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Amidst worldwide protests, Israel is continuing its bombing campaign against Gaza for the fourth consecutive day and preparing to launch a possible ground invasion. Following months of a crippling blockade, this has been described as one of Israel’s bloodiest attacks on Palestinians since 1948. Yesterday reports indicate that 310 people have been killed and 1,400 injured in the aerial strikes across the Gaza Strip since Saturday morning. Yesterday targeted by the Israeli air strikes include the Hamas Interior Ministry building and the Islamic University. Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced today that Israel is in an “all-out war with Hamas and its proxies” in Gaza. Fears of a ground invasion are growing after Israel declared a military buffer zone around Gaza, closing off the strip and its 1.5 million residents to journalists and civilians.

TerrorStorm (part of Alex Jones'film) goes into documented cases of Western governments sponsored terror around the world.

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel launched air strikes on Gaza for a second day on Sunday, piling pressure on Hamas after killing more than 270 people in one of the bloodiest days in 60 years of conflict between the Palestinians and the Jewish state.

Dozens of Israeli armored vehicles massed along the Gaza border for a possible ground invasion and the U.N. Security Council called early on Sunday for a halt to the violence.

Israeli military affairs commentators said the Israeli offensive did not appear to be aimed at retaking the Gaza Strip or destroying the territory's Hamas government -- ambitious goals that could prove difficult and politically risky to achieve ahead of Israel's February 10 parliamentary election.

Instead, they said, Israel -- after an air bombardment on Saturday -- wanted to strengthen its deterrence power and force Hamas into a new truce that would lead to a long-term halt to cross-border rocket salvoes.

Israel said its warplanes carried out about 100 strikes on Saturday and that Palestinian militants had fired some 70 rockets at the Jewish state, killing one Israeli man.[read more]

Iran is critical of the United States for its attempt to impose UN Chapter VII on Iraq.

Chairman of Iran-Iraq parliamentary friendship group, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, on Saturday condemned the US for imposing the United Nations Chapter VII on Iraq prior to its security agreement.

Chapter VII deems Iraq as an outlawed country and constrains its political, military and economic activities because of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait under former dictator Saddam Hussein in 1990.

More than five years after the fall of the former dictator and the establishment of a democratically-elected government in that country, the UN has yet to remove Iraq from Chapter VII, he told IRNA.

[source : anwaribrahimblog.com]

This year has placed a very heavy burden on the shoulders of UMNO in getting back the trust of the people, as the pillar of the Barisan Nasional, which is capable of being fair and looking after the welfare of the people in line with its slogan of Dulu, Kini dan Selamanya (Then, Now and Forever).

Having been humbled to become the opposition in Kedah, Penang, Perak, Selangor, Kelantan and getting routed in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, has served as a useful experience for the largest Malay party, with three million members, to continue to be at the forefront as the leader in the national political arena.

The politics of money that has snaked its way in the party for so long has to be eradicated with full commitment and sacrifice even though the result may be unsavory.

These actions of money politics are worrisome in that they will cause UMNO to be sidelined, giving rise to the suggestion that candidates for the party's highest posts be picked by all UMNO members just like in a general election.

At the same time, various calls were made for the quota system to contest party positions to be abolished on grounds that it restricted contests.

Among those who made the call was Dr Mahathir himself. It was he who introduced the quota system after he was challenged by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and almost lost in the 1987 party election.

In July, Abdullah announced a power transition plan to hand over the reins as party president and BN chairman to Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in the middle of next year.

Two months later, the UMNO supreme council made a decision to have the party general assembly in March next year to smoothen an earlier transition of power.

Going into 2009, while waiting for the March party elections, UMNO needs to take organised steps as the bigger challenge is to fulfill the people's aspirations.[read more]

Dubbed by political observers as a `political tsunami', the March 8 general election triggered a chain of reactions throughout the year, and placed Malaysia in the "politically unstable" group of countries at one point.

Despite given the mandate to rule the nation for the next five years, it was the BN's worst defeat while the Opposition basked in their winning glories.

BN's failure to retain the usual two-thirds majority was its first since the country's independence 51 years ago.

The 12th general election also saw several BN top leaders being "gunned down" by young and fresh faces fielded by the Opposition including PKR de-facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's daughter Nurul Izzah.

