR and autism. The findings corroborate research by Dr Andrew Wakefield, discredited by the Department of Health for suggesting the combined measles, mumps and rubella jab may have contributed to rises in the disorder. The new study, led by Dr Arthur Krigsman, a child gastroenterologist from New York University School of Medicine, has led to calls for an immediate overhaul of Britain's child vaccination programme.
Scientists fear MMR link to autism New American research shows that there could be a link between the controversial MMR triple vaccine and autism and bowel disease in children. The study appears to confirm the findings of British doctor Andrew Wakefield, who caused a storm in 1998 by suggesting a possible link. Now a team from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina are examining 275 children with regressive autism and bowel disease - and of the 82 tested so far, 70 prove positive for the measles virus. Last night the team's leader, Dr Stephen Walker, said: 'Of the handful of results we have in so far, all are vaccine strain and none are wild measles. www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=388051&in_page_id=1770&ct=5
27 May 2006
ARTICLES ON ATTACK ON ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE by MARTIN WALKER Every time there is an attack on alternative medicine people write similar letters in response, defending these therapies but always, there is a lack of analysis, historical or otherwise. This means that although the number of replies and combative responses is growing and we are 'learning' in that sense, no one seems to be describing the supporters of orthodox medicine in their context and drawing attention to conflict of interest and vested interest. Consequently it always looks as if these critics are serious people with important things to say, rather than shallow half wits guided entirely by vested interest. Dr Michael Baum was a founder member of the Campaign Against Health Fraud (now called HealthWatch http://www.healthwatch-uk.org/committee.html ). HealthWatch, which is linked to important US lobby groups CSICOP (Committee for the Scientific Investigation into Claims of the Paranormal) and ACSH (American Council on Science and Health) has been responsible for a whole serious of attacks on alternative health, CAM and especially homeopathy... ...If we don't make ourselves aware of the history of these attacks we will never be able to combat them and they will gradually incur increasing damage. Full article: www.ivanfraser.com/articles/martinwalker/attackonaltmed.html
EMF-Omega-News 27. May 2006
FDTD analysis of a gigahertz TEM cell for ultra-wideband pulse exposure studies of biological specimens http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2041748/
Electromagnetic Field Radiation causes cancer in workplace http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2054965/
Why you should have a phone mast as close to your house as possible http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2038115/
INTERPHONE Reportage http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2040447/
Do cell phones pose a health risk? http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2067111/
First exposure of WIMAX dangers http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2067675/
Wi-Fi in Manchester http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2071305/
Australian BT Cluster EMF and RF Surveys Released http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2071227/
Cancer danger at Australian mail centre: Postal workers demand inquiry and relocation http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2071934/
WHO chief Lee Jong-wook dies after blood clot surgery http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2050324/
Electro Sensitivity http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2057234/
EMF Workshop http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2050031/
EMF and Autism http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2073567/
Milt Bowling, who succeeded in removing cellular antennas in Canada is going to be interviewed on Co-op Radio http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2062437/
Mast victory against 02 for the Netherton residents http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2051570/
Mobile giant loses mast bid http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2057096/
MASTS: WE WANT MORE INFORMATION http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2057333/
Church under fire over phone mast decision http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2063023/
Parents angry as masts go up http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2063898/
The joys of living under roof top antennas http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2064896/
Campaign underway to have mobile phone antenna removed http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2067362/
FLAC seminar series on Public Interest Law: how PILL can address the needs of NGOs http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2067421/
WHO Fact Sheet N°304: Base stations and wireless networks http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2067555/
Report on Ill Health cluster protest http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2067930/
FURY AT MAST DECISION http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2068524/
No masking of mast disgust http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2068540/
Council rejects plans for 'monster' mobile phone mast http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2068664/
Lack of nesting seagulls http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2069748/
Village anger over phone mast http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2071829/
Battle is on to block 'perverse' phone mast http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2073252/
Mast plan gets poor reception http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2073260/
Power to the people http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2073303/
Phone mast protest http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2076024/
Health fears prompt call to stop building power lines http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2067659/
‘Dirty electricity’ out of bounds for students http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2075523/
Volturino Italia ciudad cobaya http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2051522/
Next-up News 22 May 2006 http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2051116/
The health implications of playing with Big Brother’s most cool tool http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2073499/
Is the NSA Conducting Electronic Warfare On Americans? http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2037859/
Stop the National Animal Identification System http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2076351/
News from Mast Sanity
Omega-News Collection 27. May 2006 http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2076386/
26 May 2006
Steering Into a Third Intifada When there is no solution, there is no problem, observed James Burnham, the former Trotskyite turned Cold War geostrategist. Burnham's insight came again to mind as President Bush ended his meeting with Ehud Olmert by announcing that the Israeli prime minister had brought with him some "bold ideas" for peace. And what bold ideas might that be? Olmert wants Bush to remain steadfast in refusing to talk to the Hamas-dominated Palestinian Authority. He wants U. S. support for Israel's wall that is fencing in large slices of the West Bank and all of Jerusalem, forever denying the Palestinians a viable state. He wants U. S. recognition of Israeli-drawn lines as the final borders of Israel. And he wants America to remove the "existential threat" of Iran. In the six months before he proceeds unilaterally with this Sharon-Olmert plan, he will be happy to talk with Mahmoud Abbas, the isolated Palestinian president he has called "powerless." What is the Bush plan to advance our interests in the Middle East? There is none. For five years, the Bush policy has been to sign off on whatever Sharon put in front of him. And now that Bush is weak, he is not going to pick a fight he cannot win and, in candor, he does not want. For Bush has signed on to the Sharon agenda. And if he had a policy that clashed with the Sharon-Olmert Plan, political realities would prevent his pursuing it. http://www.antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=9047
