24/08/06 - Amnesty accuse Israel d'avoir pris les civils pour cible au Liban

Israel/Lebanon: Evidence indicates deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure
Amnesty 23/08/06

"Amnesty International today published findings that point to an Israeli policy of deliberate destruction of Lebanese civilian infrastructure, which included war crimes, during the recent conflict.

The organization's latest publication shows how Israel's destruction of thousands of homes, and strikes on numerous bridges and roads as well as water and fuel storage plants, was an integral part of Israel's military strategy in Lebanon, rather than “collateral damage” resulting from the lawful targeting of military objectives.

The report reinforces the case for an urgent, comprehensive and independent UN inquiry into grave violations of international humanitarian law committed by both Hizbullah and Israel during their month-long conflict..."


Le rapport d'Amnesty :

Deliberate destruction or 'collateral damage'? Israeli attacks against civilian infrastructure - Amnesty 23 August 2006


24/08/06 - Info ou intox ? - Un "Hezbollah" syrien aux frontières du Golan

Syria's new 'Hezbollah' group training for attacks
Baath party official: Lebanon war proves 'resistance' against Israel works
WND 14/08/06

"Following what it views as a Hezbollah victory against the Jewish state, Syria is forming its own Hezbollah-like guerrilla organization to fight Israel in hopes of "liberating" the Golan Heights, according to a report aired yesterday on state-run Iranian television.

Last week, WorldNetDaily broke the story Syria is in the process of forming what an official from Syrian President Bashar Assad's Baath Party called the Front for the Liberation of the Golan Heights, a new "resistance" group that models itself after Hezbollah.

The official told WND the Front will attempt attacks to force Israel from the Golan Heights, strategic mountainous territory captured by the Jewish state after Syria used the terrain to attack Israel in 1967 and again in 1973. The Heights borders Israel, Syria and Lebanon and is claimed by Damascus.

Al-Alam Iranian television yesterday featured an interview with a man who identified himself as the leader of the new Front for the Liberation of the Golan Heights. The man, whose features were blocked out, said his new group consists of "hundreds" of fighters who are currently training for guerilla-like raids against Israeli positions in and near the Golan. He claimed the Front has opened several training camps inside Syria.

Last week, the Baath party official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told WND Syria learned from Hezbollah's military campaign against Israel the past month that "fighting" is more effective than peace negotiations with regard to gaining territory. He said Syria's new guerilla force would be trained by Hezbollah leaders.

"Syria is very serious about establishing this new guerilla force," the official said..."


24/08/06 - La Maison Blanche envisagerait des "alternatives autres que la démocratie" en Irak

NYT Hits Home Run on Iraq
Robert Dreyfuss 17/08/06

"Those who scoff at the mainstream media will have trouble explaining the page 1 story in the Times today, a blockbuster expose. And, it saves its biggest punch for the end. I won’t do that. Here it is:

Some outside experts who have recently visited the White House said Bush administration officials were beginning to plan for the possibility that Iraq’s democratically elected government might not survive.

“Senior administration officials have acknowledged to me that they are considering alternatives other than democracy,” said one military affairs expert who received an Iraq briefing at the White House last month and agreed to speak only on condition of anonymity.

Get that? “Considering alternatives other than democracy.” That can mean a lot of things, and I’d like to see some fairly intensive follow-up. Does that mean that the United States is thinking about a coup d’etat in Iraq? If so, by whom? There has been a lot of chatter in Baghdad over the past several months about a coup, usually said to be plotted by disaffected Sunnis. There has also been talk of a national unity-type government by fiat, sort of a collective coup, but who knows what that might mean..."


24/08/06 - Les armes High Tech du Hezbollah

Hezbollah`s Thermobaric Arsenal
Defense Tech 22/08/06

"Hezbollah have deployed a range of new high-tech weaponry in Southern Lebanon..."


24/08/06 - Et si on implantait des puces RFID directement dans les soldats US !

VeriChip Wants To Test Human Implantable RFID On Military
TechWeb 23/08/06

"VeriChip is pitching its human implantable RFID chips to the U.S. military..."

"...The system relies on an implant the size of a grain of rice, which VeriChip claims has an encrypted 16-digit identification number. Philbin said only proprietary RFID readers can decipher the number, which is then entered into a secure database. A login name and password are required to access the database on a secure Web site, Philbin said, adding that the system is more secure and more effective than things people normally carry in their wallets..."