Syria fears send Israelis running for gas masks

Kebimbangan Syria menghantar Israel berlari 

dengan topeng-topeng Gas . . .

By 1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012 | earthWatch Tuesday 21, August 2012

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012 (AFP) (Diterbitkan pada 21 Ogos 2012. 1 minit yang lalu)  Semakin Israel tertarik kepada pusat pengedaran di seluruh negara untuk mengambil topeng-topeng gas, sebagai kebimbangan tumbuh atas senjata kimia Syria. (1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012 (AFP) (Published on 21 Aug 2012) 1 minutes ago) A growing number of Israelis are flocking to distribution centers nationwide to pick up gas masks, as fears grow over Syria's chemical weapons).

Japan-China island row opens diplomatic wounds . . .

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: (AFP. 1 Jam lalu) Ketegangan antara Jepun dan China sepanjang rantaian pulau-pulau yang dipertikaikan mencapai paras tertinggi baru pada hari Ahad berikutan pemerdapatan bendera Jepun dan protes besar di China. Duration: 02:29. (1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012: (AFP. 1 hour ago) Tension between Japan and China over a disputed chain of islands reached new highs on Sunday following the raising of a Japanese flag and large protests in China. Duration: 02:29).

Koresponden Al Arabiya menceritakan perjalanan ke kawasan rintangan Syria . . .

TINJAUAN 1WC’sChannel 2012: (قناة العربية Al Arabiya Channel) Wartawan kanan Al Arabiya, Alia Ibrahim, baru pulang dari wilayah yang dikawal oleh Free Syrian Army (FSA). Dalam temu bual Jumaat, dia bercakap kepada Al Arabiya dalam bahasa Inggeris tentang perjalanan beliau untuk memenuhi Aram bertekad untuk berjuang manakala rejim Assad terus mengebom bandar-bandar mereka.

"Kami terpaksa menyeludup diri di dalam Syria. Kami terpaksa menyeberangi berjalan sempadan Turki, ia seperti berjalan kaki sejauh 4 kilometer," katanya.

"Bahagian yang sukar tentang untuk mendapatkan adalah kebanyakannya bahawa kampung ini dikawal oleh Free Syrian Army (FSA), jalan raya yang menghubungkan kampung mereka kepada setiap bandar-bandar dan tidak antara satu sama lain. Yang bermaksud kita terpaksa mengambil jalan yang sangat kecil di antara kampung-kampung ini untuk mengelakkan sebarang pusat pemeriksaan oleh tentera Assad. Itu adalah salah satu sebahagian daripada kesukaran."

"Bahagian lain adalah bahawa selalu ada kapal terbang dan sentiasa bomkan tempat-tempat ini. Malah daratan adalah di bawah kawalan FSA, udara tidak," katanya. Rakyat di kawasan itu berasa bersendirian terhadap bom rejim Assad, katanya. Pekan Binish dibom selepas krew kiri beliau dan pada hari ke-3 mereka mereka mengdiami  perkampungan Atareb, yang telah musnah tetapi terus bertahan pengeboman.

Dia menghadapi pelbagai puak Free Syrian Army (FSA), yang mempunyai ideologi yang berbeza dan pelbagai peringkat latihan, tetapi tidak melihat apa-apa jenis struktur arahan. "Apabila ada pertempuran sebenar, semua kumpulan menjadi satu entiti. Terdapat sebuah minoriti kumpulan kecil adalah pada semua di bawah kawalan Free Syrian Army (FSA). Tetapi apa yang berlaku adalah orang-orang ini datang bersama-sama adalah berjuang dan mereka menjadi satu kumpulan, walaupun jika setiap hari mereka masing-masing berkumpul di tempat yang berbeza dan mempunyai ibu pejabat yang berbeza dan mempunyai tahap yang berbeza walaupun religiousity dan tahap yang berbeza pemikiran ideologi, "katanya.

Ditanya sama ada beliau menghadapi sebarang pejuang asing, katanya ahli Free Syrian Army (FSA) telah memberitahu beliau segelintir dari negara-negara lain Arab dan Chechnya, tetapi tidak bertemu dengan mereka. "Apabila saya meminta orang ramai tentang perkara ini, mereka berkata mereka pergi dari negara ke negara lain di mana terdapat 'jihad,'" katanya.

Tetapi di tengah-tengah kemusnahan, katanya, terdapat "konsensus umum" bahawa tidak ada orang lain di planet ini mengambil berat tentang pembunuhan rambang dan keganasan di Syria.

"Inilah sebabnya mengapa anda menyimpan mendengar:'. Adalah Hanya Tuhan dengan kami Tiada siapa yang peduli tentang apa yang berlaku di sini. Tiada siapa yang peduli jika kita semua mati," kata beliau. "Mereka percaya ini boleh mengambil masa yang sangat lama. Mereka tidak akan berhenti pada bila-bila masa, tetapi mereka dengan diri mereka sendiri."

Al Arabiya correspondent recounts journey to Syrian resistance areas . . .

1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012: (قناة العربية Al Arabiya Channel) Al Arabiya's senior correspondent, Alia Ibrahim, recently returned from territory controlled by the Free Syrian Army (FSA). In an interview Friday, she spoke to Al Arabiya English about her journey to meet Syrians determined to fight while the Assad regime continued bombing their towns.

"We had to smuggle ourselves inside Syria. We had to cross the Turkish border walking, it's like a four kilometers walk," she said.

"The difficult part about getting in was mostly that even though these villages are controlled by the FSA, the roads linking those villages to each and the cities to each other are not. Which means we had to take very small roads between these villages to avoid any checkpoints by the military of Assad. That was one part of the difficulty."