Alleged AIPAC informant promoted The Bush administration promoted David Satterfield, an alleged informant for a former AIPAC lobbyist facing trial in a classified information case. The State Department last week announced Satterfield's promotion to senior adviser on Iraq to Condoleezza Rice, the secretary of state. Satterfield was promoted from deputy ambassador to Baghdad. Satterfield is cited in the indictment against Steve Rosen, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's former foreign policy director, and Keith Weissman, its former Iran analyst, as one of three government officials who shared information with Rosen. Satterfield is described as meeting with Rosen in 2002, when Satterfield was second in command at the State Department's Near East desk. Prosecutors refuse to explain why Satterfield escaped prosecution for leaking information. http://jta.org/page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=2793
Cannes Premiere Gets Standing Ovation Aaron Russo’s AMERICA: FREEDOM TO FASCISM To Open Across America July 28 CANNES, FRANCE Aaron Russo’s incendiary political documentary which exposes many of the governmental organizations and entities that have abridged the freedoms of U. S. citizens had its international premiere at Cannes and won a standing ovation. The event, which was held on the beach and filled to capacity, was open to the public and drew a crowd of people who stood along the boardwalk to watch the film. Through interviews with U. S. Congressmen, as well the former IRS Commissioner, former IRS and FBI agents, tax attorneys and authors, Russo proves conclusively that there is no law requiring citizens to pay a direct tax on their labor. His film connects the dots between money creation, federal income tax, voter fraud, the national identity card (which becomes law in May 2008) and the implementation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to track citizens. Neither left nor right-wing in perspective, the film concludes that the U. S. government is taking on the characteristics of a police state. Doc will open on multiple screens in cities across the U. S. beginning July 28.
COMPANY PUSHES RFID IMPLANTS FOR IMMIGRANTS, GUEST WORKERS Scott Silverman, Chairman of the Board of VeriChip Corporation, has alarmed civil libertarians by promoting the company's subcutaneous human tracking device as a way to identify immigrants and guest workers. He appeared on the Fox News Channel earlier this week, the morning after President Bush called for high-tech measures to clamp down on Mexican immigrants. Privacy advocates Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre are warning that a government-sanctioned chipping program such as that suggested by Silverman could quickly be expanded to include U. S. citizens, as well. The VeriChip is a glass encapsulated Radio Frequency Identification tag that is injected into the flesh to uniquely number and identify people. The tag can be read silently and invisibly by radio waves from up to a foot or more away, right through clothing. The highly controversial device is also being marketed as a way to access secure areas, link to medical records, and serve as a payment device when associated with a credit card. "Makers of VeriChip have been planning for this day. They've lost millions of dollars trying to sell their invasive product to North America, and now they see an opportunity in the desperation of the people of Latin America," Albrecht observes. www.newswithviews.com/McIntyre/Liz5.htm
Members of the Tribe / Thriving in China In a controversial appearance at the recent American Jewish Committee centennial convention in Washington, author A. B. Yehoshua predicted that Diaspora Jews would move to China if it were to become a world power. Dr. Avrum Ehrlich, a professor at the Center for Judaic and Inter-Religious Studies at the University of Shandong, says that this process is actually already under way. "The Jewish community in Hong Kong is thriving," he explains, "and there are at least 3,000 Jews now living permanently in Beijing alone."... ...Ehrlich says he regrets the fact that current relations between Israel and China are limited to the military and economic spheres, without any significant cultural dialogue. Among the many Israeli and Jewish businesspeople he has encountered recently in China, he says, are ultra-Orthodox kashrut supervisors. "It appears that the whole kashrut industry, the manufacturing of chemicals and raw materials, has moved to China," he explains. "I was offered a full professorship right after I finished," he says proudly. The unexpected move to China was not so drastic in light of Ehrlich's somewhat chaotic life beforehand: He immigrated to Israel at the age of 16, studied at four different yeshivas and was ordained a rabbi at the Tomchei Tmimim yeshiva in Kfar Chabad. Later he altered his course in life and studied at the pluralistic Shalom Hartman Institute and at Bar-Ilan University. He finished his doctorate, on Hasidic leaders, at the University of Sydney. "I found there's great disempowerment in Israel," he explains. "That's why I looked for a place where I could make a difference." The center in Shandong was established 10 years ago by one of the local professors. According to Ehrlich, in 2004 the center was given a mandate by the Chinese government to set up a curriculum for Jewish studies in China. "It means bringing scholars from all over the world, translating all the Jewish classics and organizing seminars and other activities," he says. Ehrlich made up a list of 25 Jewish classics for translation, including the Mishna, the Kuzari and the Zohar, as well as writings of such notables as Maimonides, Herman Cohen, Rabbi Kook, Ahad Ha'am and Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan. He smiles when asked about the quality of the work, which was done by local students... ...At least eight of China's 300 universities are now offering courses in Jewish studies. Ehrlich estimates about 100 students nationwide study Hebrew each year in comparison to five a year in the 1990s. He says the Chinese see studying the Jews as essential to understanding the underpinnings of Western thinking. "They see the Jews as mavericks of Western thinking and ideology," he says. But the strongest driving force behind the interest in Jews is not cultural or intellectual, he says, and he noticed it when he first came to China, while looking at the books on the airport book stands. "I saw many books with titles like 'How to be a Jewish millionaire.' I later understood that when most Chinese speak about 'Jewish wisdom,' they mean what they see as the phenomenal Jewish prowess in making money. I don't see this as a negative thing, because I hope it might be an entree for them into other areas as well." www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/717655.html
World Council of Churches slams Israel Israel bears the burden of responsibility for the present crisis in the Middle East, the World Council of Churches has announced, following a meeting of its Executive Committee in Geneva from May 16-19. The Christian Left's leading ecumenical organization stated Israel's actions towards the Palestinians "cannot be justified morally, legally or even politically." The failure "to comply with international law" had "pushed the situation on the ground to a point of no return," they concluded. www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1148287842710&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter
New Scientist 27.5.06 "HEAVY METALS MAY BE IMPLICATED IN AUTISM" Urine samples from 100s of French children showed evidence for a link between autism & exposure to heavy metals. Abnormal, high proteins called porphyrins were found. Richard Lathe of Pieta Research in Edinburgh said "It's highly likely heavy metals are responsible for childhood autism in a majority of cases." This will appear in "Toxicoogy & Applied Pharmacology. (Could be lead or mercury fillings in the mother perhaps?)