Wearing dazed expressions that lasted for weeks, leaders from both BN and Opposition contemplated their change of fortunes while former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad called for the immediate resignation of his successor Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

In July, Dr Wan Azizah opted to vacate her Permatang Pauh seat to give way for her husband to contest, lending more weight to the political talks that Anwar would indeed become Malaysia's sixth premier come Sept 16.

On Aug 26, Anwar triumphed in the Permatang Pauh by-election. Subsequently, he was appointed as the new Opposition Leader in Dewan Rakyat, while the countdown for Sept 16 echoed strongly throughout the nation bringing about uncertainty among the people.

However, that was three months ago, and today Malaysia is still under Abdullah's leadership while Anwar lingers in the background along with his dream to topple BN government through the backdoor. [read more]

GAZA, -- Dec 27, 2008

The Israeli occupation forces' raids on the Gaza Strip on Saturday claimed the lives of 155 Palestinians and wounded 800 others, tens of them in serious conditions, medical sources reported.

Muawiya Hasanien, the director of ambulance and emergency in the health ministry, said that the number could rise as the Israeli intensified raids did not cease and there could be many other victims still under the rubble.

Reports said that Tawfik Jabr, the commander of the Palestinian police, and Abu Ahmed Ashur, the governor of the central district, in the Gaza Strip were among the dead.

Angry demonstrations were seen in various West Bank cities immediately after news of the bloody raids were broadcast along with the horrifying images of the bloodbath.

However, the Israeli premier's office said that the air strikes were just the beginning and that other strikes would follow, the quality of which is left to Israeli chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi to decide.

Ashkenazi was quoted by the Hebrew press as saying, "The military has to study the strike's results before deciding on the next stage of the assault". [watch video]

Menurut Naib Pengerusi DAP, M Kulasegaran, beliau menghormati pendirian PAS dalam pelaksanaan hukum hudud dan yakin bukan Islam di negara ini tidak akan terjejas kehidupan mereka jika ia dilaksanakan.

Kulasegaran yang juga merupakan Ahli Parlimen Ipoh Barat menegaskan,seandainya hukum hudud dilaksanakan gaya hidup masyarakat bukan Islam tidak akan mendapat kesan.

"Ia adalah pendirian PAS. Saya hormati pendirian mereka.Itu merupakan urusan mereka," tegasnya. [read more]

President Yusuf's political misfortune is deeply rooted in the U.S. government's efforts to save face in the waning days of the Bush years.

The use of Ethiopian troops to defeat Somalia's Islamist militia has backfired spectacularly, with Islamists controlling nearly all regions lost before the 2006 war and now poised to overrun Mogadishu.

President Yusuf

Likewise, the Bush administration will point to the Djibouti Agreement as a formal document calling for a ceasefire " which has never been implemented on the ground " and the timely withdrawal of Ethiopian forces, as stipulated under the peace deal. [read more]

Channel 4 U.K. news broadcast with Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,President of Iran giving a short message of hope and prosperity for Christmas.

And just as LAWS decreed by FIAT favor one group of people over others, private MONEY created by FIAT does the same.

Americans cannot remedy the problems that we face as a nation today, unless we realize that our system of democracy is seriously flawed - it enables a corrupt few to RULE by FIAT over the vast majority. [read more]

- Bernard Madoff to his sons about his $50 billion "Ponzi" scheme

The latest massive financial scandal is the giant $50 billion pyramid or "Ponzi" scheme run by a New York Zionist Jew, Bernard Lawrence Madoff. How can anyone lose $50 thousand million? Where did the $50 billion disappear to? Israel? [read more]

With Barack Obama surrounding himself with Clinton-era economic advisers, many have questioned his commitment to changing the system that led to the current economic crisis. Robert Pollin is one of many who have raised this point. An expert on Clintonomics, Pollin points out the similarities between Obama today and Bill Clinton in 1992, including the voices that they are listening to.