"The other part was that there was always airplanes and always bombings of these places. Even if the ground is under control of the FSA, the air is not," she added. People in the area felt alone against the bombs of the Assad regime, she said. The town of Binish was bombed after her crew left, and on their third day they encountered the village of Atareb, that had been completely destroyed but continued to endure bombings.

She encountered many different FSA factions, who had various different ideologies and levels of training, but did not see any sort of command structure.

"When there is actual fighting, all the groups become one entity. There is a small minority of groups that are not at all under control of the FSA. But what happens is these people come together when there's fighting and they become one group, even if on a daily basis they each gather in a different place and have different headquarters and have different levels even of religiousity and different levels of ideological thinking," she said.

Asked whether she encountered any foreign fighters, she said FSA members had told her of a handful from other Arab countries and Chechnya, but did not meet them. "When I asked people about this, they said they went from country to another where there was 'jihad,'" she said.

But amid the destruction, she said, there was a "general consensus" that no one else on the planet cared about the indiscriminate killing and violence in Syria. "This is why you keep hearing: 'Only God is with us. Nobody cares about what happens here. Nobody cares if we all die,'" she said. "They believe this could take a very long time. They're not going to stop at any time, but they're on their own."

Syria fears send Israelis running for gas masks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG8Y5WpG4qw&feature=plcp

Al Arabiya correspondent recounts journey to Syrian resistance areas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz7nvYSa4xA

Japan-China island row opens diplomatic wounds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOAQuouqaRM&feature=autoplay&list=UU86dbj-lbDks_hZ5gRKL49Q&playnext=1

Syrian outcome will affect future conflicts' settlements - Lavrov . . .

Sergey Lavrov (AFP Photo/Lehtikuva/Markku Ulander)

Hasil Syria akan menjejaskan penempatan 

konflik masa depan'- Lavrov . . .

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012 (RT. Published: 21 Ogos, 2012) Hasil krisis Syria akan mempunyai impak yang besar tentang bagaimana konflik masa depan diselesaikan, menteri luar negeri Rusia memberitahu pemberita, sekali lagi memanggil penyelesaian diplomatik dan dialog dalam Syria.

"Kami percaya isu ini begitu banyak menarik perhatian bukan sahaja kerana skala pertumpahan darah, yang membimbangkan kita semua, tetapi juga kerana hasil krisis ketara akan mempengaruhi corak untuk penyelesaian konflik - segala-galanya sama ada akan jatuh mengikut undang-undang , yang mengikut Piagam PBB, atau 'demokrasi bom' akan diguna pakai, "Lavrov berkata, seperti yang dipetik oleh RIA Novosti.

Menteri Luar Rusia bercakap pada sidang akhbar di Helsinki pada hari Isnin selepas mengadakan pertemuan dengan rakan sejawatannya dari Finland beliau. Mewujudkan zon keselamatan di Syria, seperti tindakan unilateral lain, tidak akan menyelesaikan konflik di sana, Lavrov berkata sebagai tindak balas kepada soalan wartawan mengenai pendekatan seperti krisis.

"Saya telah membuat banyak kenyataan mengenai peristiwa-peristiwa yang berlaku di Syria dan sekitarnya. Tiada idea unilateral akan bekerja," katanya seperti yang dipetik oleh agensi berita Interfax. "Pendekatan Berkesan hanya boleh kolektif, dan contoh yang baik tindakan kolektif adalah dokumen yang diterima pakai pada persidangan Geneva pada 30 Jun, 2012," katanya, merujuk kepada resolusi yang ditandatangani oleh PBB, Kesatuan Eropah (EU) dan Liga Arab, serta beberapa lain-lain pemain serantau, menetapkan bahawa semua pihak dalam konflik Syria mesti bekerjasama dengan pemerhati PBB, membenarkan bantuan kemanusiaan untuk dihantar, pembebasan tahanan, geran mengakses wartawan dan melindungi hak untuk demonstrasi aman.

Lavrov menggariskan bahawa semua pihak kepada konflik Syria mesti terlibat dalam dialog untuk mencapai penyelesaian, dan bahawa sebarang cadangan akan perlu mempertimbangkan kepentingan semua kumpulan etnik dan agama di negara ini. "Mana-mana penyelesaian lain akan menyekat kemungkinan mewujudkan sebuah negara demokratik berdasarkan piawaian antarabangsa di Syria dan akan menjadi ancaman kepada keselamatan serantau," katanya.

Menteri Luar Rusia juga melahirkan kebimbangan mengenai ketidakupayaan untuk mencapai persetujuan mengenai krisis kuasa Barat'. Beliau menekankan pentingnya panggilan Communique Geneva bagi kedua-dua kerajaan Syria dan pembangkang untuk menamatkan keganasan dan mula ceramah mengenai pembentukan kerajaan perpaduan.

"Kami telah berjaya untuk mendapatkan sokongan untuk Communique Geneva daripada kerajaan Syria. Tetapi rakan-rakan kami tidak cuba untuk melakukan sesuatu seperti itu, lebih-lebih lagi, kumpulan pembangkang utama terbuka menolak dokumen itu. Tiada siapa yang cuba untuk bekerja dengan mereka, "kata Lavrov.

Syrian outcome will affect future conflicts' 

settlements - Lavrov . . .

1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012 (RT. Published: 21 August, 2012) The outcome of the Syrian crisis will have a significant impact on how future conflicts are settled, the Russian foreign minister told reporters, once again calling for a diplomatic solution and dialogue within Syria.