Guardian 25.5.06 "CELLS ON A CHIP TO CUT ANIMAL TESTS" Scientists are recreating the human body on a microchip using clumps of cells from different human organs linked by fluid-filled channels. This could cut animal tests. It measures the body's physiology including how each organ reacts to drugs & other chemicals. The work is by Michael Schuler at Cornell Uni, New York.
United States looks on as China mines Latin America's riches A succession of high-level visits to Latin America, particularly in the past five years, demonstrates Beijing's economic commitment to the region. LONG considered the backyard of the United States, Latin America is increasingly falling under the spell of a rising new global power half a world away. Hungry for raw materials to feed its economic boom, China is gobbling up virtually everything it can get its hands on in Latin America, from oil and copper to soya beans and sugar. "We used to say 'the Russians are coming'. We will now need to admit the Chinese have arrived," says Manuel Rocha, a retired ambassador to the United States and now head of the Globis Group, a Miami-based business development company. In the past five years China's trade with Latin America has grown at an annual rate of 42 per cent, reaching nearly $22 billion (£12 billion) last year. Latin America is also attracting new Chinese investments, mostly directed at securing natural resources, such as Venezuelan oil and natural gas. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13132-2189111_1,00.html
24 May 2006
9/11 Commission Report is a Lie The 9/11 Commission's conclusions and recommendations should be totally rejected. Its story is full of lies, distortions and omissions of fact. Following are two of the more than 40 reasons why the official story about what happened on 9/11 is untrue. First, who were the hijackers? None of those named appear on any of the passenger lists released by the airlines. Six of the men named by the government are still alive. We know that because European media have interviewed them. In his book, "The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions," Dr. David Ray Griffin documents all that and concludes the whole report is one long lie. Second, in the months after 9/11 all of the surviving New York City Fire Department personnel who were on the scene were interviewed. Those oral histories were recorded and withheld from the public until Aug. 15, 2005. Only after losing in court three times did the city of New York finally release them. All 503 are now posted on The New York Times Web site. Why did the city fight so hard to keep them from the public? It turns out those oral histories reveal details about what was happening in the World Trade Center buildings that are completely inconsistent with the tale told by the commission. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/270284_connellyrebut16.html
MI6 Are The Lords Of The Global Drug Trade by James Casbolt Former MI6 Agent It may be a revelation to many people that the global drug trade is controlled and run by the intelligence agencies. In this global drug trade British intelligence reigns supreme. As intelligence insiders know MI5 and MI6 control many of the other intelligence agencies in the world (CIA, MOSSAD etc) in a vast web of intrigue and corruption that has its global power base in the city of London, the square mile. My name is James Casbolt and I worked for MI6 in 'black ops' cocaine trafficking with the IRA and MOSSAD in London and Brighton between 1995 and 1999. My father Peter Casbolt was also MI6 and worked with the CIA and mafia in Rome, trafficking cocaine into Britain. My experience was that the distinctions of all these groups became blurred until in the end we were all one international group working together for the same goals. We were puppets who had our strings pulled by global puppet masters based in the city of London..