Bio

Robert Pollin is Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. He is the founding co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI). His research centers on macroeconomics, conditions for low-wage workers in the U.S. and globally, the analysis of financial markets, and the economics of building a clean-energy economy in the U.S. His books include A Measure of Fairness: The Economics of Living Wages and Minimum Wages in the US and Contours of Descent: US Economic Fractures and the Landscape of Global Austerity. [read more]

"If Jesus were alive today he would strive to reform the political and financial state of the world, and would undoubtedly stand with people in opposition to bullying, ill-tempered and expansionist powers," the text said. "Today, the general will of all nations is calling for fundamental change."   [read more]

The ruling coalition party at the Federal level is the nationalist UMNO (United Malay National Organisation) led Barisan National (Barisan) or National Front.The KT seat is a crucial test for both Pakatan and the Barisan. Both coalitions need the victory to show that they have indeed advanced in terms of voter acceptance and popularity since the March 2008 general election. In particular, because KT has an 88-percent Malay population, the seat is regarded as a key litmus test for Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, as he is also the incoming UMNO President. In this KT by-election, PAS is representing Pakatan and UMNO is representing Barisan. The norm is that the UMNO President will be the Prime Minister.

PAS isn't the only opposition. It is widely believed that the by election is going to be a six corner fight. The Angkatan Keadilan Insan Malaysia (Akim) party is going to place its Deputy President Harun @ Ab Rahman Mohamad to contest. It is said that the 89-year-old grandmother Maimun Yusuf, a textile trader with seven grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren is going to contest again. Entrepreneur Mohd Azlan Ismail and scrap rubber dealer Isma Arifath Hassanuddin are contesting too. Where these three independents get their money to waste and why is everybody asking? [read more]

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Hindu and Christian minorities are angered by the government's crackdown on the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JD), crediting the charity with helping the country's poor and needy irrespective of religion or cast.

First shahadah ceremony, read the subtitle . . . we should ask the same question every morning when we wake up after the du'a.

The great da'ee of Islam, Dr Zakir Naik is back with another peace conference. The conference was held on November 23, 2008 in Mumbai, India.

This time the speech was in Urdu/Hindi. 15 people including hindus and christian converted to Islam live on Peace TV. The translation and subtitling is done by me. [watch video]

Courtesy : Mj4sh

Russian S-300s 'hit the road to Iran'.Russia says it will only sell exclusively defensive systems to Iran amid Israeli and Western disgruntlement over Tehran-Moscow military cooperation. Russia-Iran S-300 deal was shrouded in a mystery.[read more]

Though the official campaigning will not start until after the nomination day - after the first week of the coming new year. The real campaigning had began immediate after the parliamentary seat was vacant. DS Najib Razak has been there in KT, what thrice??, Ministers and politicians had make "official" statements everywhere on every occasion, where there is a ceremony.

Annual dinners (year end), whether a private or public one, would be lavished in KT this year, weather permitting.

Before all those surfaces, those who follow this blog regularly, may have click on the topmost banner and it took them to a new landing page. It is my new blog, starting with the seat being left vacant for KT P036 by election and posting will ceased after the winning candidate is declared or swore in as an MP, unless something else take place, such as the result becoming a court wrangle. [view the blog, you may like to get into the blog archive]

Soon the Top banner will be taken down and just a small banner placed to link to the blog.

The National Heart Institute (IJN)should not be privatized. It is a Professional Institution. It is there to help provide training to develop cardiac units in all government hospitals by 2020 other than serving the public. It is a corporate body functioning independently financially. Tan Sri Dr Yahya, a pioneer there, in an exclusive interview defended IJN from being privatized. Listen to the [video interview]

Edward George Ruddy died today! Edward George Ruddy was the Chairman of the Board of the Union Broadcasting Systems and he died at eleven o'clock this morning of a heart condition! And woe is us! We're in a lot of trouble!

So, a rich little man with white hair died. What does that got to do with the price of rice, right? And why is that woe to us?

Because this company is now in the hands of CCA -- the Communication Corporation of America. There's a new Chairman of the Board, a man called Frank Hackett, sitting in Mr. Ruddy's office on the 20th floor. And when the 12th largest company in the world controls the most awesome goddamn propaganda force in the whole godless world, who knows what shit will be peddled for truth on this network. [watch the Video]

Former Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, a former U.S. prosecutor at Guantanamo, told BBC yesterday in his first interview since resigning earlier this year that Guantanamo detainees were treated in a “wrong, unethical and finally, immoral” manner. Vandeveld was so “appalled” by the conditions at Guantanamo that he consulted his Jesuit priest, who told him to resign. “I never suffered such anguish in my life about anything,” he said. Watch BBC’s segment: [watch video]