“We believe this issue attracts so much attention not only because of the scale of the bloodshed, which worries all of us, but also because the outcome of the crisis will significantly influence the patterns for conflict settlement – either everything will fall in accordance with laws, that is according to the UN Charter, or 'bomb democracy' will prevail,” Lavrov said, as quoted by RIA Novosti.

The Russian foreign minister spoke at a press conference in Helsinki on Monday after meeting his Finnish counterpart. Creating security zones in Syria, like other unilateral actions, will not resolve the conflict there, Lavrov said in response to a journalist's question about such an approach to the crisis.

"I have made a lot of statements on the events taking place in Syria and around it. No unilateral ideas will work," he said as quoted by Interfax news agency. "Effective approaches can only be collective, and a fine example of collective actions is the document adopted at the Geneva conference on June 30, 2012," he added, referring to the resolution signed by the UN, EU and Arab League, as well as a few other regional players, stipulating that all sides in the Syrian conflict must cooperate with UN observers, allow humanitarian aid to be delivered, release detainees, grant journalists access and protect the right to peaceful demonstrations.

Lavrov underlined that all parties to the Syrian conflict must be involved in a dialogue in order to reach a solution, and that any proposal would have to consider the interests of all the country's ethnic and religious groups. “Any other solution will block the possibility of creating a democratic state based on international standards in Syria and would become a threat to regional security,” he said.

The Russian foreign minister also expressed concern about Western powers' inability to reach an agreement on the crisis. He stressed the importance of the Geneva communiqué's calls for both the Syrian government and the opposition to end violence and start talks on the formation of a unity government.

“We have managed to get support for the Geneva communiqué from the Syrian government. But our partners haven’t even tried to do something like that; moreover, the main opposition groups publicly rejected the document. Nobody even tried to work with them,” Lavrov said.

Foe The Win: US adopts Al-Qaeda tactics in drone strikes . . .

Foe The Win: Amerika Syarikat mengamalkan taktik Al-Qaeda dalam serangan berdengung . . .

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012 (RT. 1 Jam lalu) Washington dituduh beralih kepada gaya taktik Al-Qaeda - susulan serangan dalam operasi berdengung. Terdapat berkembang bukti bahawa peluru berpandu Amerika Syarikat dipecat pada tapak serangan awal kepada orang sasaran yang datang untuk menyelamatkan. (1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012 (RT. 1 hour ago) Washington is being accused of turning to Al-Qaeda-style tactics of follow-up strikes in its drone operations. There's been growing evidence that US missiles are fired at the site of earlier attacks to target people coming to the rescue.

 

AFP Photo/US Air Force

Amerika Syarikat mengamalkan taktik al-Qaeda serangan menengah untuk serangan berdengung . . .
By 1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012 | earthWatch Tuesday 21, August 2012

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: (RT. Published: 21 Ogos, 2012) Amerika Syarikat telah menjalankan susulan serangan selepas serangan berdengung di Pakistan, khususnya mensasarkan orang yang datang untuk membantu yang cedera. Taktik yang telah dikutuk secara meluas, termasuk oleh PBB - yang menganggap ia satu jenayah perang. Satu laporan Guardian oleh Glenn Greenwald menunjukkan kepura-puraan kerajaan Amerika Syarikat mengenai taktik itu. Walaupun FBI telah memberi amaran bahawa "pengganas mungkin menggunakan alat-alat letupan menengah untuk membunuh dan mencederakan kakitangan kecemasan yang bertindak balas kepada serangan awal," Amerika Syarikat sentiasa terpakai kaedah yang sama.

2004 FBI amaran rakyat Amerika terhadap serangan menengah bertujuan untuk "menghasut keganasan yang lebih," menasihati bahawa insiden seperti ini biasanya boleh dijangka dalam masa sejam serangan awal. "Alat-alat ini boleh tersembunyi dalam objek harian seperti kenderaan, beg bimbit, pasu bunga atau tong sampah, atau boleh menjadi serangan berani mati berjujukan di lokasi yang sama, dan secara umumnya diletupkan kurang daripada satu jam selepas serangan awal, mensasarkan balas pertama serta sebagai penduduk umum, "amaran membaca.

Pesawat ke-2 yang terhempas ke dalam WORLD Trade Center pada 11 September, 2001 adalah dianggap serangan menengah. Walaupun amaran taktik itu, kerajaan Amerika Syarikat telah cuba untuk menjustifikasikan pekerjaan sendiri daripada mereka. Sebuah video 2010 yang diterbitkan oleh Wikileaks menunjukkan 2 wartawan yang sedang dibunuh oleh helikopter Amerika mensasarkan pemberontak di Baghdad. Selepas penyelamat memandu ke tempat kejadian untuk membawa mangsa yang cedera ke hospital, helikopter sekali lagi melepaskan tembakan - membunuh kanak-kanak dalam proses dan meletakkan peluru ke dalam orang-orang yang sudah kelihatan mati.

Pada mulanya, tentera Amerika Syarikat mendakwa bahawa semua mereka yang dibunuh pemberontak, berkata ia adalah militan Iraq '"kesalahan untuk membawa kanak-kanak dalam pertempuran," The Guardian dilaporkan pada tahun 2010. Konvensyen Geneva membuat kesimpulan bahawa orang-orang yang "mengumpul dan menjaga mereka yang cedera" mesti menjadi diri mereka sendiri dilindungi daripada bahaya. khas pelapor PBB Christof Heyns berkata serangan ke atas penyelamat dianggap satu jenayah perang. Tetapi menyerang penyelamat kini telah menjadi kebiasaan bagi tentera Amerika. Biro Kewartawanan Siasatan mendapati bahawa CIA telah membunuh berpuluh-puluh penyelamat dan hadirin pengebumian di Pakistan.

