RSA Animate - 21st century enlightenment
Matthew Taylor explores the meaning of 21st century enlightenment, how the idea might help us meet the challenges we face today, and the role that can be played by organisations such as the RSA.
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Adriaan Zef : I suggest you to fill yourself with the power of oldest wisdom and newest enlightenment
Valentino Vie : Ask me about the birth of a baby we wanted, and the meaning of sexual enlightenment which she brought into my life. You'll get ten of my fingers!
Cisca Zarmansyah : Hiya, stranger.
Valentino Vie : Hiya back.
Valentino Vie : Je me ferais douceur pour étouffer tes plaintes.
CieL- FreYa Ceastle
Bushehr Scare: Iran nuke monster 'made in media'
Iran is starting up its first nuclear power plant, built by Russia, in the southern city of Bushehr.
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Adriaan Zef : Iran still trying to reach its targets, despite having to deal with the arrogance of the world power.
CieL- FreYa Ceastle : Yes, and it confuses the enemies of Iran ...
Adriaan Zef : I thought it was just a political symbol. For Russia, this momentum is a symbol of good relations with Iran, which doesn't always run smoothly.
CieL- FreYa Ceastle : On last summer, when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attended the Conference of Shanghai, he was greeted by Dmitri Medvedev with familiar. He congratulated the election of Ahmadinejad as Iranian president officially, although the results of that election was disputed. That attitude sparked confusion, both in the international sphere as well as among the Iranian population. After the Friday prayers in Tehran, sounding phrases that have never heard before. "You die, Russia!" A lot of protesters were expressing anger, which the Tehran government was clearly seeking Moscow's support and got it.
Adriaan Zef : They help each other because both can take advantage of each other, right?
Moscow knows, during the dispute about Iran's nuclear program extended, President Obama is busy with that and less attention to Russia's political problems.
Valentino Vie : But, after 10 weeks longer an atomic reactor in Bushehr eventually operate, it's apparently not enough to recreate the Iranian-Russian partnership. So far, Moscow still refuses to supply an antidote to the rocket system S-300 to Iran. In fact, for Iran it's far more important than its first atomic reactor operation.
CieL- FreYa Ceastle : It's right. Especially in its history, Iran has swallowed the bitter experience of relations with Russia. Before the October Revolution, Russia annexed most of the area a few years Iran after the war. As long as Soviet power, through its henchmen, Russia played a major influence in domestic politics of Iran. Today many Iranians believe, it can be said that Russia plays Iran card in the world political stage. That's every reason to react strongly here.
Almira Izzati : Although there was pressure due to sanctions Western countries, we witnessed the greatest living symbol of Iran's peaceful nuclear program: http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/bushehr.htm
Bushehr - Iran Nuclear Reactor
www.globalsecurity.org
The nuclear facility at Brushehr was the focus of a considerable amount of controversy, especially in the United States. The reactor was being built under an agreement between the Russian and Iranian governments for $800-million.
Cisca Zarmansyah : Iran makes Israel into a huff. Hahaa...
John Albers :Oh its on! USA gave permission for Israel to attack Iran.
USA says Israel can start war with Iran
Republicans in the House of Representatives have introduced a measure that would green-light an Israeli bombing campaign against Iran. The resolution, H.Res. 1553, provides explicit support for military strikes against Iran, stating that Congress supports Israel's use of "all means necessary" agains...
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Cisca Zarmansyah : Ahmadinejad was just waiting for a response from us, "Do you think the US is able?"
Adriaan Zef
►http://www.therightscoop.com/i-feel-like-this-is-911-all-over-again
"I feel like this is 9/11 all over again"
www.therightscoop.com
The Right Scoop
Glenn Beck on Keith Olbermann's Special Comment about Ground Zero Mosque
Glenn Beck on Keith Olbermann's Special Comment about Ground Zero Mosque
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Cisca Zarmansyah : Why? Because he's a Muslim :
►http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9HmfVAl_u0
Adriaan Zef : Yesterday your face looked very pale, even your body looked thinner. Are you okay, hon?
Valentino Vie : You don't need to worry about her health, sucker! I hope that physical symptoms are normal as experienced by a woman who would become a mother. Hopefully my wishes come true. Hi, baby!
Adriaan Zef : Yeah? Too bad, I just believe the words coming from her. Good night, whacky!
Cisca Zarmansyah : Did you know that actually I was a MANPHOBIA? ...ehehehe, sometimes!...err,... is it a term that commonly known in our literature? a MANPHOBIA, mmm... yes yes yes!...sometimes. But I'm not ISLAMOPHOBIA!
forever...
