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Fallujah Birth Defects and More...
Listen to Tim King on the Barry Chamish Show

American and Israeli journalist discuss political and military realities on the day of the year targeted for human rights...

(ST AUGUSTINE) - Tim King was a featured guest on the Barry Chamish Radio Program last Tuesday, 04 December 2013. The program was unique and interesting and didn't take long to move into very controversial territory.

An Israeli military vet, Barry Chamish has been called Israel's top investigative reporter and he has spent years researching and revealing some of Israel's most unpleasant truths. Tim King, a former U.S. Marine, as a news editor, covers human rights violations in places like Palestine, Sri Lanka and Burma on Salem-News.com.

Tuesday on Capitol Hill: The People`s Budget

72 years after the nation was propelled into World War II by the attack on Pearl Harbor, the groups say it is time for the country to end its obsolete wartime budget - as it had done after every prior major conflict.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Peace, anti-hunger, anti-poverty, environmental and community groups will gather in the nation's Capitol on Tuesday December 10 to observe International Human Rights Day by calling upon Congress to slash runaway, dangerous military spending and meet critical domestic needs instead.

The groups will hold a news conference and media availability at 10:00 a.m.

Killed Beaten Raped: Migrant Workers In Saudi Arabia

Large numbers of migrant workers relate similar stories, horrific experiences causing many to fall into ill health and large numbers to commit suicide...

(LONDON) - With few opportunities at home, millions of poor, desperate men and women from South East Asia and the horn of Africa migrate annually to Saudi Arabia.

Vulnerable at home and vulnerable abroad where many are enslaved and badly abused, some killed. Slavery is woven into the fabric of the psyche of the kingdom; according to Saudi scholar Ali al-Ahmed, a "culture of slavery pervades the country" [The Guardian[i]], and although banned in 1964, the barbaric practice of owning a fellow human being still exists here...

11 Arakanese Charged for Thandwe Violence Released on Bail

Rohingyas can expect neither true justice or a fair verdict from Myanmar's government due to severe religious discrimination and the divide and rule policy of Myanmar's quasi Military backed govt.

(DHAKA) - Eleven ethnic Arakanese Buddhists have been released on bail after they were detained in connection with violence in Thandwe, Arakan State, in October, DVB reports.

The consensus on the ground is that the Rohingya Murder suspects (Rakhine Buddhists) were released because the victims were Muslims.

Regime Change Not a Viable Solution...

Regime change in Sri Lanka will only pave the way for an excuse from the international community that, a new regime needs time and space for its transitional period.

(PARIS) - The 1987 Indo- Lanka accord recognized the North East of the island of Sri Lanka as the hereditary land of the Tamil people. Under internationally agreed arrangement, the North and Eastern provinces were merged as one administrative unit.

Unfortunately less than a year after Mahinda Rajapaksa was elected as President, the merger of the North and Eastern provinces was brought to an end on 16 October 2006, after systematic manipulation.

Press TV: `Pro-Israel Group Targets Obama Bid`

Groups like “Stand With Israel” are upset and afraid that they will not see a major war with ancient Persia.

(SACRAMENTO) - The group claims, “Our organization is founded on the basis that the safety and security of Israel is inextricably tied to the national security of the United States of America and must be preserved.

If the security of either of our two countries is compromised, so is the other.” Interesting at best, that they would suggest that Israel’s constant call for death and war in Iran would be inevitably tied to US security. It seems the opposite is true.

Robert Green`s Blog - the Hollie Greig Case
Scottish Crown Office Claims it Protects Rape Victims

The Scottish Law Reporter and others have challenged Mr Mulholland over a clear inconsistency in relation to its treatment of the Hollie Greig case.

(LONDON) - This is the staggeringly inaccurate remark attributed to the current Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC, whilst discussing the issue of corroborative evidence The Scottish Law Reporter and others have challenged Mr Mulholland over this clear inconsistency in relation to its treatment of the Hollie Greig case.

In Hollie`s case, there were in fact no fewer than 29 potential corroborative witnesses, although not one of them was interviewed by the police following Hollie`s detailed account of September 2009, supported furthermore by extensive expert witness documentation.

The Passing Away of Nelson Mandela

It was a great tragedy that Sri Lanka could not have produced a Sinhalese prime minister or a president like Nelson Mandela, since its independence in 1948, as hundreds of thousands of Tamil lives could have been spared.

(MELBOURNE) - Now the South African President Jacob Zuma is recommending to Sri Lanka that it should adopt the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to bring about reconciliation among the communities in Sri Lanka.

He failed to realise that the genocide, rape and murder that took place in South Africa is only a tiny fraction of what happened in Sri Lanka. The whole aim was to save his criminal friend Rajapaksa from the gallows.

Hindus Ask Swedish PM Reinfeldt to Offer Public Apology for Roma Register

Rajan Zed pointed out that if Sweden continued to maltreat its Roma population; European Commission should jump in and ensure that fundamental rights of Roma were protected. Roma should not be treated as “unwanted” in Sweden.

(RENO) - Hindus are asking for official apology from Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt for reported compilation of a register on Roma people.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was shocking to learn a country like Sweden; said to be one of the world’s most highly developed post-industrial nations; displaying such prejudice, racism and discrimination.

Ex-Kagame Escort Tortured, Threatened; US Urges Fair Trial

“I am afraid he’ll be beaten some more,” the wife said, crying. “He thinks he will die next time.”

(WASHINGTON, DC) - A Rwandan refugee who was illegally returned to Rwanda to face trial on rebellion charges has pleaded guilty after being severely beaten in detention, his wife and a rights activist have confirmed.

Joel Mutabazi -- a former escort of President Paul Kagame that was kidnapped in October from Uganda where he had been living in a UN safe house -- had originally pleaded not guilty to charges of terrorism, planning an uprising against the state, and murder.