Laporan negeri bahawa 50 atau lebih orang awam telah terbunuh akibat mangsa membantu - termasuk menarik badan keluar daripada runtuhan. Antara Mei 2009 dan Jun 2011, berita media melaporkan sekurang-kurangnya 15 serangan ke atas penyelamat. Hujung minggu lalu, Reuters melaporkan bahawa Pakistan utara melihat "keadaan tergesa-gesa serangan berdengung" pada satu masa apabila kebanyakan negara menyambut akhir Ramadan. Sekurang-kurangnya satu serangan adalah serangan susulan, International Herald Tribune melaporkan.

Al-Qaeda didakwa menyerang hendap pengebumian mangsa serangan mereka di Yaman sejak beberapa bulan lalu, mencetuskan kemarahan oleh rakyat Amerika yang mengutuk perbuatan. Pada masa yang sama, Amerika Syarikat terus menggunakan serangan menengah dalam hal ehwal sendiri di luar negara, dalam perang menentang keganasan berterusan.

US adopts al-Qaeda's tactic of secondary attacks 

for drone strikes . . .

1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012: (RT. Published: 21 August, 2012) The US has been carrying out follow-up attacks after its drone strikes in Pakistan, specifically targeting people coming to the aid of the wounded. The tactic has been widely condemned, including by the UN - which considers it a war crime. A Guardian report by Glenn Greenwald shows the US government's hypocrisy regarding such tactics. While the FBI has warned that “terrorists may use secondary explosive devices to kill and injure emergency personnel responding to an initial attack,” the US regularly applies the same methods.

A 2004 FBI alert warned Americans against secondary attacks meant to “incite more terror,” advising that such incidents can usually be expected within an hour of the initial attack. “These devices may be hidden in everyday objects such as vehicles, briefcases, flower pots or garbage cans, or can be sequential suicide attacks in the same locations, and are generally detonated less than one hour after the initial attack, targeting first responders as well as the general population,” the alert read.

The second plane crashing into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 is considered a secondary attack. While warning of such tactics, the US government has tried to justify its own employment of them. A 2010 video published by WikiLeaks shows two journalists being killed by an American helicopter targeting insurgents in Baghdad. After rescuers drove to the scene to bring the wounded to hospital, the helicopter once again opened fire - killing children in the process and putting bullets into those who were already visibly dead.

Initially, the US military claimed that all those killed were insurgents, saying it was the Iraqi militants' “fault for bringing kids in to a battle,” The Guardian reported in 2010. The Geneva Convention concluded that those who “collect and care for the wounded” must be themselves protected from harm. UN special rapporteur Christof Heyns said attacks on rescuers are considered a war crime. But attacking rescuers has now become the norm for American forces. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that the CIA has killed dozens of rescuers and funeral attendees in Pakistan.

The report states that 50 or more civilians had been killed as a result of helping victims - including pulling bodies out of rubble. Between May 2009 and June 2011, news media reported at least 15 attacks on rescuers. This past weekend, Reuters reported that northern Pakistan saw “a flurry of drone attacks” at a time when most of the country was celebrating the end of Ramadan. At least one of the strikes was a follow-up attack, the International Herald Tribune reports.

Al-Qaida allegedly ambushed funerals of their attack victims in Yemen over the past few months, sparking outrage by Americans who are condemning the acts.  At the same time, the US continues to employ secondary attacks in its own affairs abroad, in a continuous war against terrorism.

Foe The Win: US adopts Al-Qaeda tactics in drone strikes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hPx20f7g_g&feature=plcp

President Obama Holds a News Conference . . .

Presiden Obama memegang sidang akhbar di White House. (President Obama holds a news conference at the White House. August 20, 2012) (M’sianTIME/date August 21) . . .
By 1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012 | earthWatch Tuesday 21, August 2012

Dalam lawatan tidak berjadual ke bilik taklimat White House petang ini, Presiden Obama mengambil soalan daripada pemberita dan membincangkan pengumuman baru yang besar dari Jabatan Kesihatan dan Perkhidmatan Manusia.

"Hari ini, HHS mengumumkan bahawa terima kasih kepada undang-undang penjagaan kesihatan yang kita lulus, hampir 5.4 Juta senior dengan Medicare telah disimpan lebih daripada US $ 4.1 bilion pada ubat-ubatan preskripsi. Itu satu penjimatan purata lebih daripada US $ 700 setiap orang," katanya. "Tahun ini sahaja, 18 juta warga tua dengan Medicare telah mengambil kesempatan daripada manfaat penjagaan baru pencegahan seperti mamogram atau saringan kanser yang lain tanpa sebarang kos tambahan."

Setelah ditanya mengenai prospek untuk tindakan lanjut dari ahli parlimen untuk membantu mewujudkan peluang pekerjaan dan mengembangkan ekonomi, Presiden mengulangi panggilan beliau untuk membantu berjuta-juta pemilik rumah yang bertanggungjawab menyelamatkan beratus-ratus dolar setiap bulan.

"Kami akan menolak Kongres untuk melihat jika mereka boleh lulus rang undang-undang pembiayaan semula yang meletakkan US $ 3,000 ke dalam poket purata keluarga yang belum lagi dibiayai semula gadai janji mereka. Itulah masalah besar," Presiden memberitahu pemberita. "Bahawa US $ 3,00 boleh digunakan untuk mengukuhkan yang ekuiti di rumah orang itu yang akan meningkatkan nilai rumah. Selain itu yang adalah $ 3.000 dalam poket rakyat bahawa mereka boleh menghabiskan pada komputer baru untuk kanak-kanak mereka akan kembali ke sekolah, atau pakaian sekolah baru untuk anak-anak mereka, dan sebagainya yang akan mengukuhkan ekonomi juga."

