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Thread: Petek Dinçöz - sari mavi

271.       Roswitha
4132 posts
 21 Jan 2009 Wed 09:00 pm

Let´s belly dance!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xg6d9ruPlQ&feature=related



Thread: the killing continues, GAZA

272.       Roswitha
4132 posts
 21 Jan 2009 Wed 05:44 am

WHO WILL SAVE THE PALESTINIANS?

 

 

 http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/war_on_gaza/2009/01/2009119102548942367.html

 



Thread: Birds without Wings

273.       Roswitha
4132 posts
 21 Jan 2009 Wed 02:04 am

 Luis de Bernieres’s Birds Without Wings is definitely one of the finest novels I have read in the last decade. It is a masterpiece. This is a beautifully written epic story about the tragic drama and historical events that stormed Anatolia and Greece by the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is also the story of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and his rise to fame and power. But most of all it is the story of ordinary human beings: Turks, Greeks and Armenians who lived and worked together, befriended; fell in love; quarreled; hated and killed each other.

 

http://imad_moustapha.blogs.com/my_weblog/2008/01/birds-without-w.html



Thread: Kayaköy (Greek: Levissi) is a ghost town near Ölüdeniz

274.       Roswitha
4132 posts
 21 Jan 2009 Wed 02:00 am

 was abandoned by Greek Christians in 1923, and is today visited by tourists. In the 1700s, Kayaköy was built on the site of the ancient city of Carmylessus (or Karmylassos). In 1900, its population was about 2000, mostly Greek Christians. But after the Greco-Turkish War, Kayaköy was mostly abandoned after a population exchange agreement was signed by the Turkish and Greek governments in 1923.

     Kayaköy may be the inspiration behind "Eskiþehir", the imaginary village chosen by Louis de Bernières as the setting of his 2004 novel "Birds Without Wings".

 



Thread: Carefully chosen words-We are a nation of Christians and Muslims

275.       Roswitha
4132 posts
 20 Jan 2009 Tue 09:18 pm

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and non-believers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.


To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society´s ills on the West — know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.


 


http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-01-20-obama-speech-text_N.htm



Thread: Countdown To The End Of Bush :D

276.       Roswitha
4132 posts
 20 Jan 2009 Tue 09:05 pm

 

And.... by all standards, Bush made America LESS safe then it was before. Hatred against us has grown exponentially, the entire world is against us (including all western countries), and terrorist organizations have more volunteers then ever to fight us.

That´s what his strategy to "keep us safe" achieved.

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Thread: i want to teach someone turkish...( i know english )

277.       Roswitha
4132 posts
 20 Jan 2009 Tue 04:17 pm

I think you have a screw loose.



Thread: Varius Islamic News Channels

278.       Roswitha
4132 posts
 20 Jan 2009 Tue 04:14 pm

 

Another War, Another Defeat

Tuesday 20th January 2009
"There is also little chance that people around the world who follow the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will soon forget the appalling punishment that Israel is meting out in Gaza. The destruction is just too obvious to miss, and too many people—especially in the Arab and Islamic world—care about the Palestinians’ fate. Moreover, discourse about this longstanding conflict has undergone a sea change in the West in recent years, and many of us who were once wholly sympathetic to Israel now see that the Israelis are the victimizers and the Palestinians are the victims. What is happening in Gaza will accelerate that changing picture of the conflict and long be seen as a dark stain on Israel’s reputation", writes Prof John J. Mearsheimer.

Related Links
Chronicle of a Suicide Foretold: The Case of Israel

 

 

http://www.salaam.co.uk/news/index.php



Thread: the killing continues, GAZA

279.       Roswitha
4132 posts
 19 Jan 2009 Mon 12:57 pm

Robert Fisk’s World: When it comes to Gaza, leave the Second World War out of it

How do Holocaust survivors in Israel feel about being called Nazis?

