As the IS continue with their advancement on Baghdad, it appears nothing will stop them
The air strikes, although concentrated, do not eliminate the IS forces
They are not only scattered, but strategically more advanced in their approach to warfare than the opposing forces
The US/Arab forces at this time have no answers to combat IS’s plans for surrounding Baghdad and squeezing its life blood from it
The Iraqi Government is not doing enough to bring in the Sunni coalition and the various tribesmen together to help them combat IS
Due to heavy suspicions that the Sunni & tribal leaders will take an upper hand in policies, leaves Haider al-Abadi to move too cautiously
Where he is greatly failing is the backup that Iraqi forces need on the ground in order to give a greater offensive against IS
With many Iraqi military having not been paid, why should they risk their lives for nothing?
The complete sham by the Haider al-Abadi is causing so many stalemates, which allows IS to amass in greater numbers
They now outnumber and outwit their various counterparts on the ground
The wakeup call to the Iraqi Government has long occurred
They still remain entrenched in their own thinking expecting allied forces to do the job for them
They sit and wait for the miracle to come!
For IS forces this is what they have been waiting for and what they realised would happen
IS is not a tin pot army, but a resourceful and well-organised group of fighters
Their leaders are the main guard from Saddam Hussein
They know the territory and the mind-set of this feeble Government
They have the strategy, combat intelligence, experience and tactics on their side
The present feeble opposition is no match for them and they know it
Unless the Iraqi Government stops sleeping on the job, they will find they are completely overrun before they have even got out of bed!
The tragic reminder of all those firefighters who went in to help victims of the 9/11 disaster are still paying with their lives today
Three firefighters who were on duty at Ground Zero on that fateful day have died within hours of each other. They all died of cancer
The thirteen years that have gone by still see firefighters paying with their lives after their heroic efforts to save those on that day
It is now known that 1,000 deaths have been linked to the toxic dust, which was breathed in from the twin towers
New York’s Fire Department had lost 343 firefighters on that dreadful day
Since then they have lost a further 89, who have died as a result of illness to their lungs and bodies
Although compensation has been set aside for these illnesses, there needs to be more done!
It is understandable that the emergency services almost volunteer their lives on a daily basis to keep us safe
They never know how dangerous a situation they may encounter when the call comes in
These brave men and women, who engage in our emergency services, are the true heroes of the day and our admiration goes out to them
Whatever their salaries, it can never be enough as they put their lives on the line for us every day
Their courage and bravery is outstanding
These tragic illnesses that the fire department and the public of New York are still battling with daily with no relief in sight
Building materials, that are used which are toxic, need to be better scrutinised should another tragedy occur
Asbestos used in roofing materials has been especially toxic
Many different forms of cancer have been diagnosed due to asbestos inhalation
The dust that falls as the asbestos begins to deteriorate, causes many forms of illnesses, cancer to the lungs and other organs of the body
Schools especially are vulnerable, where asbestos roofs have affected the children’s breathing and is known to be carcinogenic
We all have a responsibility to society and its welfare and a need for non-toxic substances should be examined more thoroughly
Our hearts and prayers go out to all those who have lost loved ones and for those who continue to suffer due to the 9/11 disaster
As Hong Kong begins to fight for its rights against Chinese oppression, the word is democracy must win the day!
A civil disobedience pro-democracy movement called Occupy Central aims at paralysing parts of Hong Kong, has Beijing outraged
China is scraping rules outlining the election of the next chief executive in 2017
It is China who wants control over the democratic reform and it wants to put their man in as leader over Hong Kong
The people of Hong Kong desperately want to be removed from the clutches of Beijing and their restrictive commercial practices
The people want to remain independent to conduct their own affairs far from the watchful eyes of Beijing
China will continue its stranglehold over this lucrative state
The people complain that nominations will be channelled through a committee packed with Beijing loyalists
Hong Kong wants to put forward their own candidates, who have a greater interest in the wellbeing of the region
The Occupy Central is a non-violent civil disobedience movement modelled on the activism of Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi
The world looks on and waits. Will China give way to democracy and western values or will Communism rule?
Therefore the people will fight against control, which is always the case
China should enjoy both worlds and allow for a greater autonomy where they too can gain
To be too harsh and controlling is short sighted, as rebellion will always ensue!
The situation with the new Iraqi Government is not great!
There are too many obstacles still left undone
The motion to go forward continues to be disrupted and the consensus is not forth coming in so many ways
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has not fully got the measure of the problems
He knows he has to fight IS, but is still unable to make strides on the domestic issues, which are mounting up all the time
His level of diplomacy and tact are not really there, as he circumnavigates a minefield of problems and adversities
Until he can start to deliver on various points of reform, the status quo of limbo remains the same
His allies, on whom he is relying to deliver, will only do so once certain diplomatic issues are in place
Stalling for time, as he has been doing, is not favourable to those who feel aggrieved and hard done by
His philosophy of hoping all will go away and get sorted out by other people will not happen
The US is watching his performance with a keen eye. What they have seen so far does not come up to the mark
Another incompetent politician, who cannot negotiate himself out of a pint pot!
Until there are more robust strategies on the table to meet the Iraqi people’s demands for equality and performance…
…the slow plod of going nowhere remains
This only fuels more resentment and allows for IS to seek more territory under a flagging regime
There needs to be strong political advisors, who can make a substantial difference to guide Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi
He cannot alone get through the minefield of problems, which he sees himself in
At this time he is not equipped to make these decisions
It will be up to the US once again to sort matters out, if they want a united front for all of Iraq and a working force against IS
The rise of Europeans joining IS fighters in Syria and Iraq has risen to more than 3,000
As more US/Arab aerial strikes occur, then more retaliatory action and attacks will happen in Europe, Syria and Iraq
IS is hell-bent on massive destruction and fear. Their objective remains on track and they will divide nations at will!