More Assaults on Natural Health Care
NHS told to abandon alternative medicine Top doctors say money should go to conventional treatment. A GROUP of Britain’s leading doctors has urged every NHS trust to stop paying for alternative medicine and to use the money for conventional treatments. Their appeal is a direct challenge to the Prince of Wales’s outspoken campaign to widen access to complementary therapies. Public funding of “unproven or disproved treatments” such as homoeopathy and reflexology, which are promoted by the Prince, is unacceptable while huge NHS deficits are forcing trusts to sack nurses and limit access to life-saving drugs, the doctors say. The 13 scientists, who include some of the most eminent names in British medicine, have written to the chief executives of all 476 acute and primary care trusts to demand that only evidence-based therapies are provided free to patients. Full text of the letter to trust chief executives
Letters Independent from Pat Rattigan ND: I see that the medical orthodoxy have been having another go at what they call "alternative medicine." In 1950, the cost of the NHS was around £350 million, annually; the inflationary equivalent of this, today, is about £6.5 billion; around one twelfth of the £76 billion that the national disease moneypit is now swallowing. The NHS is now the third largest employer in the world; behind the Indian State Railway and the Chinese Army. The NHS founding-politicians genuinely believed that the cost of the NHS would decline : the public would became healthier as they were increasingly exposed to the rapidly-emerging wonders of modern medicine. According to the Office for National Statistics - Living in Britain survey, 2004, 1 in 6 children under-5 now suffer from a long-standing illness, compared with one in 25 in 1972 : chronic conditions have increased among 5 to 15-year-olds, from 1 in 12, 30 years ago to 1 in 5 in 2002 : a quarter of people aged 16 to 44 now suffer from a long-term illness. Half the adult population are chronically sick. Birth defects rose by 50% in the 5 years to 2002. Stillbirths and first-week deaths have risen to over 5,300 per year. 40% - and rising of the population have, or will develop, cancer: the WHO expects this to double by 2020. At the last count, over ten years ago, we had over 30,000 new diseases. We have now passed the one billion prescriptions-per-year mark , with 22 million people on repeat prescriptions ... You would think, would you not, that those responsible : the anti-pathic practitioners ; the most disastrously unsuccessful group of tradesmen in history, would have the common sense ; the common decency, to simply keep the heads down, keep their mouths shut and keep taking the money.
From Alliance For Natural Health: Many of you may already be aware of the story released by The Times newspaper in the UK today that has already received significant coverage. 13 British doctors and scientists, headed by Professor Michael Baum, have published an open letter in The Times urging the UK National Health Service to stop using complementary and alternative therapies and to pay only for medicine "based on solid evidence". You can find the full story at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2191985,00.html Given the fact that Prince Charles gave a speech on complementary medicine and the need for an integrative approach to healthcare at the World H lth Assembly in Geneva earlier today, it is difficult, if not impossible, to believe that the publication of the letter in The Times has not been deliberately timed to coincide with this. Through our Medical Director, Dr Damien Downing, who is also President of the British Society for Ecological Medicine (BSEM), the ANH is facilitating a group of academics from various UK universities, spearheaded by the BSEM, who are coming together to respond to the letter published in The Times this morning. Dr Robert Verkerk will be interviewed on Sky News (channel 501) at 9.30pm tonight, Tuesday 23rd May, on this issue. We appreciate that the nature of news makes this very short notice, but hope that some of you may be able to catch the broadcast. Kind regards Development Manager ALLIANCE FOR NATURAL HEALTH The Atrium, Curtis Road Dorking, Surrey RH4 1XA Tel +44 (0) 1252 371275 mel@anhcampaign.org www.anhcampaign.org The Complementary Medical Association’s Response to the recent letter to The Times from Dr Baum and Colleagues Press Release 24 May 2006 www.the-cma.org.uk/default.aspx?id=4017
'We're the terrorists folks.' 9/11 Truth is one of the big factors in putting a stop to this. I hope everyone will do something to get the message out to 1 new person - perhaps we could save some lives. This video is about 20 minutes long http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5587990522549547050&pr=goog-sl Testimony from a former U. S. Army Ranger Jessie Macbeth, a Former Army Ranger and Iraq War Veteran Tells All This 20 minute interview will change how you view the U. S. occupation of Iraq forever. I cannot possibly recommend this more highly. An Iraq war veteran tells of atrocities he and other fellow-soldiers committed reguarly while in Iraq. I have never seen this level of honesty from a U. S. soldier who directly participated in the slaughtering of Iraqis. Excerpts: "When we were doing the night raids in the houses, we would pull people out and have them all on their knees and zip-tied. We would ask the man of the house questions. If he didn't answer the way we liked, we would shoot his youngest kid in the head. We would keep going, this was our interrogation. He could be innocent. He could be just an average Joe trying to support his family. If he didn't give us a satisfactory answer, we'd start killing off his family until he told us something. If he didn't know anything, I guess he was SOL." and "For not speaking out, I feel like I'm betraying my battle-buddies that died." If you think this is an isolated incident, think again. listen here
Vitamins under attack again Yet another in a long line of "reports" hitting the headlines.. we should be used to them by now! Herbal remedies and natural supplements have an outstanding safety record, yet pharmaceuticals cause tens of thousands of hospital admissions in the UK alone every single year. This report once again tows the line of EU and Codex legislation. The Institute of Medicine claims to be impartial stating on their website "Committees are carefully composed to assure the requisite expertise and to avoid bias or conflict of interest", they then go on to say "The majority of our studies and other activities are requested and funded by the federal government. Private industry, foundations, and state and local governments also initiate studies, as does the IOM itself"... need we say more! The Institute of Medicine are calling for "urgent research"; it is likely that a considerable amount of money will be put into studies debunking natural products in the coming years, and there is little question where the funding for this will come from. We can be absolutely sure that the statistics will be manipulated. Conversely, there will remain a lack of funding into clinical trials for vitamins and supplements because the only people who stand to gain is us, and those set to lose out... Big Pharma of course. Fleur Churchill, Natural Matters