Pada podium, Presiden Obama juga menjawab soalan mengenai pemberontakan di Syria, keselamatan servicemembers Amerika di Afghanistan, dan keadaan kempen politik 2012.

President Obama Holds a News Conference . . .

In an unscheduled visit to the White House briefing room this afternoon, President Obama took questions from reporters and discussed a big new announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services.

"Today, HHS announced that thanks to the health care law that we passed, nearly 5.4 million seniors with Medicare have saved over $4.1 billion on prescription drugs. That’s an average savings of more than $700 per person," he said. "This year alone, 18 million seniors with Medicare have taken advantage of new preventive care benefits like a mammogram or other cancer screening at no extra cost."

After being asked about the prospects for more action from lawmakers to help create jobs and grow the economy, the President reiterated his call to help millions of responsible homeowners save hundreds of dollars each month.

"We're going to be pushing Congress to see if they can pass a refinancing bill that puts $3,000 into the pockets of the average family who hasn’t yet refinanced their mortgage. That's a big deal," the President told reporters. "That $3,00 can be used to strengthen the equity in that person's home, which would raise home values. Alternatively, that's $3,000 in people's pockets that they can spend on a new computer for their kid going back to school, or new school clothes for their kids, and so that would strengthen the economy as well."

At the podium, President Obama also answered questions about the uprising in Syria, the security of American servicemembers in Afghanistan, and the state of the 2012 political campaign.

Persediaan untuk Majlis Makan Malam Negeri Kid: Memilih Pemenang Cabaran makan tengahari Sihat . . .

Pergi di dalam Majlis Makan Malam Negeri Kid pertama kali di White House dengan wajah ini ke dalam bagaimana pemenang Cabaran Sihat makan tengahari dipilih. Inisiatif  First Lady Michelle Obama Mari Pindah! bekerjasama dengan epicurious.com untuk mempamerkan makan tengahari sihat dari semua 50 negeri dan wilayah-wilayah seperti yang dicipta oleh kanak-kanak berumur 8-12. (Go inside the first-ever Kid's State Dinner at the White House with this look into how the winners of the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge were picked. First Lady Michelle Obama's initiative Lets Move! partnered with epicurious.com to showcase healthy lunches from all 50 states and the territories as created by children age 8-12).

Minggu West Wing 17 Aug 2012 atau, "Dream Day" . . .

Selamat datang ke West Wing Week, panduan anda untuk segala-galanya yang berlaku di 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Minggu ini, White House dihoskan PIBG hari dan makan malam tahunan Iftar, Presiden dialamatkan kemarau dan bercakap dengan pasukan ingin tahu, dan Pentadbiran mula menerima permohonan untuk Tindakan tertunda untuk program Ketibaan Kanak-kanak. Itulah 10 ke 16 Ogos, "Dream Day." (Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, the White House hosted PTA day and the annual Iftar dinner, the President addressed the drought and spoke with the Curiosity team, and the Administration began accepting applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. That's August 10th to August 16th or, "Dream Day)."

President Obama Holds a News Conference http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op6zWzyJdAQ&feature=plcp

West Wing Week 17 Aug 2012 or, "Dream Day" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwrHEnSBENI&feature=plcp

Preparing for the Kid's State Dinner: Picking Winners of the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II_bq5Eam1I&feature=plcp

Kids' State Dinner: http://www.letsmove.gov/kids-state-dinner?utm_source=email178&utm_medium=text1&utm_campaign=letsmove

LET’S MOVE! http://www.letsmove.gov/blog/2012/08/19/delicious-recipes-healthy-lunchtime-challenge?utm_source=email178&utm_medium=text3&utm_campaign=letsmove

Cookbook http://www.letsmove.gov/sites/letsmove.gov/files/pdfs/healthy-lunch-challenge-cookbook.pdf

Amerika Syarikat mengamalkan taktik al-Qaeda serangan menengah untuk serangan berdengung . . .

Anyone a militant in Pakistan? 'US droning a mockery 

of human rights' . . .

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: (RT. 1 Jam lalu) Drone Amerika telah melepaskan peluru berpandu berganda ke rantau di sempadan Pakistan, membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 10 suspek militan. Dalam serangan pertama, 2 kenderaan menjalankan pemberontak telah melanda, manakala dalam serangan berasingan rumah telah dimusnahkan. Untuk maklumat lanjut mengenai ceritanya RT bicara kepada pegawai kanan bersara Pakistan Air Force Sultan M. Hali.  (1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012: (RT. 1 hour ago) American drones have fired multiple missiles into a region on Pakistan's border, killing at least 10 suspected militants. In the first strike, two vehicles carrying insurgents were hit, while in a separate attack a home was destroyed. For more on that story RT talks to a senior retired officer of the Pakistani Air Force Sultan M. Hali).

 

AFP Photo/US Air Force

Amerika Syarikat mengamalkan taktik al-Qaeda serangan menengah untuk serangan berdengung . . .
By 1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012 | earthWatch Tuesday 21, August 2012

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: (RT. Published: 21 Ogos, 2012) Amerika Syarikat telah menjalankan susulan serangan selepas serangan berdengung di Pakistan, khususnya mensasarkan orang yang datang untuk membantu yang cedera. Taktik yang telah dikutuk secara meluas, termasuk oleh PBB - yang menganggap ia satu jenayah perang. Satu laporan Guardian oleh Glenn Greenwald menunjukkan kepura-puraan kerajaan Amerika Syarikat mengenai taktik itu. Walaupun FBI telah memberi amaran bahawa "pengganas mungkin menggunakan alat-alat letupan menengah untuk membunuh dan mencederakan kakitangan kecemasan yang bertindak balas kepada serangan awal," Amerika Syarikat sentiasa terpakai kaedah yang sama.