Their strength lies in their terror tactics and where they have bunkered themselves in for a long and protracted war
They have time and man power together with artillery at their disposal. Their might psychologically is fierce and unyielding
It is now down to Governments on the ground to bring in new policies to curb their objective
IS do not want peace, they want power at all costs
They cannot be beaten militarily, so their ideas and strategies need to be countermanded and effectively silenced
By rendering their ideology and their strategy ineffective, all fear against them is removed
This will allow for a better and more level playing field to become possible
One must also look to where this faction has been fuelled and this is due to not having the right people in power
Both Maliki and his disruptive ways have helped fuel these atrocities
The West has to take responsibilities for propping up regimes where dictators go largely unchallenged
This is the case with Bashar al-Assad and Saddam Hussein
Until people in their countries feel safe & where a truly elected Government comes in, made up of all the various sections of the people…
…then wars against humanity will continue and where genocide will be rife if those responsible are not brought to book
Until the people can see justice given out against these violators of humanity, nothing changes and more wars will escalate
As the Ebola outbreak appears to be contained, new outbreaks will follow and the disease will continue on its path of destruction
There needs to be more hospitals on an International basis in Africa
The proper staff and medication are needed in a greater capacity to deal with such diseases throughout this continent
Wars need to be abated and stability needs to come to several regions throughout this troubled land
Hospitals must be protected, but equally provide assistance to a much larger area
Africa needs to wake up to its own responsibilities and cannot always expect the richer countries to come to its aid
Until corruption in many parts of the continent is brought to a halt, the people are continuously left vulnerable and helpless
It is time for African leaders to work in partnership for the Greater Good
A certain amount of an individual country’s finance should be used to obtain hospitals and widespread health assistance
Ebola and Aids will continue to spread and more must be done to alleviate suffering and the spread of these diseases, which won’t go away
Education on the ground and in schools needs to be more active to reduce the state of potential infection
Ebola can become a world problem. Its spread knows no limits and so needs to be taken seriously
The wakeup call for Africa has already been given in the past and virtually ignored
On humanitarian grounds and, what is now right for all countries of Africa, that wakeup call is more serious
The World Health Organisation cannot manage alone
Help and responsibility must be taken by all countries, as disease affects us all and is now more prevalent than ever before
As IS make new advances in other areas of Syria and Iraq…
…it is bringing its forces together to disperse other areas of opposition against them
Its new plans of action are dependent on what the onslaught of US/Arab factions against them incurs
Its main theme is to bring about swift decisive divisions within the US/Arab onslaught
IS has the upper hand at this time, as its control over many regions of territory increases and not decreases!
The US/Arab onslaught, although effective in some areas, leaves them exposed in others and there is no back up for them at this time
IS military action is well coordinated to bring down what they feel is injustice against their fellow Arabs, whom it is fighting for
It will win the guerrilla warfare, as air supremacy by US/Arab forces is unable to penetrate the heart of where IS is and this it knows!
IS has various false dugouts
It uses them momentarily and leaves again giving false readings for US/Arab air forces to strike when there is no one in them
So the cat and mouse game continues. What seems effective by US/Arab teams is in fact non-effective, but they can’t always know that!
The onslaught on IS will take an unexpected turn, where IS rebels will be able to infiltrate areas not known to the allied assault…
…thereby insuring a defect for the allies until a more construction method to annihilate them becomes possible
Don’t believe the propaganda that comes from the US and Arab states
IS are playing for time in their guerrilla warfare and so expect many casualties on their side
As they have no fear of dying anyway and they trust in a Higher Power to save them…
…they become an invincible force, where fear is not part of their vocabulary
The object by IS is to create fear, destruction and isolation of their enemies
The fact that the Arabs are now joined at the hip to US airstrikes makes IS’s criteria even stronger in their eyes
They oppose an enemy, which is not of their mind-set
IS will try to force a divide, so they are fighting simultaneously on two flanks causing confusion
Allied forces will need to be careful not to attack each other
The cat and mouse game of weaving and ducking will become effective on IS’s side
They wish always to reduce the power force on them by their opponents
Thus rendering the opposition forces inoperable with many more misses than hits
For IS to be defeated means a collapse in their strategy to occur,
A massive wave of force by the allied opposition to go in as a tidal wave and systematically take them out
The tidal wave force needs to be a broad one, as IS will double back to do a rear action assault
Something they have already practised and they are very good at it
So there needs to be a constant broad sweeping wave of attack followed on behind with another
IS’s leader has seen strategic warfare before and is well adversed in dealing with most plans of warfare
They are capable of contingency plans, as they have their forces positioned all over the place
Defeating IS, as we have said before, is not by military action, but by steady demolishing their ideology
This tyrannical group is a challenge to the entire world.
With the right plan of action they can be defeated!
A UN brokered peace deal with the Houthi rebels and the Yemen’s Government has been signed
The Houthis have taken control of Government buildings and are primarily in charge
The Shia insurgency in Yemen, also known as the Houthi rebellion, has been at civil war in the north of Yemen
This war began in June 2004 when a dissident cleric launched an uprising against the Yemeni Government
The Yemeni Government alleged the Houthis were seeking to overthrow the Government
The rebels said they were defending their community against discrimination and Government aggression
The northern region is largely ignored economically and remains underdeveloped, so they have legitimate grievances
The conflict essentially pits Yemen’s Sunni majority Government against Shia fighters
This conflict has added significant worries for many Arab countries who are worried about the rising influence of Iran
Iran is a Shia majority country
The fighting, which has continued since 2004, has seen hundreds of thousands killed on both sides
In 2010 the US were involved in air strikes, where civilians were killed including children
There have been many religious insults between the Sunnis and the Shias, which has fuelled extensive anger amongst both sides
In 2011 a major demonstration by protestors took place to end the war, yet violence continued
Now the Houthis have advanced on the capital Sanaa and have damaged many key buildings. The Government is no longer in control
Hence a UN brokered peace deal has now been signed
The Houthis wish an immediate ceasefire and then to form a National Unity Government with fuel prices reduced
They wish political and economic reform, which has been denied the Yemini people overall for a very long time
With right governing, peace with prosperity can finally come to Yemen
Where you have different tribes like Sunnis and Shias, one must be sensible and start to have dialogue and fairness
That is why when one tribe rules over another, this never happens
There will always be one tribe which is suppressed, therefore fuelling discontent all the time
Until Arabs become democratic instead of remaining tribal, they will continue to have wars and many are slaughtered for what purpose
No one wins and suffering continues unabated
We are all God’s children and have been created to support one another
No tribe or race is superior to the other. All are entitled by God’s law to be born and to co-exist in this world
Religion must start to take a back seat and remove their right to rule
They must allow for a democratically elected people to govern fairly or nothing will change
We had the horrendous situation in Iraq where Maliki would not incorporate a Unified National Government
Look what horrors he unleashed by his stubborn and idiotic stance
They all reap what they sow and the price for being irresponsible is wholesale slaughter of the innocent people
Too many Iraqis have suffered needlessly because of irresponsible governing. When will they learn?