Common painkillers increase risk of heart failure A team from the The Spanish Centre for Pharmacoepidemiological Studies in Madrid have reported in Heart that NSAIDS can increase the risk of heart failure by as much as a third. The report used information from the UK General Practice Research Database. NSAIDs are widely prescribed and include ibuprofen, naproxen, diclofenac, indomethacin and meloxicam, indomethacin showed the greatest risk, tripling the chance of hospital admission with heart failure. The study did not investigate COX-2 inhibitors, Vioxx, which has been associated with increased risks of heart attack falls into this category. www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2190951,00.html
China's share of World Industrial production surges by 156 percent Britain's share of the world's manufacturing has fallen from 3.8 per cent to 3 per cent in the past decade, according to the Vienna-based United Nations Industrial Development Organisation. Over this period global manufacturing output has expanded 34 per cent, from $5,772bn to $7,747bn (£4,127bn), while UK production has risen by only 6 per cent. Britain's much slower rate of growth graphically illustrates why the country's share of manufacturing value-added output measured in constant 1995 prices has declined. The UK's performance has been significantly worse than that of the US - which has kept its share of global manufacturing value-added output roughly constant in this period at just over 20 per cent. Japan, the second biggest manufacturer after the US, increased manufacturing output over the decade by 12.6 per cent. However, since this was lower than the overall gain in global production, its share of the total dropped to 17.7 per cent from 21.1 per cent in 1995. China was the real winner in manufacturing over the 10 years, according to the figures. Its output rose by 156 per cent, from $242.4bn to $619.7bn, with its share of world manufacturing output rising over the period from 4.2 per cent to 8 per cent. Accordingly it increased its place in the world's league table of manufacturing output from fifth to third. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/b91cbc3c-e92f-11da-b110-0000779e2340.html
New Italian Government Less Friendly to Israel Massimo d'Alema, who once referred to Israel as a "terror state," was sworn in last week as Italy's foreign minister and deputy prime minister, along with the rest of Prime Minister Romano Prodi's new cabinet. D'Alema, 57, a former prime minister himself, is a communist and member of the Democratic Left party. He is known for his pro-Palestinian stance, and in the past has expressed his opposition to the construction of settlements, the West Bank security fence and IDF activity in the territories. www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3252286,00.html
In France, Six Month Prison Sentence for 'Holocaust' Skeptic Georges Theil, a former elected representative, must serve six months in prison, and pay a fine of 10,000 euros, for skeptical remarks he made during an October 2004 interview about gas chamber killings during World War II, an appeals court in Lyon, France, has ruled. Theil is the first person to be given a prison sentence on the basis of France's 1990 "Gayssot law," which criminalizes remarks that "dispute crimes against humanity." Earlier victims of the law, which is used against "Holocaust deniers," have been punished with fines. "In my opinion, belief in the gas chambers shows blind admiration for German ingenuity," Theil said during the 2004 interview. "The more Zyklon B the Germans used, the more lives they saved, because Zyklon B is a disinfectant." www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=382811
Israelis to sue Ahmadinejad for plotting to commit genocide A group of lawmakers and former Israeli diplomats plan to sue Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, accusing him of conspiring to commit genocide, one of those involved said Monday. Ahmadinejad recently said Israel should be wiped off the map and dismissed the Nazi Holocaust as a "myth." Dore Gold, a former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, said Ahmadinejad's comments violate the 1948 U. N. Genocide Convention, to which Iran is a signatory. "From our preliminary assessment, there's no question that Ahmadinejad violated the genocide convention, which specifically addresses the issue of incitement to genocide," Gold said. Senior Likud MK and former cabinet minister Danny Naveh is also among those involved in the lawsuit. Yediot Ahronot newspaper reported Monday that the suit would be filed in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherland. Participants said the legal team was still looking for the best venue, and that the suit would only be filed in a few more months. Palestinians have in the past filed lawsuits against Israeli leaders and generals, including former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, accusing them of committing war crimes. None of the lawsuits have ended in conviction, and the one against Sharon, filed in a Belgian court, was eventually thrown out. www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/718537.html
FIBER DISEASE ALERT: COTTON: A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER! From discussion group at Chemtrail Central, a new theory emerges for what has been described as Morgellon's Disease: "Many participants here are aware of the emerging and so called "fiber or Morgellon's" disease. But, I believe that it is neither. Instead, it is something much more than the sum of it's parts. In the pursuit of answers, I have been led inexorably by the logic of research and observation to a destination that I would never have dreamed existed when I began this journey. I myself, for three years, have fought a slowly losing battle against this disease's ravages." http://www.chemtrailcentral.com/forum/thread7527.html
CNN Shopping For Guests To Attack Charlie Sheen CNN is trying to bait 9/11 truth activists to appear as guests on its programs and attack Charlie Sheen. William Rodriguez and Philip Berg appeared on the Alex Jones Show today to expose a smear campaign that seeks to poison the well of the 9/11 truth movement. WTC survivor and truth activist William Rodriguez was contacted by the Anderson Cooper 360 show and asked if he would go on record as saying the new Pentagon footage dispelled all 9/11 questions. www.propagandamatrix.com/articles/may2006/180506attacksheen.htm
Still lying about real Iraq deaths In the on-going vicious occupation of Iraq, the American and British are seemingly meticulous about reporting their own casualties – as opposed to Iraqi casualties, whom they refuse to count, despite obliged under international law to do so. As of 13th May 2006, the U. S. military states its casualties as 2,436 deaths of US soldiers and 17,648 injured. These very precise figures are updated daily. The problem with these statistics is that they are misleading and wrong and deliberately so.
www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=11372 D. Telegraph 22.5.06 "ACTION OVER EPILEPSY DRUG COULD RIVAL THALIDOMIDE" Around 140 families who claim their children were damaged by an epilepsy drug taken in pregnancy have begun court action. They say 37,000 UK children have "foetal anti-convulsant syndrome" - a range of neural, physical & behavioural disorders, caused they say, by their mothers taking anti-convulsant durgs while pregnant. Cleft palate, spina bifida, learning difficulties, abnormalities in movement, speech, vision & hearing. Many were prescribed sodium valproate, brand name Epilim or other epilepsy drugs. Irwin Mitchell solicitors are acting for the families & a date has been set for the trial of October 08.
