Part 2: 'Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder': New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Che Death

Part 2: 'Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder': New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Che Death

11/11/11

I'm going back to Tahrir Square today. I haven't been there since March. Haven't felt a part of the movement. But today I want to lend a warm body towards the attendance count. I'm not optimistic on our turn out.
I don't see much interest from the few contacts on my Facebook page. And there seems to be a rumor that the 11/11/11 group is shady. "Masionic" was one term I heard. It doesnt seem to matter that an open letter from Cairo went out asking for international support to shed light on the continued jailing and military tribunals for Egyptian activists and bloggers.

But it's not about any given group for me anyway. I do believe we need to keep our movement connected with the iNternational civil society that's forming.

It gives us enhanced legitimacy for one thing. It also keeps an international light shining on Cairo, making it a little more difficult for the internal manipulation of issues. And, it helps add our voice to this growing phenomena we are witnessing from Oakland, to Wall St., to London, Madrid, Rome, and so on.

If you walked in Tahrir in January, you can see today there is more to be done to resist the natural counter revolution. Emergency law is still in place. Military trials have sentenced over 12000 Egyptians. Even the state owned Al Ahram lists the many strong armed tactics we've seen since February 11.

Besides our own situation, there are regional issues that warrant our continued show of solidarity. Just as we stood unified in Tahrir to say we no longer recognize the regime - we can stand together with the people of Syria. We in Cairo have an advantage with the Arab League hosted right off the Square. I'd like to see this organization put in its proper context of a moribound agency that should be eliminated in favor of something that more accurately reflects the Arab street.

Borrowed from Mr. Linton Kwesi Johnson

mi revalueshanary fren is nat di same agen                                            

yu know fram wen ?

fram di masses shata silence

staat fi grumble

fram pawty paramoncy tek a tumble

fram Hungary to Cairo to Romania

fram di cozy cyassle dem staat fi crumble

wen wi buck-up wananada in a reaznin

mi fren always en up pan di same ting

dis is di sang im love fi sing :

Kaydar

e ad to go

Zhivkov

e ad to go

Husack

e ad to go

Honnicka

e ad to go

Cauchescu

e ad to go

jus like Mubarek

wi av to go

awhile agoh mi fren an mi woz taakin

soh mi seh to im :

wat a way di eart a run nowadays, man

it gettin aada by di day

fi know whey yu stan

cauz wen yu tink yu deh pun salid dry lan

wen yu cteck a stack yu fine yu ina quick-san

yu noh notice ow di lanscape a shiff

is like valcanoe unda it an notn cyaan stap it

cauz tings jusa bubble an a bwoil doun below

strata seperate an refole

an wen yu tink yu reach di mountain tap

is a bran-new platow yu goh buck-up

mi revalueshanary fren shake im ed an im sigh

dis woz im reply :

Kaydar

e ad to go

Zhivkov

e ad to go

Husack

e ad to go

Honnicka

e ad to go

Cauchescu

e ad to go

jus like Mubarek

wi av to go

well mi nevah did satisfy wid wat mi fren mek reply

an fi get a deepa meanin in di reaznin

mi seh to im :

well awrite

soh Garby gi di people dem glashnas

an it poze di Stalinist dem plenty prablem

soh Garby leggo peristrika pan dem

canfoundin bureacraetic strategems

but wi haffi face up to di cole facks;

im also open up pondora's bax

yes, people pawa jus a showa every awa

an eyrybady claim dem demacratic

but some a wolf an some a sheep

an dat is prablematic:

nah tings like dat yu woulda call dialectic ?

mi revalueshanary fren pauz awhile an im smile

den im look mi in mi eye an reply :