CieL- FreYa Ceastle : Just because you look very sexy on the cover of "Poliandry and New Monkeys", doesn't mean that you're manphobia, aren't you?
Almira Izzati : @ JPS : you're so funny! ........
Almira Izzati
Update: Julian Assange rape warrant now canceled
www.digitaljournal.com
Swedish authorities have canceled the earlier issued warrant that is described below, saying that the chief prosecutor had come to the decision that Mr Assange was not suspected of rape. No further explanation was given.
► http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/296375
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Accused Of Rape and Molestation In Sweden
How convenient. Charges dropped http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d54gr5fQ6NU
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Cisca Zarmansyah : Wikileaks will make a new consternation. After it leaked about 76.000 secrets of US military operations in Afghanistan, soon it's the turn of CIA secret data would be leaked to the world via Internet. As it told CNN on Wednesday (25 / 8), a plan to leak the CIA missions will be announced later on Thursday. It's not clear, what kind of secret documents will be announced. Maybe the document that associated with daily records Afghan War. As we know, this term appears with the existence of about fifteen thousand secret documents that haven't opened to the public.
Cisca Zarmansyah : This is the related articles, background features and opinions about this topic: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,708314,00.html
The Afghanistan Protocol: Explosive Leaks Provide Image of War from Those Fighting It - SPIEGEL ONLIwww.spiegel.deIn an unprecedented development, close to 92,000 classified documents pertaining to the war in Afghanistan have been leaked. SPIEGEL, the New York Times and the Guardian have analyzed the raft of mostly classified documents.
The Afghanistan Protocol / Explosive Leaks Provide Image of War from Those Fighting It(6 photos)
In an unprecedented development, close to 92,000 classified documents pertaining to the war in Afghanistan have been obtained. SPIEGEL, the New York Times and the Guardian have analyzed the raft of mostly classified documents. They expose the true scale of the Western military deployment -- and the problems beleaguering Germany's Bundeswehr in the Hindu Kush. They contain compelling new details about five aspects of the deployment, including that of German soliders like the one seen here near Kunduz.
Task Force 373: The Secret Hunters; The members of Task Force 373, a troop of US elite soldiers that includes Navy Seals and members of the Delta Force, among others, receive their orders directly from the Pentagon and are independent of the chain of command of the international ISAF Afghanistan security forces. Their mission is to deactivate top Taliban and terrorists by either killing or capturing them. With the leaking of the war logs on Sunday, however, their work is an open secret.
Germany Naivety: Growing Trouble in the North; The newly emerged documents do not contain any information suggesting that German troops were involved in any excesses of violence against the civilian population or in any illegal clandestine operations. Nevertheless, they convey an image of Germany's armed forces, the Bundeswehr, that is still devastating because they depict a German military that stumbled into the conflict with great naivity. Under current German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (pictured here), they are now learning how close to civil war Afghanistan really is and how little Germany's armed forces, the Bundeswehr have achieved there.
The Flaws of the Silent Killer: When Drones Fail ; Indeed, the secret memos reveal the drawbacks of a weapon that has been lauded by the US military as a panacea, a view shared by the president. The unmanned assassin can fly for more than 20 hours and kill at lightning speed, but they are not always reliable.
The Secret Enemy in Pakistan: Problems with an Alleged Partner ; The documents appear to provide new evidence that Pakistan is both an ally to both the United States and its enemy -- the Taliban. Former Pakistani secret service chief Hamid Gul plays a prominent role in the documents.
Intelligence Agents Flooding in Data: The Shortcomings of US Intelligence ServicesAmerica's intelligence agencies are drowning in a sea of data. Fearful of repeating the intelligence mistakes that occurred prior to 9/11, analysts seem to be blindly reporting every single thing.
Photo Gallery: A War Without End(33 photos)
An Afghan army soldier poses after taking a swim in the Kandahar Province. The recently leaked documents portray Afghan security forces as the hapless victims of Taliban attacks.
A US Marine under fire from the Taliban: The leaked reports, from troops engaged in the ongoing combat, were tersely summarized and quickly dispatched.
No smoke without fire: Nearly nine years after the start of the war in Afghanistan the leaked documents paint a gloomy picture.
Shadow warriors: The leaks contain details about Task Force 373, a troop of US elite soldiers, who receive orders directly from the top. Their mission is to deactivate top Taliban and terrorists by either killing or capturing them.