2004 FBI amaran rakyat Amerika terhadap serangan menengah bertujuan untuk "menghasut keganasan yang lebih," menasihati bahawa insiden seperti ini biasanya boleh dijangka dalam masa sejam serangan awal. "Alat-alat ini boleh tersembunyi dalam objek harian seperti kenderaan, beg bimbit, pasu bunga atau tong sampah, atau boleh menjadi serangan berani mati berjujukan di lokasi yang sama, dan secara umumnya diletupkan kurang daripada satu jam selepas serangan awal, mensasarkan balas pertama serta sebagai penduduk umum, "amaran membaca.

Pesawat ke-2 yang terhempas ke dalam WORLD Trade Center pada 11 September, 2001 adalah dianggap serangan menengah. Walaupun amaran taktik itu, kerajaan Amerika Syarikat telah cuba untuk menjustifikasikan pekerjaan sendiri daripada mereka. Sebuah video 2010 yang diterbitkan oleh Wikileaks menunjukkan 2 wartawan yang sedang dibunuh oleh helikopter Amerika mensasarkan pemberontak di Baghdad. Selepas penyelamat memandu ke tempat kejadian untuk membawa mangsa yang cedera ke hospital, helikopter sekali lagi melepaskan tembakan - membunuh kanak-kanak dalam proses dan meletakkan peluru ke dalam orang-orang yang sudah kelihatan mati.

Pada mulanya, tentera Amerika Syarikat mendakwa bahawa semua mereka yang dibunuh pemberontak, berkata ia adalah militan Iraq '"kesalahan untuk membawa kanak-kanak dalam pertempuran," The Guardian dilaporkan pada tahun 2010. Konvensyen Geneva membuat kesimpulan bahawa orang-orang yang "mengumpul dan menjaga mereka yang cedera" mesti menjadi diri mereka sendiri dilindungi daripada bahaya. khas pelapor PBB Christof Heyns berkata serangan ke atas penyelamat dianggap satu jenayah perang. Tetapi menyerang penyelamat kini telah menjadi kebiasaan bagi tentera Amerika. Biro Kewartawanan Siasatan mendapati bahawa CIA telah membunuh berpuluh-puluh penyelamat dan hadirin pengebumian di Pakistan.

Laporan negeri bahawa 50 atau lebih orang awam telah terbunuh akibat mangsa membantu - termasuk menarik badan keluar daripada runtuhan. Antara Mei 2009 dan Jun 2011, berita media melaporkan sekurang-kurangnya 15 serangan ke atas penyelamat. Hujung minggu lalu, Reuters melaporkan bahawa Pakistan utara melihat "keadaan tergesa-gesa serangan berdengung" pada satu masa apabila kebanyakan negara menyambut akhir Ramadan. Sekurang-kurangnya satu serangan adalah serangan susulan, International Herald Tribune melaporkan.

Al-Qaeda didakwa menyerang hendap pengebumian mangsa serangan mereka di Yaman sejak beberapa bulan lalu, mencetuskan kemarahan oleh rakyat Amerika yang mengutuk perbuatan. Pada masa yang sama, Amerika Syarikat terus menggunakan serangan menengah dalam hal ehwal sendiri di luar negara, dalam perang menentang keganasan berterusan.

US adopts al-Qaeda's tactic of secondary attacks 

for drone strikes . . .

1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012: (RT. Published: 21 August, 2012) The US has been carrying out follow-up attacks after its drone strikes in Pakistan, specifically targeting people coming to the aid of the wounded. The tactic has been widely condemned, including by the UN - which considers it a war crime. A Guardian report by Glenn Greenwald shows the US government's hypocrisy regarding such tactics. While the FBI has warned that “terrorists may use secondary explosive devices to kill and injure emergency personnel responding to an initial attack,” the US regularly applies the same methods.

A 2004 FBI alert warned Americans against secondary attacks meant to “incite more terror,” advising that such incidents can usually be expected within an hour of the initial attack. “These devices may be hidden in everyday objects such as vehicles, briefcases, flower pots or garbage cans, or can be sequential suicide attacks in the same locations, and are generally detonated less than one hour after the initial attack, targeting first responders as well as the general population,” the alert read.

The second plane crashing into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 is considered a secondary attack. While warning of such tactics, the US government has tried to justify its own employment of them. A 2010 video published by WikiLeaks shows two journalists being killed by an American helicopter targeting insurgents in Baghdad. After rescuers drove to the scene to bring the wounded to hospital, the helicopter once again opened fire - killing children in the process and putting bullets into those who were already visibly dead.

Initially, the US military claimed that all those killed were insurgents, saying it was the Iraqi militants' “fault for bringing kids in to a battle,” The Guardian reported in 2010. The Geneva Convention concluded that those who “collect and care for the wounded” must be themselves protected from harm. UN special rapporteur Christof Heyns said attacks on rescuers are considered a war crime. But attacking rescuers has now become the norm for American forces. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that the CIA has killed dozens of rescuers and funeral attendees in Pakistan.

The report states that 50 or more civilians had been killed as a result of helping victims - including pulling bodies out of rubble. Between May 2009 and June 2011, news media reported at least 15 attacks on rescuers. This past weekend, Reuters reported that northern Pakistan saw “a flurry of drone attacks” at a time when most of the country was celebrating the end of Ramadan. At least one of the strikes was a follow-up attack, the International Herald Tribune reports.