Kaydar

e ad to go

Zhivkov

e ad to go

Husack

e ad to go

Honnicka

e ad to go

Cauchescu

e ad to go

jus like Mubarek

wi av to go

well mi couldn elabarate

plus it waz gettin kinda late

soh in spite a mi lack af andastandin

bout di meanin a di changes in di eas

fi di wes nonediless

an aldow mi av mi rezavayshans

bout di cansiquenses an implicashans

espehsaally fi black libaraeshan

to bring di reaznin to a canclushan

ah ad woz to agree wid mi fren

hopein dat wen wi meet up wance agen

wi coulda av a more fulla canvahsaeshan

soh mi seh to im, yu know wat ?

im seh wat ? mi seh :

Kaydar

e ad to go

Zhivkov

e ad to go

Husack

e ad to go

Honnicka

e ad to go

Cauchescu

e ad to go

jus like Mubarek

soon gaan

RILF

“Run Sarah Run!” - chants from Palin supporters at a tea party Sarah attended in Massachusetts. It makes sense that fans of Forrest Gump would be Palin supporters. She's nice and homey. "How's that hope-y, change-y stuff workin' out for you?" she asked.  
We get the leaders we deserve.

Shining beacon on the hill

Our beacon on the hill has become a red light in the window.

Either you are wrong or I am right...

I was surprised to read in Al Jazeera English that the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) was disciplining "two high-ranking officers for firing artillery shells at populated areas during the Gaza offensive last year..."  Citing "local media" as their source (sorry Mr. Fisk).
In wasn't long before my surprise turned to laughter when I checked the "local media" and found Haaretz running the story "IDF denies disciplining top officers over white phosphorous use in Gaza war".
Never a dull moment with these two is there?

Sixty years of violence and what are the results? There is a basic map illustrating the process over time. I look at it and simple questions arise. What happened to all the people who were living in the green areas over time? How many were there? Where did they go? Where are they living today? How were they removed from their homes? I am assuming they did live in homes. I have heard that "there never was a Palestine." But I do know there were people living there.
It seems like the explanation for this phenomenon is not new. The Native population of North America, Australia, are not necessarily on the minds of colonial descendants living there today.
And now we are supposed to watch while the remaining green stains are removed.  It wouldn't hurt so much if we didn't have to watch it on the news every day and talk about restarting the peace process.  
 

A piece of shit by any other name would still smell as shitty

Whatever Erik Prince and his business associates choose to call their company it is the same group of people implementing the same policies as missions. I don't think anyone would argue that when Blackwater officially changed its name to Xe the firm underwent a major shift in either the firm's mission statement or standard operating manuals. If you're reading this, you are capable of finding said statement online.
What else do we already know about Prince and his Princedom? (We'll just call it Xe because it's easier to type). 
We know Xe was implicated as Blackwater in the Nisoor Square attack in Baghdad (September 16, 2007). Again, the information is there on the web from whatever source you trust most. We know that they have been involved with the CIA in assassination and abduction (technically called "extraordinary rendition") missions.
We also know that Prince is a born again Christian and has been associated with the C Street evangelic community.
I am not in a position to judge Mr. Prince or Xe's activities and methods. But I can read. I can understand it. And I do see it as nothing less than a modern day crusade.

Just some human debris

 

 

 Israeli troops and Palestinians from Nabi Saleh scuffled on Jan. 15 as the group tried to reach farmland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times

 

 

 

 

 

Inside Gaza

"some will die but most will turn into human debris and social outcasts." 1949 Israeli Foreign Ministry report on the future of Palestinian refugees. 

The war on French dressing

http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15270861

This Government Has Failed Us

"The bottom line is this - the US government had sufficient information to have uncovered this plot and potentially disrupt the Christmas Day attack. But our intelligence community failed to connect those dots which would have placed the suspect on the no fly list." - Barack Obama.

No matter how you slice it - this government has failed us. This intelligence community failure (or 200,000 troops moving to the Afghan border in 1979, or the collapse of the Soviet Union, or the attack on Pearl Harbor, or 9/11) all of these are the failure of OUR GOVERNMENT.

I believe the key to the truth behind story lies in the manner in which this man obtained his visa.