D. Express "60,000 HOSPITAL BEDS ARE AXED" In the past 30 years the NHS has had 60,000 hospital beds removed. Figures from NHS Confederation.
21 May 2006
Criminal records mix-up uncovered Some 2,700 people have been wrongly labelled as criminals by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), it has emerged. The mistakes have led to some people being turned down for jobs. The Home Office said the errors arose when personal details were similar to those of people with a conviction, but were "a tiny proportion of cases". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5001624.stm
Soldiers to get life in jail for refusing to act as occupiers Soldiers who object to taking part in a military occupation of a foreign country will face life in prison under measures due to be rubber-stamped in the House of Commons on Monday. The little-noticed Armed Forces Bill will have its third reading in the Commons on Monday and left-leaning MPs are alarmed that it will legitimise pre-emptive military strikes. It will change the definition of desertion to include soldiers who go absent without leave and intend to refuse to take part in a "military occupation of a foreign country or territory". http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=742682006
D. Telegraph 21.5.06 "SCHOOLS TO FOLLOW JAMIE OLIVER'S RECIPE" The Govt has bowed to pressure from health campaigners & TV chef Jamie Oliver & published new rules for school meals. The education secretary says they will stop feeding children "the rubbish they've received for decades" & serve fruit & veg. & water instead of fizzy drinks. They plan to end providing low quality burgers made from the slurry from mechanically-recovered meat. The education secretary says children need the energy from vitamins & minerals in order to learn properly.
"Living Earth", Spring 06 "NEW STUDIES SHOW GM RISKS" Last Oct. a Russian study found a 56% death rate among young rats fed GM Roundup Ready soya, as well as stunted growth in the surviving progeny. In Nov. Australian researchers found allergic reactions in mice fed on GM peas. Flying in the face of such worrying evidence, the WTO has ruled that Europe lacks the scientific justification to ban GM crops. In response to lobbying from pro-GM USA, Canada & Argentina, the WTO has ruled that Euopean countries should remove their bans on 27 GM crops. It also ruled that a 6 year freeze on the import of new GM crops into Europe was against 'free-trade.' - Concerned people are asked to e-mail their MP to ask them to sign EDM 1599 to oppose the EU Draft Proposal which would allow 0.9% GM in organic food. Many Europeans wish to avoid all GM ingredients, especially in organic food.
EMF-Omega-News 20. May 2006
Genetic damage in mobile phone users: some preliminary findings http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1960035/
Cytogenic Damage in Mobile Phone Users http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2012481/
Mobile Phone Users: Another High Health Risk Group http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2012539/
Your Cell Phone is Dangerous: Health Hazards Revealed http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1960115/
SERIOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS IN RMIT BUILDING ARE A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2037514/
Electrical union to ban work near phone masts http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2034544/
An amendment to the European Parliament's 7th Framework Programme for Research calls for research into electromagnetic radiation and therefore phone masts http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2027072/
People's Will letter to the Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2034803/
Campaigners' welcome for phone masts pressure group http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/1958718/
O2 Meols, Wirral http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/1958739/
Residents' fury at phone mast http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/1958758/
Mast protesters blame Government for health problems http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2006104/
Mobile masts signal rain showers http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/1958698/
Santa Cruz preschool closes citing cell tower radiation http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2022176/
Dangerous additions to masts http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2024512/
ANGER OVER PLANS FOR MOBILE MAST NEAR SCHOOL SCHOOL http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2024648/
Expert to give views on masts http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2026734/
Seafront move for Burnham-On-Sea: mobile phone given thumbs down http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2027244/
Clock ticks on mast decision http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2027742/
'Why put phone mast so close to schools?' http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2027756/
Report on very successful Toomevara (C.Tipp) mast protest rally http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2034386/
Bid for 41ft mast near schools http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2036173/
Free Wi-Fi in Nunavut, Canada http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2026847/
Wireless boost for British cities http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2035370/
How the mobile phone has given hope to African people http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2027271/
County's power line is humming http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2027150/
'Dirty electricty' out of bounds for students http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2034337/
Scientists studying the health effects of power lines are calling for more research into a phenomenon known as electronic smog http://omega.twoday.net/stories/1958730/
Next-up News 15 May 2006 http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2012384/
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Next-up News 18 May 2006 http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2027503/
Next-up News 19 May 2006 http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/2035349/
News from Mast Sanity
Omega-News Collection 20. May 2006 http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2037814/
The Value of Privacy Last
week, revelation of yet another NSA surveillance effort against the
American people has rekindled the privacy debate. Those in favor of
these programs have trotted out the same rhetorical question we hear
every time privacy advocates oppose ID checks, video cameras,
massive databases, data mining, and other wholesale surveillance
measures: "If you aren't doing anything wrong, what do you have to
hide?" http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/05/the_value_of_pr.html
THE EVIDENCE THAT FLUORIDE IS HARMFUL IS OVERWHELMING Dr. Limeback was one of the 12 scientists who served on the National Academy of Sciences panel that issued the 2006 report, "Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of the EPA's Standards." Dr. Limeback is an associate professor of dentistry and head of the preventive dentistry program at the University of Toronto. The argument against fluoridation is strong when all the points listed below are taken together. There are numerous modern studies to show that there's no longer a difference in dental decay rates between fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas, the most recent one in Australia (Armfield & Spencer, 2004 Community Dental Oral Epidemiology. www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/05-06/05-14-06/02opinion.htm
Metro 19.5.06 "NUCLEAR PLANTS IN 57 SAFETY SCARES" A string of safety incidents at nuclear power plants was exposed yesterday. 57 lapses were reported to the Health & Safety Exec. over the past 10 years. Eleven were classified as "serious", including a leak of 83,000 litres of radioactive waste at Sellafield. Others include radioactive material spills at Hunterston B in Ayeshire in 2001 & at Bradwell, Essex in 2004. Others include a fire, machine failure & contamination of ground water & employees clothes.