Tragedy has occurred with some 66,000 refugees, mainly Syrian Kurds, who have had to cross over to Turkey for safety
They have been fleeing the onslaught of IS militants over the last 24 hours as IS advance onto northern Syria
Until the ideology of IS is undermined, nothing will stop them
They have to be shown that their actions will only destroy them in the Afterlife
Everything that they do is against the teachings of what their Prophet Mohammed said and is contrary to the laws of God himself
The eroding of their ideology has to commence now!
It is simply no good that other Arab states condemn their actions, as this only puts their backs up even more
For they will see it that those Arabs states will want power over them and therefore make them more violent
What is required here is what the Islamic instruction by the Prophet Mohammed stated in God’s name
This is that their behaviour will only lead to their own destruction both in this world and the next
Either way there is no salvation or gains for their heinous crimes
The punishment for them by the Higher Power will be forthcoming, rendering them inoperable
They will see all their gains gradually diminish
God sees their actions against humanity as a direct sin against him and his vengeance will be swift and everlasting
To go blatantly against the Higher Authority will bring further shame on their families and offspring for generations to come
By IS’s own hand they will destroy themselves and others attached to them in the face of God!
This message needs to be sent out now!
China has fined the pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline $490m after a court found it guilty of bribery
This is a record penalty, which follows evidence that the drug giant paid out bribes to doctors and hospitals
They did so in order to get their products promoted
The Chinese court also gave GSK’s former head a suspended 3 year prison sentence. He is being deported
The Chinese authorities have been investigating GSK since last July. It is the biggest corruption scandal to hit a foreign firm in years
GSK has been accused of making $150m in illegal profits. GSK said it published a statement of apology to the Chinese Government
GSK said they will continue to learn from this situation
What is so appalling is that GSK thought it could get away with it, knowing that to bribe doctors and hospitals was wrong
As always it is greed which is at the heart of their objective
Corruption in the end always fails
It brings so much injustice to other people trying to earn a living and doing it in what is the right and honourable way
Corruption is always found out. In GSK, a very large company feels they are above the law and what is right
Their integrity has now been questioned, not only in China, but all over the world. They cannot be allowed to be trusted any longer
They will begin to see their own downfall in time
The NO vote has won, which is what we advised would be the very best course of action for Scotland
The hearts and minds of the Scottish people will be honoured by new enforced legislation, which will be both a comfort and a security
The Scottish people can feel proud about this
The vote to remain in the UK is a vote for reason and common sense
The UK consists of the whole working together in partnership with everything now going for it
The united element will give the people a stronger say in European matters, which are flagging in its control of output resources
There needs to be a major overhaul of European matters
The control from Brussels has become overinflated and ineffective in so many ways
With Scotland now united in the UK, the force for change far out paces anything that has been done in a long time
See speedy solutions being met and managed
This knock on effect will assist Wales, Northern Ireland and Britain in so many ways
The almost top heavy aspect of powers in Government will become more centralised, allowing greater autonomy to the rest of the UK
It is high time that responsibility is handed down to local governments
There will need to be greater accountability for all the people to see
No longer can the people be allowed to sleepwalk through life
They need to learn to act, if they wish a better life for those in local communities
The revolution is here to stay bringing in a greater balance of power
As this begins to manifest and the people can see the benefits in their local communities, so a more effective consensus can come in
The people will then feel they have a greater say and control in how they want things to happen
This will bring back more stability, as everyone will need to participate and will be expected to for the Greater Good
No longer will it be a select few who hold the power, but that everyone will now have a say & where a united contented front is established
Too many UK people have felt left out in the cold, even abandoned in some cases
Where their position has gone unheard as if nobody cares
This now will have to change and where the people by governing will be included and not excluded
Parliament in London will become more democratic, representing the people and not what the respective parties wants anymore
Scotland will thrive after this. The battle has not been lost. It has just shifted to a better way to govern
In time the UK will challenge and win against Europe, where the need to reform is ever increasing
The power of the people will be heard!
A physicist, a graphic memoirist and an organiser of homecare workers are among this year’s recipients…
…of the MacArthur Foundation’s Genius grants
Each of the 21 recipients of the MacArthur Foundation receives £383,000 over five years to use in the way that they wish
It is impossible to apply for the grant and the recipients do not know they are being considered
Many of this year’s winners work on issues facing minorities and underserved groups
The idea of the grant is to speak to people’s sense that this kind of work needs to be done
Some of the recipients are in psychologist researches racial stereotypes and crime
Others work with getting legal rights for Native American women in sexual assault cases
Another is a filmmaker, whose work has covered the states use of violence
A lawyer, who works to improved legal representation for the indigent
Grants were also awarded to a playwright, two poets and a physicist working on brain connectivity
All this goes to prove that people, who engage in projects with the sole intention of helping others…
…who are unable to help themselves, is certainly worthwhile
It is high time that these kinds of people were rewarded, but as is often the case they are the unsung heroes
They always do their best to serve humanity, but no one recognises them
Now that is changing and we hope it will encourage more people to do good works, not for the money, but because it is the right thing to do
As Russia braces itself against further sanctions, it will be the people who will feel the pinch first
Inflation has already increased, as the weakened rouble increased the cost of foreign imports
Putin has enforced a ban on foreign food produce from Europe
This again will affect the Russian people, as they have very much enjoyed the free market available to them
The Russian Central Bank has to take action to boost liquidity in their banking sector
This will allow their banks to overcome the limited access they have to foreign capital due to these sanctions
Other aspects have already affected the value of the rouble
This includes the fall in the price of oil and their related products, which still account for nearly half of all exports
This means lower prices translate into lower export revenues, which again puts pressure on the currency
Sanctions will have a great material impact on the Russian economy and this is where Putin has already over stepped the mark
Until Putin removes his brutal control over Ukraine he will see the economic situation begin to squeeze hard
It will be the Russian people who will cry out in outrage
The banks and Putin will need to listen, in spite of his ego being so large he will personally rebel against it
EU-Russian arms deals have also been banned. The squeeze is on!
