A prelude to an attack onm Iran ?

The Israel invasion on Lebanon, is this a prelude to an attack on Iran by the USA ?

USA Complicit with Israel..

A very good article by George Monbiot, summarising the close relationship and complicity between the USA and Israel... or you can read it on his own site.

Israel itself is founded on terrorism.....

It is not very well known, but the state of Israel was founded from terrorism. Not many people know this. One example is the story of how the Israelis bombed the british.. Go through history and you will find many other examples.. The following sayings come to mind:

one mans freedom fighter is another mans terrorist

all men are created equal but some are more equall than others

These are the double standards of the west... Blair and Bush (B&B) talk the talk, but only when it does not apply to them...

The Arab nations are just as much to blame. If they turn off the taps to the oil supply, then I bet we will have a very quick resolution to the Middle East problems !!!

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Brainwash the kids with hatred ?

shocking picture.. you would think that at least after the 2nd world war, there would be some morality on how to bring up the kids ....

Double standards of US Policy .

This "The Indpendent" Article sums it all up. It describes the double standards of the USA .. to quote:

...George Bush used his presidential veto to block a bill on stem cell research, saying he couldn't support the 'taking of innocent human life'. In Iraq, six civilians are killed by a US air strike, while casualties in Lebanon and Israel mount. George Bush (and Tony Blair) oppose UN calls for an immediate ceasefire....

Read on for the full article.,...

Rounded review of the Nokia N770

A good, well rounded review of the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet...

Captured to Convert

From Captured to Convert... The Yvonne Ridley story..
Not many people are aware of Yvonne Ridley, she was a reporter when Afghanistan was invaded. She was captured by the Taliban, and as a result she decided to convert ti Islam... read her story here...

Goodies for your NOKIA 6680

quite a few people I know have got a NOKIA 6680, they got them last year on a deal from the 3 Network.. so here is a link to some free goodies for the phone ..

- on the NOKIA site for 6680 support
- http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/nonagss60.htm
- at symbian diaries
- at my symbian.com
- http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/

Sorry state of affairs in Iraq

reading this news item, make sme sad for the people of Iraq : http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article347806.ece

muslim in-fighting.. but thats been the problem with muslims down the ages... no unity..

maybe this is reason enough to accept, that some countries cannot survive/develop in a democracy..

in the past, the west has , tacitly accepted this among the african nations...

dunn, but this will only prolong the Iraqi occupation and the real losers are the Men, Women and children on the street...

Cumbernauld Masjid

Cumbernauld Mosque ground breaking ceremony
http://www.antonine.net/masjid/

Gadget Galore

I got me hands on these :

NOKIA N770

NOKIA 3250

NOKIA N70

first impression : they rock, especially the mobile internet !!!
all we need now, is the network operators to drop cost of data charges. :-)

looking for Bluetooth enabled GPS dongle now....

Pak Earthquake Donations - muslim countries are a disgrace.

Good article here in the independent describes how the level of aid donation to the Pak Quake relief effort, is shabby.. is it because its not a tourist destination ? or its a muslim country ? or its not a glam place in the eyes of the world ?

Denmark, Copenhagen

I got the a chance to visit Copenhagen on a company trip.. here are some pics....

views from the hotel room:


The royal Opera House, Copenhagen, by night :

Scotland, Blackford..

Blackford

Pak Quake Info Sites

There are quite a few sites out there carrying info on the Pak Earthquake.. many are not being updated regularly.. and many are.. here are the ones I frequent, hope you find them useful:

Pakistan Earthquake info

insanityWORKS.org - Earthquake Relief Information: Home

South Asia Quake Help

Reuters AlertNet - Homepage

Pakistan Earthquake 2005

Yahoo! Groups : sa_earthquake2005

Blogs - QuakeHelp

RISE-PAK

Help Pakistan - Donate For Earthequake Victims

Flickr: Photos tagged with earthquake

Yahoo! Groups : sa_earthquake2005

When soldiers cry -DAWN - The Review; October 27, 2005

ReliefWeb » Latest Updates

On the flip side.. stories from Paks' frontline soldiers...

Picked this story up from the Lahore Metroblog, gives us another perspective of whats happening on the ground, from the perspective of the Pakistani Armed forces involved in the Releif operations... Read On.....

Sardars.. (big boss) Bullshit...

Total Bullshit.. none of the Asian TV channels have covered what is really happening on the ground.. This is the second report I have seen describing people haempering the aid / relief operations. The other one was here. This total B.S man....

Releif Map

Found this on google earth:

Pakistan Earthquake Overview - 14 Oct, 1300

Adapted from map by MapAction.org, working in conjunction with the UN Emergency Response Center. See past and future situation maps here.

"Map produced by Map Action in support of the UNDAC team. The boundaries and names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance.
www.mapaction.org - mapaction.fieldbase@gmail.com"

KML by montana_morrison

From above the Neelum Valley..

A vivid description from above the Neelum Valley, from an article in The Guardian.

Satellite Imagery

Saw this on the Google Earth Keyhole BBS: links to images of the earthquake affected areas in pakistan..

Also the International Charter of Space and major Disasters has some images as well.