D. Mail 19.5.06 "YELLOW RIVER" Around 8,000 litres of concentrate, used to make Sunny Delight drink, leaked into a watercourse yesterday. Dozens of fish were found floating on the surface poisoned by the lurid mixture. The spill of "sub-standard" juice was a category 1 pollution incident, caused by a split in an underground fibreglass tank at the Gerber Foods Soft drink factory in Bridgwater, Somerset. Approx. 6 tons of juice & concentrate seeped into a tributary of the River Parett. The drink's name was changed after criticism from nutritionists who claim it contains unhealthy levels of sugar & additives.
SUNDAY EXPRESS MAY 14 2006 - Health chiefs must act now on five-in-one vaccine fears Brain damage fears after trial results show that two-thirds of patients experience bad reaction. Babys given the new five-in-one jab face a risk of convulsions, brain damage or even death. Results of medical trials by the firm which makes the vaccine have revealed that the "superdose" vaccination, which was introduced 18 months ago, can have serious side-effects. The five-in-one is designed to protect children against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, Hib influenza and polio in a single shot... ...The Government must move fast to prove that its new super-drug is completely safe for British babies. The five-in-one vaccination, introduced 18 months ago, was claimed to be a major breakthrough in the fight against childhood killer diseases. The drug, which is intended to provide protection against polio, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and meningitis, is given to babies as young as two months and was claimed to be risk-free. But evidence collected by the drug's manufacturer tells a different story. The Sunday Express has revealed that the maker's clinical trials showed that nearly two out of three infants given an injection of its super jab experienced significant side effects. The trials, when linked with other data, revealed a danger that children could suffer convulsions and even run the risk of brain damage. This is devastating news for parents. Some health campaigners warn that the combination of five powerful vaccines administered in this way overwhelms a baby's immune system. It is vital that the Department of Health intervenes now to restore public confidence. Every parent knows that no threat to a baby's health is ever tolerable.
Chávez and Venezuela deserve the support of all who believe in social justice and democracy says London Mayor Ken Livingstone President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela will today become the second head of state - after the Queen - to be welcomed to London's City Hall. When it comes to the social transformation taking place in Venezuela, the political qualifications often necessary in our imperfect world can be set aside. It is crystal clear on which side right and justice lies. For many years people have demanded that social progress and democracy go hand in hand, and that is exactly what is now taking place in Venezuela. It therefore deserves the unequivocal support of not only every supporter of social progress but every genuine believer in democracy in the world. www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1774913,00.html
Impossible to Prove a Falsehood True: Aircraft Parts as a Clue to their Identity by George Nelson Colonel, USAF (ret.) The precautionary principle is based on the fact it is impossible to prove a false claim. Failure to prove a claim does not automatically make it false, but caution is called for, especially in the case of a world-changing event like the alleged terror attacks of September 11, 2001. The Bush administration has provided no public evidence to support its claim that the terror attacks were the work of Muslim extremists or even that the aircraft that struck their respective targets on September 11 were as advertised. As I will show below, it would be a simple matter to confirm that they were - if they were. Until such proof is forthcoming, the opposite claim must be kept in mind as a precaution against rushing to judgment: the 911 hijackings were part of a black operation carried out with the cooperation of elements in our government. www.physics911.net/georgenelson.htm
In Paris clues that could hold the key to Princess Diana's car death have been destroyed. They include the right front wing and right front door of the car she was in when it crashed in Paris - said to have been hit seconds before by a mystery Fiat Uno. The door was reduced to twisted scrap in a fire in a secure attic storeroom in the Palais de Justice in Paris in 1999. Its loss with other evidence from the French investigation was kept quiet by French authorities. Link: Car parts that could hold clues to Diana's death lost for ever
DRUGS: They put thousands in hospital every year More than a quarter of a million people are admitted to UK hospitals every year after suffering a serious reaction to a prescription drug, a new survey has found. The drugs that are most likely to cause a serious reaction are aspirin, diuretics, warfarin, and the NSAIDs (non steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs). The figure is a rough calculation based on the number of people who had been admitted to a group of hospitals with drug reactions over a six-month period in 2004. But the total is probably a gross under-estimate of the damage caused by pharmaceuticals. Hospital doctors are notoriously bad at reporting drug side effects, and so it’s quite possible that many admissions have not been registered as such. The survey also only attempts to measure those reactions that required hospital care. Many, many others suffer at home – and may not even know that the drug is to blame. The heart of the problem is the way that drug adverse reactions are captured. Doctors are supposed to report all reactions on a ‘yellow card’ system that was introduced in 1964. Its pioneer, Dr Bill Inman, once told WDDTY that he estimated only 12 to 20 per cent of all reactions are reported. If this is so, the true level of admissions to UK hospitals from drug reactions may be closer to our own estimates of 1.2 million people a year. And