Mankind must realise we are all joined together in trade
One cannot be so arrogant as to think they alone can dictate policy over another and simply get away with it
The Civil War in Central African Republic (CAR) between Seleka rebels coalition forces and the Government began in December 2012
This war had shown no signs of abating. Now the UN is formally taking over in the way of peacekeeping operations in CAR
Some 25% of the population have already fled their homes
The new peacekeeping force will largely comprise of 6,000 African troops, who are already there
Some 2,000 French troops will not be a part of the UN force, but will have other duties to perform
CAR has been in turmoil since the rebel Muslim group seized power in this majority Christian country
The rebel leader was forced to resign under intense diplomatic pressure, but the killings continued
More than 5,000 people have already been killed this year alone
Muslims have fled revenge attacks, with the country now being largely split into a Muslim North and a Christian South
The African Union troops will don blue UN peacekeeping helmets
The point of this mission is to protect the population, back the political process and restore the authority of the state
The UN Security Council has authorised a force of some 12,000, but many more troops are still needed on the ground
They must effectively protect the people and restore justice and faith in a Government to control the country
The protection mandate is the main priority, so that informed solutions can be presented to the Government & begin a secure working strategy
This way all the people gain and not just a few
Confidence to the CAR people, from all sides of the religious divide, is necessary
An established political framework, which has not properly been in existence, will become operational
The overseeing UN Protection Plan will allow for a stabilising of the entire country
This will allow for people again to feel safe and can go about their business
Any rogue elements will be dealt with severely
The process is too valuable to allow for upstarts to violate this necessary peaceful mandate
All the people in CAR must co-operate with the eventual ruling of Government, so that solutions on the ground can bring in a stable future
Only then can the displaced people return to their homes and rebuild their lives again
All will be working on a united front to enable this stability to occur with contingency safeguards already in place
CAR, as with other countries around the world who are experiencing wars, do deserve peace and security at long last
It is only the arms dealers who gain in war. All else is destroyed for all time
You cannot rebuild on so much suffering, healing will take a very long time indeed
The situation in the Ukraine is on the brink of collapse
There are too many infiltrating forces not only in the eastern section of Ukraine, but overall as well
There needs to be a more orchestrated and consolidated approach to dealing with the multi-faceted aspect of the pro-Russian separatists
The separatists have access to intelligence supplied by Russia, which allows for them to entrench in guerrilla warfare
It is now up to Kiev to bring about a settlement, which could mean annexing off part of the Ukraine in order to save the rest
Putin wants Ukraine back as he sees it
It will be a slow death for Ukraine, a sucking out of its life blood
This Putin is prepared to do to get what he wants, which is his mission of a greater Russia
Putin’s mission is a dream of his that he has been after for a long time
President Poroshenko needs to summon up a deal, which segregates the Ukraine
Otherwise he will see the slow, but methodical removal, piece by piece of Ukraine
Russia has all the time and Putin will act as a constant thorn in the side of this country
There will be no peace!
A wall, the likes of what happened in Germany/Berlin, might be the only way the rest of the Ukraine can feel safe
Then by becoming a part to the European Union, it comes into a broader aspect of controlled protection for all its people
Out of the EU it becomes too vulnerable and exposed to the Putin reforms of liberty-taking with land he feels he already owns
Regrettably the people of Eastern Ukraine have not made their feelings clear enough, so the pro-separatists have gained the initiative
It is the people themselves, who see themselves as more Russian than European
Sadly for their naivety is that Russia controls!
Europe is democratic and lenient, where travel across states is taken for granted
In Russia there are controlled areas, travel is closely scrutinised
The Eastern Ukrainian people have enjoyed the liberty of being free
Now that is to end and they will experience what it is like to be under the Russian thumb again
A cold but hard realisation no one wants, but the Eastern Ukrainian people are complicit in their own downfall!
The only way to defeat IS, is not by guns and air missiles, which is exactly what they want to happen
It only adds credence to their anger and feeling of what they are doing is right in their eyes
They want to fight their enemy with guns and slaughter; that appeals to their thinking and to the cause that they are fighting for
How to beat them hands down is to wipe away and literally destroy their ideology
To be done in such a way, that their every advancing step that they take will only bring them closer to their own destruction
It is their own belief in the cause that they are fighting for, which gives them the fuel to rip people apart
They see no wrong in it. If anything it is their divine right as they see it to oppose the suppression of Islam in their eyes
What is needed is to find their default strategy/mind-set and remove it
By appealing to their better nature it will have no effect
They want violence, which will allow for greater violence as being justified in their eyes
One needs to destroy the very heart of their thinking to neutralise it so completely that they are stopped in their tracks
You have here a fanatic group with fanatical leaders
Reasoning with them is futile
But to neutralise their ideology as fit for no purpose sends the seeds of destruction, which will be fast growing indeed
Their purpose on this earth and in the hereafter will be of no account
They cannot proceed towards a state that will never exist, because it has no purpose/foundations for merit
It just can’t happen. It can never evolve. It is like pouring water through sand. It cannot hold its substance
By destroying the one thing that gives them power over all others, it leaves them helpless, redundant and ineffective
They would become the laughing stock of the Islamic world
Their voice holding no sway – no credence. It is what it is, nothing but hot air and rhetoric
Understand the majority of their fighters are young and impressionable and are easily influenced
For them to see this ideology being of no consequence removes all necessity to fight!