Night watch: For years, a major effort was made to keep a lid on the details of the deployment of Task Force 373. With the leaking of the war logs on Sunday, however, their work is an open secret.
British soldiers on patrol in Helmand Province at the end of June. A hundred foreign soldiers lost their lives fighting the Taliban in June -- the highest number since the war started nine years ago.
Devil Dogs: Sergeant Paul Williams of Ohio shows off his tattooed back. Lyrics from the Dire Straits song Brothers in Arms adorn his back next to a couple of bulldogs: "Through these fields of destruction / baptisms of fire / I've witnessed all your suffering / as the battle raged higher."
American soldiers mourn a fallen comrade.
In flames: Extremists are constantly attacking coalition forces in the embattled Kandahar region. Taliban forces used a booby trap to destroy this armored vehicle.
Taliban fighters demonstrate their fire power in Ghazni Province.
American soldiers search an Afghan man working for a private security firm after finding illegal weapons in his truck.
A US military flight over the embattled Helmand Province.
Harsh terrain: An American soldier seeks shelter from a sand storm in Helmand province.
A nation's troubled history: The tomb of Sultan Mohammed Telai, which was destroyed during the Afghan civil war in the 1990s.
A lighter moment in a Kandahar military camp.
A US soldier greets a local boy during a patrol north of Kandahar. The leaked documents also detail civilian deaths during the conflict.
An improvised outdoor gym on a US military base in Helmand Province.
Another improvised gym in Zerak. The leaked documents, which mostly originate from sergeants, provide an unvarnished image of the war in Afghanistan.
A soldier with the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, mows his lawn in the northern city of Kunduz. Initially the Germans thought that the northern provinces where their soldiers are stationed would be more peaceful compared to other provinces and that the situation would remain that way.
Arriving in Kunduz: At the start of the deployment, some Bundeswehr soldiers jokingly called the small city of Kunduz "Bad Kunduz," the word "Bad" being the German word officially bestowed on spa towns. But peaceful days in Kunduz have long been a thing of the past.
German soldiers training for combat: The newly emerged documents convey an image of Germany's armed forces, the Bundeswehr, that is still devastating because they depict a German military that stumbled into the conflict with great naiveté.
A deployment in a poppy field: US Sergeant Sean Henry observes civilians in a distance through his rifle scope.
United in war: Four American soldiers wrestle before going on a routine patrol.
United in pain: These US soldiers were wounded by an improvised explosive device.
The aftermath of a suicide attack that killed three Afghan civilians in Kabul.
Winning hearts and minds? An Afghan boy waits for medical treatment in Helmand province. British and US forces with attached medical persoonel conducted a patrol of the village with the aim of offering medical support to the local population in this 2007 archive photo.
An aerial photo taken from a US Army medevac helicopter rescuing two Marine casualties in Marjah in Helmand province.
US soldier Zachery Boyd (left) was suprised in his sleep by a Taliban attack in May 2009. The Texas native is wearing "I Love NY" boxer shorts.
US soldiers fire at a Taliban observation point.
Night operations in the Kunar province by US forces.
An Afghan prisoner captured after a US operation in Helmand province: The leaked documents indicate that US intelligence agents are constantly gathering statements from local informants, whose eagerness to please the Americans often surpasses their reliability.
After battle: The leaked documents show that America's intelligence agencies are drowning in a sea of data. Yet the most serious issues are too often overlooked: The protection of the Afghan civilians, the analysis of the political environment and the search for solution to this endless conflict.
General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, is seen retiring in late July, after being relieved of command for comments he made to a Rolling Stone reporter about President Barack Obama and his administration. His successor is General David Petraeus.
Cisca Zarmansyah : and Afghan War Diary - Reading guide : http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/
Adriaan Zef : The secret documents also showed about NATO's concern that Pakistan and Iran have assisted the Taliban militia in Afghanistan. So far, Pakistan has denied accusations that its intelligence agency, the ISI, had helped the Taliban in war in Afghanistan. The Wikileaks document also mentioned that the Taliban have access for a heat-seeking missiles to shoot aircraft. Also, there was a secret unit of US army and navy special forces to carry out the mission of capturing or killing high-ranking rebels. Wikileaks also leaked about the many civilians who become victims of the NATO's mission which has made mistakes assault. Still, it wasn't reported.
CieL- FreYa Ceastle : He believed the US Defense Department (Pentagon) was behind the accusations against him.
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