they wanted to ban vitamins. From: What Doctors Don't Tell You WDDTY e-news
Drug reactions hospitalise 250,000 people a year
Doctors urged to be more vigilant over drugs' side-effects
http://society.guardian.co.uk/health/news/0,,1773183,00.html Some 250,000 patients yearly are admitted to hospital in the UK with adverse reactions to drugs at a cost of £466 million, a report suggests. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4759571.stm
Catholic Nationalists Take Power In Poland - Deputy Prime Minister Says He Will "Smash Jewish Communism", Shut Down Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Majdanek A new ruling coalition in Poland between the right-wing "Law and Justice" Party and two radical nationalist groups has Jewish organizations frightened that their time of lying about the Holocaust in Poland is over, according to the ADL and Jewish newspaper reports. Roman Giertyck, Polish Deputy Prime Minister from the League of Polish Families, told the press that his goals, now he has taken office, will be to "smash Jewish communism", as well as continue Poland's ban on abortions and to criminalize homosexuality. Another member of his party continued Giertyck's comments by saying that Jews are "making a business of the Holocaust" and that the new government will consider shutting down the Jews' cash cows at Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Majdanek. www.overthrow.com/lsn/news.asp?articleID=9375
Jews in Poland Wary of Ruling Coalition Jewish groups are warning the new Polish government that the inclusion of two far-right parties in its ruling coalition could hamper Warsaw's effort to rebuild its international image and reconcile with the Jewish community. "This is really a step backwards," said Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, who met with Polish officials on Monday in New York. "Poland worked so hard to address the past and they will now face a serious test." Foxman and Serge Cwajgenbaum, secretary general of the European Jewish Congress, urged the Polish president and the prime minister to ask the leaders of the two parties to condemn antisemitism. "If there are further antisemitic or xenophobic comments, we will then consider calling for European Union sanctions, but for now, we are waiting to see what happens," Cwajgenbaun said.
Aipac Case Impacting Security Clearance The Pentagon is invoking the prosecution of two pro-Israel lobbyists and a Defense Department analyst for illegal use of classified information as a basis for stripping security clearances from government contractor employees who have dual citizenship in America and Israel or family members living in the Jewish state. In at least three instances, Defense Department attorneys have used or attempted to use the case involving the former staffers of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to justify withdrawing a security clearance or denying one in the first place, according to a Virginia lawyer who closely tracks such disputes, Sheldon Cohen. "In my personal experience, I know of at least three cases," Mr. Cohen told The New York Sun yesterday. "I assume they're raising it in every Israel case." Asked why government lawyers were invoking the Aipac case in security clearance disputes with no known connection to the pro-Israel group, Mr. Cohen said, "The only reason to possibly use it is to implicate anybody with a connection to Israel, to imply they cannot be trusted. There is no other conceivable reason to bring it up."
Simpson's 'Nazi past' led to abdication Newly released FBI files suggest the alleged Nazi connections of Wallis Simpson prevented her marrying King Edward while he was monarch. The revelations are contrary to the long-held belief that the stumbling block was the American's status as a divorcee. King Edward abdicated the throne in December 1936, following a constitutional crisis, and married her in exile the following year. These FBI files were written in the 1940s but are now released under America's Freedom of Information Act. They suggest stronger connections between the Duchess of Windsor - as she was known after marriage - and the Germans than previously believed. The documents are a combination of surveillance, informants and hearsay. One memo said that the British Government, headed by Stanley Baldwin, had known for some time that the Duchess was exceedingly pro-German in her sympathies. The FBI believed she was considered so obnoxious by the British that they refused to permit Edward to marry her. Reports emerged last year that the FBI also sent agents to spy on the royal couple after allegations that the Duchess might have been passing secrets to a leading Nazi with whom she was thought to have had an affair. It is suggested the surveillance had been ordered after President Roosevelt expressed concern about the couple's politics. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2644123.stm
Appointment of monitor adds teeth to the fight against anti-Semitism The U. S. State Department just added a set of teeth to its fledgling office monitoring anti-Semitism. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday named Gregg Rickman, a dogged investigator who has tracked the Swiss banks' role in the Holocaust, as the first special envoy for monitoring and combating anti-Semitism. Jewish leaders unanimously agreed that the appointment would push the office monitoring anti-Semitism, in existence barely 18 months, to the department's front burner. "It creates a strong point person that will be able to coordinate all the different parts of our government that deal with anti-Semitism," said Mark Levin, executive director of NCSJ, a group that advocates for Jews in the former Soviet Union and that lobbied for the position. "Without continued U. S. leadership, I'm not sure how much attention will be paid by our friends in Europe and elsewhere to anti-Semitism."
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