It is the young who fight and want to die for glory, but when there is no glory – there is only nothing
What is then the purpose in dying for nothing?
The cause ceases to be and so the entire IS army will dissolve of its own accord
It will just peter out – cease to be!
You cannot fight IS with arms
You need to attack it with wisdom and right thinking and then the victory over their false ideology is wiped out for all time!
There will be no future in it and they will see it too!
At last the truth comes out. It always comes out no matter how long it takes!
Dozens of veterans in an elite Israeli military signals intelligence unit have said…
…that they will no longer serve in operations against the Palestinians
These veterans are from the past and the present reservists, who all signed a letter about the Unit 8200
This unit carries electronic surveillance similar to the US National Security Agency
NSA was exposed by the whistle blower Edward Snowden
Those working for 8200 said that most of the intelligence gathered concerned innocent people
The reason for this was to ‘deepen military rule’ in Occupied Territories
Their protest letter was sent to Prime Minister Netanyahu and other armed forces chiefs
They said they refused to take part in anymore actions against the Palestinians
They refused to continue serving as a tool for deepening military rule in Occupied Territories
This surveillance intrudes on millions of people’s lives and does not allow for normal living; it further fuels violence
It puts off any end to conflict!
The Israeli media have also been informed by the 8200 members, who said they were tasked to gather private information
This included sexual preferences and health problems so that these people can be used to extort information on others
At last there are finally some Israelis who are prepared to stand up for what they believe is no longer right
These people have a conscience and it has been long overdue
More information will come out
This is but the tip of the iceberg and the Israeli Government can no longer keep the lid on their misdeeds
Even their own politicians are voicing their displeasure. Israel has gone too far and they know it
This situation has been allowed to continue unabashed, as no one in this world will take this Government to task
While all this is going on, Israel has ordered criminal investigations on five incidents in the recent Gaza War
They are too worried to allow International investigators to come in and seek out the truth. This they are so desperate to hide
The International investigations will come about. They needs to – to bring justice back in the eyes of the world
Ban Ki-moon has ordered a separate inquiry into the targeting of UN schools being used as temporary shelters
At the time of the attack on the UN school by Israeli mortar fire…
…the UN principals had alerted the Israeli forces some 12 times of their coordinate position
This way they would be free of any straying shells – all this was ignored
What was not ignored was that the media was there filming it all and so the truth went out
Human Rights Watch has also carried out its own research into the bombing of UN schools killing 45 people including 17 children
There was no military objective. This was wholesale slaughter, simply because they could!
When unlawful attacks are carried out wilfully and deliberately, these are called war crimes
It is up to Ban Ki-moon and others to bring Israel to account
These incidents have not only happened in this war, but in others by Israeli assault
Schools and hospitals have been deliberately targeted and civilians and hospital staff together with patients were bombed
Again this was captured by the media at the time – yet again nothing was done
When will Ban Ki-moon and others do the right and honest thing? The world watches and waits
Are we not civilised people? Should we not bring these monsters to justice? We are after all in the 21st century?
For Oscar Pistorius to walk free will be an act of injustice as far as his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp is concerned
A young woman with her entire life before her was cruelly gunned down by a man who is not in control of his emotions
We have here a man whose lifestyle afforded him great privilege and fame, who felt he was above the law in more ways than one
He has now flaunted the law too many times bringing him down to a level he never thought possible before
To say he acted hastily and irresponsibly goes without saying
The verdict is already indelibly marked on his head. He will never rise from his mistakes again
Not only is he a broken man, but he is a man who has divided emotions
One he wants to be let off and to enjoy his freedom and the other he will find harder to bear
That is one must pay for one’s misdeeds and he has stepped over the line more than once
His fiery temper makes him unpredictable and unstable. No one knows at any one time what he is likely to do or what he is capable of doing
When he performed in one of his last races, another man won
Instead of Pistorius congratulating him on his win as all competitors do at the end of the race, he rebuffed him & refused to shake his hand
The winner instead was not perturbed and went on to congratulate all his fellow competitors including Pistorius
Oscar Pistorius is not gracious in defeat and especially when there are cameras recording these events
His attitude was both hostile and cold
He has no grace in him and it was this one event which showed the man up fully for what he is
He is a cold and heartless person, who only shines in self-aggrandisement when the spotlight of fame is on him
When it is not, he pales into insignificance as if nothing
It is this nothing that will eat away into him now. His life ruined by his own hand and reckless behaviour
He still thinks he is great in his own mind and warrants being let off, so that he can pursue his career and greatness again
His thunder has been taken away from him and he will be incapable of living a life of benefit on the back of a senseless crime
Reeva Steenkamp is in a better place, finally realised of his grip of power over her
She shines brightly now in the afterlife, where she will continue to support her aging parents who have lost the light in their lives
Reeva will be missed, but not forgotten. She already is immortalised in the memory of the nation and the world
It takes a desperate family to take desperate measures to secure treatment of Proton beam therapy for their son Ashya King
It took all the publicity and the heartbreak of a Court Order to bring this family’s plight to the world attention
Now because of that something has done about it
It has been announced that Proton beam therapy will be made available for brain cancer patients in the UK, but not until 2018
What an absolute disgrace!
The whole idea of having Proton beam therapy is to minimise the destruction to healthy brain tissue that radio therapy gives out
The Proton beam therapy just deals with the cancer cells around the tumour
Therefore healthy brain cells are not at risk of being destroyed, giving the patient a greater chance of survival – 80%
Unless a patient or their families have the resources to go to the US or Switzerland for their treatment…
…radio therapy is all that is available
Where the UK medical profession sees fit then patients are referred to the US or Switzerland for treatment of which the NHS pays
This makes it a lottery who is allowed to go and who isn’t
You might as well say who lives and who dies?
