Re: GAZA SIEGE CONTINUES EVEN ONE YEAR AFTER
Satish Kumar
wrote:
> On December 27, 2008, Israel began one of the bloodiest attacks on
> Gaza Since 1948. The three week assault killed some 1400 Palestinians
> and 13 Israelis. One year later, little to no rebuilding has taken
> place and the siege in Gaza continues.
>
> Speaking in Watertown, Massachusetts on December 6, 2009, linguist and
> social critic Noam Chomsky delivered a talk entitled “Gaza: One Year
> Later.”
>
> Thanks to Robbie Leppzer for filming this event.
>
> http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2009/12/24/noam_chomsky_gaza_one_yea...
Pakistan's terrorists bomb Shia procession in Karachi, kills 15 Shias
- these murders have become an yearly ritual in Pakistan during the
holy month of Muharram.
Bomb at Shi'ite procession in Pakistan kills 15
By Faisal Aziz
Reuters
Monday, December 28, 2009; 7:28 AM
KARACHI (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked a Shi'ite Muslim
procession in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi on Monday, killing
at least 15 people, police said.
The attack on a Shi'ite march, the third in Pakistan's biggest city in
as many days, underscored the multiple security challenges facing the
country.
The nuclear-armed U.S. ally is struggling against al Qaeda-linked
militants and is under pressure from Washington to help stabilize
neighboring Afghanistan, where a Taliban insurgency is raging.
The bomb exploded at the end of a procession for Ashura, the Shi'ite
calendar's biggest event.
Television pictures showed a big cloud of smoke over the scene and
reporters said angry worshippers attacked journalists.
Provincial interior secretary, Arif Ali Khan, told Reuters: "It was a
suicide attack and took place at one of the camps set up along the
roadside to help the mourners."
Karachi police chief Waseem Ahmed said 15 people had been killed. The
severed head of the suicide bomber had been found, he said. He
appealed for calm.
Ashura falls on the 10th day of a 40-day mourning period during the
Islamic calendar's first month, Moharram, which commemorates the death
of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in
battle in A.D. 680 in the Iraqi city of Kerbala.
Processions by minority Shi'ite Muslims are often attacked by majority
Sunni Muslim militants.