In my previous article on the rules for kidnappers and hostages I didn’t draw attention to one of the highest profile cases of ‘kidnapping’, and the price paid by Israel to retrieve their hostage. I wrote about this in some detail in the now kidnapped American Herald Tribune, details of which we may need reminding… Continue reading Odious Theocracies and their agents.
Author: Dimaq
Kidnapping Rules
Everyone knows the rules of kidnapping. Both in real life and in film, those rules are unquestioned and brutal – the kidnapper’s demands must be met or there will be consequences worse than paying the ransom, which will often be the death of the captive, preceded by torture. This period, between the taking of the… Continue reading Kidnapping Rules
The Rough Beast
Fourteen years ago, and in the wake of “Operation Cast Lead” – the first of Israel’s brutal attacks on Gaza, I created the scene pictured above. It was a pictorial representation of WB Yeats famous poem “The Second Coming”, which seemed to me to relate to the terrible events in Gaza and the people who… Continue reading The Rough Beast
Witness to Genocide
It was on this day that the world was witness to a crime against humanity almost without precedent – the forced clearance of a whole community from their land by a country’s army. After weeks of deprivation, thousands of terrified people were finally forced to leave their ruined homes and shelters, and marched south with… Continue reading Witness to Genocide
A Tale of Two Sieges.
Two cities, Mariupol and Gaza, have been under siege, but only one is liberated. The besiegers, Kiev and Tel Aviv found common cause, as the Western coalition gave them money and weapons to fight for this cause against any comer. Both are colonial enterprises, set up to further the interests of the Empire, and constructed… Continue reading A Tale of Two Sieges.
NYT – evidence Ukrainian missile killed civilians in Kostantinivka
I reviewed the evidence provided by the New York Times that the missile which killed or injured dozens in the town of Kostantinivka on September 6th was fired by Ukrainian forces in my previous article – “The Fragmentation of Ukraine”, concluding that the town was intentionally targeted by Kiev as a false flag attack, and… Continue reading NYT – evidence Ukrainian missile killed civilians in Kostantinivka
The Fragmentation of Ukraine.
Kiev’s use of a fragmentation warhead to kill and injure civilians in a busy market-place is a metaphor for the destruction of the country under its rotten and corrupt leadership. Both are so far invisible to the leaders and publics of NATO countries, and those others obliged to shelter under the simmering nuclear umbrella of… Continue reading The Fragmentation of Ukraine.
A History of Provocations
The immediate characterization of Russia’s intervention in Eastern Ukraine as “unprovoked” by Western leaders, echoed by all Western media and repeated without fail at every mention of the invasion, was the “foundational lie” in the war against Russia over Ukraine. The truth was opposite, with Russia forced finally to intervene when the provocation became irresistible.… Continue reading A History of Provocations
Undermining Ukraine
Above – the BBC’s James Waterhouse reports from Balakliya: “It’s hard to describe this as anything other than.. random. This is a patch of land, in the middle of Balakliya, it’s not a place – unlike other areas – that was once contested, where there was heavy fighting.” “- but what these minesweepers are looking… Continue reading Undermining Ukraine
What’s in the Pipeline Now?
I wrote this article for possible publication in Pearls and Irritations on March 6th, so publish it for the record, and for the relevant links. As the film “Navalny” is today awarded at the Oscars, it seems relevant to include him here, used as part of the US weaponry against the German-Russian pipeline. It’s interesting… Continue reading What’s in the Pipeline Now?