Ashya’s father whose love for his son researched what else was available in treatment for his son
He came up with Proton beam therapy
This information had been denied him, as the oncologist advocated that radio therapy was the best therapy for his son
Many patients have found that radio therapy did not work on their brain cancer tumours
Had they not sought treatment outside of the UK they would not be alive today
There is a need for this treatment in the UK
But patients suffering from this awful disease to wait another four years before treatment is available in the UK is an absolute disgrace
As predicted several months ago, disease will be the main killer of people over and above guns and warfare
Africa is now facing great hardship over the deadly Ebola virus, which is spreading like wildfire
There will be no stopping this disease and countries will have to come together to support each other
Wars will become secondary in the plight of human suffering
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has already warned that thousands more cases will occur in Liberia
The disease has already claimed 2,288 lives in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Half of these deaths occurred in just three weeks
The disease will continue to gather momentum and will stretch right across Africa and will not stop there
Many countries feel they are immune to this disease, thinking it is fairly localised. They will be amazed at how far it can stretch
This disease does not discriminate bringing down whole families, young and old alike
The outbreak has been described as a ‘latter-day plague’
Cure will come about once right thinking and action is taken to prevent this disease from spreading further
Governments, with their complacent attitudes, remain sleeping on the job
The disease will infiltrate what was supposed to be a healthy society
Watch and learn how events take a sharp turn and move on elsewhere, nobody is safe
Until pharmaceutical companies are prepared to give the right medication to the people for free, more lives will be lost
This they owe to the people of the world on moral grounds and where profits will not be tolerated!
Human Rights Watch now face another unlawful action
Israel is unlawfully coercing 7,000 Eritrean and Sudanese nationals to leave, who have come into their country seeking asylum
These souls have begun arriving in Israel through Egypt’s Sinai Peninsular since 2006
Some 37,000 Eritreans and 14,000 Sudanese have now entered the country
HRW have stated that Israel have employed measures to get these people to leave. They have been placed in a camp in the remote Negev Desert
There they remain locked up in this desert detention centre for the rest of their lives or risk detention and abuse back home
HRW says Israel is violating the international principle of ‘non-refoulement’
This forbids states from returning refugees and asylum seekers to places where their lives are threatened
Israel, as we know, is above the Law – both Man’s and God’s
It acts with impunity to keep Israel white and pure, as they think they are the only superior race that this world has
To say they discriminate is laughable, as their methods of ethnic cleansing are already well-known!
They remain unstoppable. Has nobody got the guts to bring them before the Law!
Finally the Catholic Church is beginning to deal with years of abuse of children, whose lives have been wrecked to this day
The Church will continue to pay the price until all has been settled and the perpetrators brought to justice
It is now time that the Vatican extended its cause in the form of rehabilitation to all its victims worldwide
A responsibility needs to be openly seen to be done for the public, in restoring what little faith they may still have in this organisation
It is for the Vatican and therefore the Church to accept responsibility in their negligence in these affairs
Archbishop Eamon Martin has been announced as successor to Cardinal Sean Brady whose reluctance to give up his powers is hardly surprising
The people will now see what Archbishop Eamon Martin is able to do to restore confidence
This congregation has seen Sean Brady finally resign. He was leader of all Ireland’s Catholics
Brady’s tenure had been beset by clerical child abuse scandals over an 18 year period. He even covered up one case
Brady had resisted calls to resign in 2010
It emerged that as a young priest in 1975 he attended meetings during which two teenage sex abused victims were sworn to secrecy
This was after they had been abused by Father Brendan Smyth
Brendan Smyth was at the centre of one of the first paedophile priest scandals to rock the Catholic Church in Ireland
He was later convicted of more than 100 charges of child sexual abuse and he is only one priest
Brendan Smyth died in prison in 1997 horror after horror!
The Church must make amends and bring healing to all those victims in Ireland and throughout the world
This they have been denied them for so long now
Until one can walk in a victim’s shoes, nobody can ever know the pain and suffering that they still endure to this day
May the new successor bring in that healing and compassion, so that these lives can finally be restored
The Vatican owes them that much at the very least!
Joan Rivers will be remembered for her strong opinions as a comedian; she was a truly funny lady
What perhaps is less known about her is her charity work, which she was passionately involved in
One of them was called ‘God’s Love We Deliver’, which started in 1986
It is a New York based charity organisation, which provides free nutritious meals to ill and housebound people living in New York
It also works in parts of New Jersey, again where people are not able to provide for themselves
Joan’s impact on ‘God’s Love We Deliver’ will be felt always by her clients, volunteers, staff and community
The charity delivers 4,500 meals a day and there is no waiting list. If you ring up in the morning you will get your meal that day
She had been a board member and volunteer for more than 20 years
In May of this year she delivered the organisation’s 15 millionth meal to an 84 year old lady living in Brooklyn
Joan would sit with these people and listen to their needs when she delivered their meals and always made them laugh
Joan brought love, compassion and humour to every delivery she made and every event she supported
She was also involved with guide dogs for the blind and another charity called ‘Our House’
The ‘Our House’ charity counsels children and families of suicide
When Joan’s husband committed suicide there was no counselling for those left behind and you felt as it if was your fault
This charity ‘Our House’ gives support as well as counselling to the families left behind, so that they can come to terms with their grief
Joan Rivers was a very misunderstood lady, who had deep aspirations to make the world a better place
At the same time, she was hiding much grief and anxiousness about her own vulnerability
Joan Rivers had a heart of gold inside a tough exterior, which was the only way she knew how to survive
Her rare and inexhaustible talent brought tears to many who watched her shows. She will be sorely missed
“Should Scotland become an independent country,” is the question on everybody’s lips?