Al-Qaida allegedly ambushed funerals of their attack victims in Yemen over the past few months, sparking outrage by Americans who are condemning the acts.  At the same time, the US continues to employ secondary attacks in its own affairs abroad, in a continuous war against terrorism.

Anyone a militant in Pakistan? 'US droning a mockery of human rights' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK_YBEALl5k&feature=plcp

Syrians run to Jordan and into a humanitarian crisis

Syria lari ke Jordan dan ke dalam krisis kemanusiaan . . .

TINJAUAN 1WC'sChannel 2012: (RT. 14 minit yang lalu) baru disahkan utusan untuk keamanan Syria berkata, tugas utama beliau adalah untuk menghentikan perang saudara di negara ini. Ini, sebagai misi pemerhati Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) telah sampai ke penghujungnya di tengah-tengah keganasan yang semakin meningkat di sana. Berpuluh-puluh ribu melarikan diri konflik ke negeri-negeri jiran, termasuk Jordan. Paula Slier RT mempunyai yang terbaru dari sempadan. (1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012: (RT. 14 minutes ago) The newly confirmed peace envoy for Syria says his main task is to stop the civil war in the country. This, as the UN observer mission there has come to an end amid escalating violence there. Tens of thousands are fleeing the conflict to neighboring states, including Jordan. RT's Paula Slier has the latest from the border).

Barat mahu minyak Libya, negara ditetapkan untuk kehancuran seperti Iraq dan Afghanistan . . .

32 orang telah ditangkap di Libya berkaitan dengan serangan bom baru-baru ini di ibu negara. Semua mereka yang ditahan dikatakan milik kepada rangkaian penyokong setia bekas pemimpin negara itu Muammar Gaddafi dan telah dilaporkan telah menerima sokongan kewangan dari luar negara. RT bercakap penganalisis politik dan Timur Tengah perunding Peter Eyre. (32 people have been arrested in Libya in connection with recent bomb attacks in the capital.  All those detained are said to belong to a network of loyalists of the country's former leader Muammar Gaddafi and have reportedly been receiving financial backing from abroad. RT talks to political analyst and Middle East consultant Peter Eyre).

Syrians run to Jordan and into a humanitarian crisis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzqXx1h6I1c&feature=plcp

West wants Libyan oil, country set for ruin like Iraq and Afghanistan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_a_Cw1i_MU&feature=plcp

WORLD News '6 dead in earthquake on northern Indonesian island' . . .

WORLD News '6 mati dalam gempa bumi 

di pulau utara Indonesia'. . .
By 1WC’sChannel REVIEW 2012 | earthWatch Tuesday 21, August 2012

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - angka kematian meningkat kepada 6 pada hari Isnin dari gempa bumi hujung minggu di Indonesia sebagai penyelamat sampai ke kampung-kampung pergunungan yang telah terputus akibat tanah runtuh, kata pegawai. Sekurang-kurangnya 43 yang lain cedera, termasuk 8 dalam keadaan kritikal.

Gempa bumi magnitud-6,3 melanda petang kelmarin, berhampiran Pangkal bandar di pulau Sabah sebagai penduduk telah berakhir puasa mereka pada hari terakhir bulan suci Ramadan. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Indonesia berkata penyelamat dengan peralatan berat dan jentolak membersihkan jalan untuk sekurang-kurangnya 14 kampung di daerah Sigie yang telah disekat oleh tanah runtuh.

Nugroho berkata 6 orang telah terbunuh oleh jatuh lumpur dan serpihan tan, termasuk seorang budak lelaki berusia 9 tahun, dan tol mungkin terus meningkat. Beliau berkata gempa bumi rosak beratus-ratus rumah dan bangunan di Parigi Mountong dan Sigie, daerah terdekat untuk episenter, dan jalan raya dan jambatan telah musnah.

Indonesia adalah terdedah dengan pergolakan seismik disebabkan lokasi di Pasifik "Ring of Fire," arka volcanos dan medan pertarungan di sekitar Lembangan Pasifik. Satu gempa bumi gergasi di luar negara pada 26 Disember 2004, mencetuskan tsunami di Lautan India yang mengorbankan 230,000 orang, separuh daripada mereka di wilayah barat Indonesia Aceh.

WORLD News '6 dead in earthquake on northern 

Indonesian island' . . .

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The death toll rose to six on Monday from a powerful weekend earthquake in Indonesia as rescuers reached mountainous villages that had been cut off by landslides, officials said. At least 43 others were injured, including eight in critical condition.

The magnitude-6.3 quake struck Saturday evening near Palu city on Sulawesi Island as residents were ending their fast on the final day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of Indonesia's Disaster Management Agency said rescuers with heavy equipment and bulldozers were clearing the roads to at least 14 villages in Sigie district that were blocked by landslides.

Nugroho said six people were killed by falling debris and tons of mud, including a 9-year-old boy, and the toll was likely to rise further. He said the earthquake damaged hundreds of houses and buildings in Parigi Mountong and Sigie, the closest districts to the epicenter, and roads and bridges were destroyed.

Indonesia is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines around the Pacific Basin. A giant quake off the country on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, half of them in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh.

EUROPE News  'Major fire di pulau Yunani timur Chios'. . .

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Beratus-ratus anggota bomba berjuang kebakaran hutan yang besar ke atas timur Greece Aegean pulau Chios pada hari Isnin sebagai hutan yang dilanda, tanah pertanian dan dusun pokok terkenal pulau damar untuk hari ke-3.