 

 

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fiskrsquos-world-when-it-comes-to-gaza-leave-the-second-world-war-out-of-it-1418270.html



Thread: Turkish students hold a minute of silence for Palestinian childeren

280.       Roswitha
4132 posts
 19 Jan 2009 Mon 12:21 am

´Tungsten bombs´ leave Israel´s victims with mystery wounds

 

 

As it declares a unilateral ceasefire, Jerusalem faces a UN call for a war crimes investigation

Two children were killed yesterday when Israeli tanks shelled a UN school in which families were sheltering, leading a UN spokesman, Chris Gunness, to say: "There has to be an investigation to determine whether a war crime has been committed." The call was dismissed by an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman, Yigal Palmor, who said: "These claims of war crimes are not supported by the slightest piece of evidence." But among numerous allegations of disproportionate use of force, questions are also multiplying about the use of unconventional weapons by Israel, including a new type of bomb that causes injuries that doctors have not seen before, and which they find impossible to treat.

The Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, claimed in a televised address last night that the military operation had "fully attained" its goals, "and beyond". Israel had declared the ceasefire in response to an appeal from the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, but troops would remain for now in Gaza, and Hamas would be "surprised again" if it attacked.

But even though Mr Olmert said Hamas had been "beaten badly", rockets landed in Israel a few minutes before he spoke. Despite the desperate state of Gaza´s population, Hamas leaders said they would continue to fight for an end to Israel´s closure of crossing points into the territory and a withdrawal of the Israeli forces.

Mr Mubarak invited the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, to discuss Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh today. The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, said he might attend, and Gordon Brown is among other leaders due to take part.

Although Mr Olmert´s announcement was only a first step towards halting the conflict in Gaza, the UN is not the only international body insisting that inquiries must be held as soon as possible into the tactics and weapons used by Israel. Erik Fosse, a Norwegian doctor who worked in Gaza´s hospitals during the conflict, said that Israel was using so-called Dime (dense inert metal explosive) bombs designed to produce an intense explosion in a small space. The bombs are packed with tungsten powder, which has the effect of shrapnel but often dissolves in human tissue, making it difficult to discover the cause of injuries.

Dr Fosse said he had seen a number of patients with extensive injuries to their lower bodies. "It was as if they had stepped on a mine, but there was no shrapnel in the wounds," he said. "Some had lost their legs. It looked as though they had been sliced off. I have been to war zones for 30 years, but I have never seen such injuries before." However, the injuries matched photographs and de[script]ions in medical literature of the effects of Dime bombs.

"All the patients I saw had been hit by bombs fired from unmanned drones," said Dr Fosse, head of the Norwegian Aid Committee. "The bomb hit the ground near them and exploded." His colleague, Mads Gilbert, accused Israel of using the territory as a testing ground for a new, "extremely nasty" type of explosive. "This is a new generation of small explosive that detonates with extreme power and dissipates its power within a range of five to 10 metres," he said.

According to military databases, Dime bombs are intended for use where conventional weapons might kill or injure bystanders – to kill combatants in a house, for example, without harming people next door. Instead of being made from metal, which sprays shrapnel across a wide area, the casing is carbon fibre. Part of the motive for developing the bombs was to replace the use of depleted uranium, but Dr Fosse said the cancer risk from tungsten powde was well known. "These patients should be followed up to see if there are any carcinogenic effects," he said.

While the loudest controversy has been over accusations that white phosphorus was illegally used, other foreign doctors working in Gaza have reported injuries they cannot explain. Professor Mohammed Sayed Khalifa, a cardiac consultant from Sudan, said that two of his patients had had uncontrollable bleeding. "One had a chest operation, and continued bleeding even after having been given large quantities of plasma," he said. "The other had what seemed to be a minor leg injury, but collapsed with profuse bleeding. Something was interfering with the clotting process. I have never seen such a thing before."

Dr Ahmed Almi, an Egyptian cardio-thoracic consultant at al-Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, said he had seen a number of patients with inexplicable injuries. A boy of 14 had a small puncture wound in his head, but extensive damage to his brain, making it impossible to save his life. "I don´t know the nature or type of these weapons that make a very small [entry wound] and go on and make massive destruction in the tissues," he said.

Israeli military representatives have refused to confirm or deny using specific weapons, but insist that all Israel´s weapons comply with international law. Neither white phosphorus nor Dime bombs are illegal, but campaigners say the way they have been used, especially in Gaza´s densely packed urban areas, could constitute a war crime.

 

A Palestinian woman with severe facial injuries from a Dime bomb

A Palestinian woman with severe facial injuries from a Dime bomb



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