If Scotland truly wishes to become independent then they must accept true responsibility of all that goes with it
This does not only include the economic situation
Scotland would see a massive dip in revenue and that is in spite of North Sea Oil, which will be running out at some time soon
They have no other natural resources and tourism will be the only other lucrative contribution
Many businesses will go out of business, as they will not be allowed the very generous tax exemptions which they now enjoy
The Scottish people would struggle to make ends meet
There would not be enough revenue in their treasury to meet all the shortfalls they will incur, giving them lasting headaches for all time
Scotland’s current MP’s have severely hoodwinked the electorate
It all appears safe sailing, which is far from what the reality will actually be
Shortfalls in economic revenue is what will split this country for all time
With no way back they would struggle to see their country trying to keep afloat, which will prove impossible for all time
Trade deficits and many of the things they now take for granted in the way of concessions, will all foreclose
Thus bringing the harsh reality of what Scotland will have to endure forever more
Europe will not allow them in and so, as sole traders, they would have to negotiate trade with other world trading markets
With their treasury coffers not up to scratch, they would not be able to negotiate proper deals
In the end they would have to pay top dollar as the saying goes
This will leave them further struggling along the bottom with no safety net to secure any respite from their own self-inflicted situation
They will never be able to repay the balance. There are not enough tax paying people in Scotland to bring about a trade surplus
Many industries will move south of the border as they have no other choice
Those businesses are already considering moving out to safeguard their company, shareholders and the people who work for them
Their jobs will be saved
It will be Scotland’s loss, not these companies who are older and wiser then Scottish MP’s who are only able to see glory
This glory will be short lived
A very unwise situation if Scotland should free itself from the Union. Let us hope the Scottish people will see sense at the last minute?
All those matters, where the Scottish people feel they will gain from removing themselves from the English parliament, will happen
However they do not realise they will encounter far more serious problems of discourse and unsettledness from other aspects
Problems they never thought to even consider will now be placed at their doorstep, which they will encounter head on
There will be no time to think or to negotiate. They will have to act immediately
That will be the unsettling and undoing of this sweet nation
Can they afford in their naivety to take the risk? The answer has to be unequivocally, “NO!”
This is how it starts, to provoke unrest in a country by Russia’s henchmen, where fear is the ultimate weapon of unrest
Estonia’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian Ambassador
Their complaint is regarding the abduction of an Estonian Security Officer by unidentified individuals from Russia on their borders
The Estonian Ministry said the incident took place inside Estonia near the checkpoint with evidence to prove this
The missing Estonian official works for the Estonian Internal Security Services
Russia uses any pretext it likes to obtain individuals, who they wish to interrogate when they need vital information
This incident came on the second day that a key NATO Strategy Summit was in place. This is not by accident, but by design
The Russian kidnappers are highly trained military operatives
They used a smoke grenade to capture him and jammed Estonian radio communications – a well thought out operation
President Putin’s mission is to make himself the greatest leader of all time
He is paranoid into thinking he can do it by whatever means are at his disposal
Putin feels he cannot be stopped as Europe now is too weak to do anything about it
Also with other wars already keeping troops occupied, the direction of attention is on IS and not on him
Do not be so naïve as to think he cares about sanctions, he has already considered this tactic and will act against it
He cares nothing for his people only for himself
By causing unrest throughout Europe he provokes the very system he wishes to undermine & he exercises fear and unrest throughout the region
Estonia and other Baltic states have real cause for concern & if NATO is not fully alerted yet with events in Ukraine, then they should be
This is just the start of Putin’s plan to secure back what he feels is his entitlement to Russia’s greatness
Do not be asleep, he is a wily fox and his policy is to breed fear, so that when he finally jumps his victims are already paralysed
They all know the Russia of old and do not wish to go back to that control with no freedom to do or to be
NATO needs to act and to secure all borders, because there is no stopping this man now!
UNICEF has announced that 120 million girls around the world have been raped or sexually assaulted by the age of 20
Also that 95,000 children and teenagers, most of them Latin American and Caribbean, were murdered in 2012 alone
What is the matter with humanity today? They cannot recognise the harm and cruelty they are inflicting!
Where is our understanding and moral codes of conduct? Are we humans or beasts? Animals have a greater sense of decency than us
We are but despicable souls with no care for the children we love
We condemn them for life by our violent acts of torture that no child should be subjected to
Until harsher laws and education is imposed, these figures will only get worse
There needs to be a name and shame policy that also affects the families of these perpetrators, so all are collectively responsible
The pain and suffering imposed on these victims already is a life time’s sentence, as their mental and physical recover is NIL
That needs to be spelled out to these Governments that these crimes are being committed under their watch
They are ultimately responsible for not doing more to prevent these heinous crimes against their own innocent citizens
We collectively have a moral obligation to high light these abuses far more
We need to bring Governments to account, who show lack of moral responsibilities
Vladimir Putin is a most dangerous creature with sights way above his station and control
He thinks he is bigger than he is and so wants to create another USSR
His thinking behind the objective is to make Russia great again and to exercise its rights in the global forum over Middle Eastern policies
Putin wants to take centre stage for officiating deals that will bring Russia more into the global economy
He wants to safeguard and secure all the land under his power & control and has no reason to remove himself from his strategy of command
Putin knows his place in history and it is determined by how great he is and what he alone can do for his people
He has little opposition in his own select cabinet of officers, as all have been handpicked by him anyway
He wants to bellow out that he is the greatest leader that Russia has ever had
Even greater than Stalin, whose legacy still haunts many Russians today
With his strategy already intact he just needs to chip away at the onslaught that he knows will come his way
He has already in his mind thought of everything and where he can build a stronger alliance with the Eastern countries of this world
The West will be hung out to dry
He does not care whether Europe takes his gas or not, as he already has China on side for his surplus supplies
Putin will be able to undercut any market forces, as he has an abundance of gas supplies to meet all needs
As he sees it, he is the rising star and the West better get used to it!
All the sanctions that are imposed on him to bring him to his knees he has already thought about
His contingency plans are now being implemented
He sees Europe/NATO and the West as being both weak and divided and their causes for straight thinking no longer apply to him
Vladimir Putin is a man on a mission and is answerable to no one
His strategy will hold, unless the West make a determined effort to stop him, but nothing will be done
Putin is too clever right now and too buoyant for his own good. The momentum is with him and he sees no reason to change
Europe and the US will just sit on their hands, as usual too insecure to do anything
It allows him further scope for expansion and the cost to him will be minimal in his eyes
To be great always comes with a price and he is prepared to pay that price to satisfy his own ego!
Corruption is the greatest crime of the century involving many lives and this leads to the destabilising of the human structure
An estimated $1trillion a year is being taken out of poor countries and millions of lives are lost
Extreme poverty has been put further at risk by corruption and crime
There have been many phantom firms and money laundering by these corrupt methods
A report blames corruption for 3.6 million deaths every year. It is an abject scandal
Corruption inhibits private investment, reduces economic growth and the cost of doing business can lead to political instability
It is when Governments are deprived of their own resources to invest in healthcare and food security
It even lacks the ability to invest in the essential infrastructure that costs lives
If corruption were eradicated in sub-Sahara Africa then education would be provided for 10 million additional children
There would be many more school teachers made available
Antiretroviral drugs would help 11 million people with HIV/Aids conditions
The G20 leaders will meet in Australia in November to take measures to tackle these problems
Until countries in sub-Sahara can benefit from their own natural resources of oil, gas and mining…
…where those resources have been stolen from them by big organisations not paying the right tax and various dues, nothing will ever change
Many years ago in The Gambia, a Swedish construction firm chose to be benevolent
They said they would fix all the roads in The Gambia for free
They would provide all the materials and the manpower and give it freely to the people of The Gambia
The governor of the country at that time said, “What is in it for me?”
The construction company said, “Nothing. It is for your people and for your country that badly need this service”
The governor replied, “No thank you.” So the construction company withdrew their offer
This type of thing is not uncommon in Africa and so it is now up to the G20 to do their bit
Long have they sat on their backsides doing precious little, but prevaricate while their fellow man continues to suffer
Where inaction continues to carry on, the innocent people continue to suffer
Those in power only continue to feather their own nests at the expense of their people
Amnesty International has new evidence that the Islamic State militants are carrying out a wave of ethnic cleansing against minorities
The human rights group said, “The IS has turned the region into a blood soaked killing field”
America is admitting they don’t have a strategy yet for dealing with the sharp rise of this militant group
Since G.W. Bush, America has made an unbelievable mess of its Mideast policies – they are now reaping those mistakes
Small numbers of US troops are being sent back to Iraq to quell the sickening fighting
There will be enough men to get the nation stuck in a new conflict, but not enough to make any major difference
President Obama is now being pressed to attack Syria. This idea is crazy
The US sponsored an armed uprising against the Assad regime, which brutally ruled Syria for 43 years
France, Britain, Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations backed this campaign to overthrow Assad as a way to damage Iran
The result was a bloody war of attrition that is slowly being won by Damascus
Worse still, the western intervention in Syria has produced what is known in the intelligence business as a blowback, this is now happening
These Syrian jihadists supported by the western powers are now running amok with deadly consequences
The IS were a previously unknown band of gunmen, who were trained and armed in Jordan by the CIA, then turned loose on Syria
They now are rampaging across northern and central Iraq
What makes IS so effective is that the major portion of its leaders and soldiers are veterans of President Saddam Hussein’s army
They were the noted Republican Guard
With IS, is the last surviving Saddam insider, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
When the US first invaded Iraq, Saddam predicted it would face the “Mother of all battles.” Westerners laughed
Eleven years later the laughter has been silenced
Iraq continues to fight on and it is no longer safe for foreign oil companies – Saddam’s revenge
The Islamic State has risen from the ruins of Iraq and Syria to challenge America
Light bombing by the US in Iraq won’t stop the IS
It is now that America and the West are reaping so many losses of lives and abject carnage that they first started. Well done Tony Blair!
If Mankind stopped and thought before it started a war, then this would not have happened
It is all very well to go to war…
…but if you cannot build a future after the destruction of a country for these people then you do them equally a disservice twice
This is exactly what has happen in Iraq and the same will happen in Syria
Has the West not learnt anything, but to go in with their heavy boots and destroy what is none of their business in the first place?
It is down to Muslims to settle their own affairs and for the West to butt out
Unless they are asked for a better solution that can improve those people’s lives in every way
This, the West continues to destroy
Amnesty International is right to be concerned, as it is often them who have to pick up the pieces of destroyed lives
It is they who are the true heroes with very little back up. This will soon change!
A young boy, Ashya King, has a brain tumour and he has been denied another form of treatment
The prescribed conventional treatment by Southampton General Hospital for Radio Therapy was the only therapy that was right for Ashya
That was according to the hospital
This therapy, which kills all good cells as well as bad cells, goes right through the brain
Mr and Mrs King pleaded with Southampton General Hospital for their son to receive Proton Beam Therapy
The hospital said it would have no benefit to the child whatsoever and they must go with what they had prescribed
The true reason was not that it couldn’t help a dying child, but that the hospital had already allocated it funds for this treatment
To go on to the Proton Beam treatment would mean sending Ashya to a different country where the treatment is available
The cost to the NHS is £100,000
Southampton Hospital having already allocated £½m for the treatment, do not wish to incur any additional costs
There have been many patients, who have suffered from brain tumours
Radio Therapy has done nothing to reduce the tumour and patients have been left to die
For those who refused to see their loved ones die, they have taken the initiative to go to the countries that offer Proton Therapy
They have gone at their own expense, because they feel the treatment is worth it
In 80% of patients receiving Proton Therapy, where the disease has been found earlier enough, all have recovered
Some have even stated they are living eight years after treatment, free of the disease
Proton Beam Therapy attacks only the rogue cells and stops the tumour from growing and then it diminishes
Mr & Mrs King wanted to pay for their son’s treatment in Czechoslovakia, where the treatment is available
Other countries, where Proton treatment is available are the US, Germany and Switzerland
In the UK, the NHS says Proton Therapy doesn’t work covering themselves for not utilising this treatment here
Mr & Mrs King did what any parent would do to save their child
That is to go where the right treatment in the right country is available to save their son
It is the NHS which has let them down and the lies given out by Southampton General Hospital will come back to bite them hard
Remember Ashya has the right to live and the right to the best treatment available in this world to save his life
Southampton General Hospital does not have any right to deny him life!