Angin Gale-force telah menghalang usaha kira-kira 360 anggota bomba, askar dan sukarelawan, serta pesawat pemadam kebakaran, helikopter dan 50 kenderaan. Penduduk di 9 kampung dan dusun dipindahkan rumah mereka pada hujung minggu sebagai langkah berjaga-jaga.

Pernyalaan api ini berlaku tidak lama selepas 02:00 pagi Sabtu dan pihak berkuasa berkata bahawa pada hari Isnin telah memusnahkan kira-kira 7,000 hektar (16,000 ekar) hutan dan tanah ladang. Asap daripada api yang berjalan di seluruh Aegean sejauh sebagai selatan pulau Crete, lebih daripada 350 kilometer (230 batu).

Chios terkenal untuk pengeluaran damar, resin seperti gusi dengan rasa yang tersendiri yang dihasilkan oleh pokok-pokok di bahagian tertentu pulau. Ia digunakan secara meluas dalam memasak konfeksi, dan kosmetik dan sumber pendapatan yang utama.

Pihak berkuasa tempatan berkata, banyak pokok-pokok telah terbakar, manakala beekeepers pulau ini juga telah kehilangan 60% peratus daripada mereka. Satu lagi kebakaran hutan 5 dan berus meletus Isnin di seluruh Greece, manakala krew telah berjuang lain 6 yang membakar sejak Ahad di bahagian-bahagian lain di negara ini.

Salah seorang daripada mereka adalah pada tengah Aegean pulau Andros, di mana 2 pelancong Perancis - seorang lelaki berusia 32 tahun dan seorang wanita berusia 29 tahun telah ditangkap kerana disyaki memulakan kebakaran Ahad. Jabatan Bomba tidak menyatakan bagaimana kebakaran bermula.

Kebakaran hutan di Greece adalah biasa semasa musim panas, biasanya panjang panas, dan negara ini telah melihat siri blazes yang sejak beberapa minggu lalu selepas melalui gelombang haba. Jauh memerhatikan kekerapan terburuk kebakaran datang pada tahun 2007, apabila lebih daripada 60 orang yang mati sebagai api yang melanda beratus-ratus kilometer melalui kampung-kampung dan merentasi gunung di Peloponnese di selatan negara ini dan di tengah-tengah Greece.

EUROPE News 'Major fire on eastern Greek island of Chios' . . .

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Hundreds of firefighters were battling a major forest fire on Greece's eastern Aegean island of Chios on Monday as it ravaged forests, agricultural land and groves of the island's famed mastic trees for the third day.

Gale-force winds were hampering efforts by about 360 firefighters, soldiers and volunteers, as well as firefighting planes, helicopters and 50 vehicles. Residents of nine villages and hamlets evacuated their homes over the weekend as a precaution.

The blaze broke out shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday morning and authorities said that by Monday it had destroyed about 7,000 hectares (16,000 acres) of forest and farmland. Smoke from the fire carried across the Aegean as far as the southern island of Crete, more than 350 kilometers (230 miles) away.

Chios is famous for the production of mastic, a gum-like resin with a distinctive flavor produced only by trees on certain parts of the island. It is used widely in confectionery, cooking and cosmetics and a major source of income.

Local authorities said many of the trees had been burned, while the island's beekeepers had also lost 60 percent of their hives. Another five forest and brush fires broke out Monday across Greece, while crews were fighting another six blazes burning since Sunday in other parts of the country.

One of those was on the central Aegean island of Andros, where two French tourists - a 32-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman - were arrested on suspicion of starting Sunday's fire. The Fire Department did not specify how the blaze started.

Forest fires are common in Greece during the typically long, hot summers, and the country has seen a series of blazes in recent weeks after going through a heat wave. By far the worst spate of fires came in 2007, when more than 60 people died as flames swept across hundreds of kilometers through villages and across mountains in the Peloponnese in the country's south and in central Greece.

2 minit Berita Ogos 18, 2012: Nyalaan Suria & 6,6 Gempa Bumi . . .

Earthquake/Solar Flare Watch: http://youtu.be/zd7Z6dmABf8 
(EXPLANATION Video For Earthquake Watches) Last Quake Watch: http://youtu.be/SMiHsOYwdCs 

TODAY'S LINKS
Drought getting worse: http://www.climatewatch.noaa.gov/image/2012/drought-reinforcing-drought-in-th...

Official Ice Melt Comments: http://cc.rsoe.hu/index.php?pageid=news_read&hirid=859
US Pollution falling? http://phys.org/news/2012-08-carbon-emissions.html

REPEAT LINKS
Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com/ (Look on the left at the X-ray Flux and Solar Wind Speed/Density)

HAARP: http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html (Click online data, and have a little fun)

SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ (Place to find Solar Images and Videos - as seen from earth)

SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater (SOHO; Lasco and EIT - as seen from earth)

Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images (Stereo; Cor, EUVI, HI - as seen from the side)

SunAEON: http://www.sunaeon.com/#/solarsystem/ (Just click it... trust me)

SOLARIMG: http://solarimg.org/artis/ (All purpose data viewing site)

iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html (Free Application; for advanced sun watchers)

NASA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=...

NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/

NOAA Bouys: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

RSOE: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php (That cool alert map I use)

JAPAN Radiation Map: http://jciv.iidj.net/map/

LISS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/heliplots_gsn.php

Gamma Ray Bursts: http://grb.sonoma.edu/ (Really? You can't figure out what this one is for)?

BARTOL Cosmic Rays: http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu//spaceweather/welcome.html (Top left box, look for BIG blue circles)

TORCON: http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index (Tornado Forecast for the day)

GOES Weather: http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ (Clouds over America)

EL DORADO WORLD WEATHER MAP: http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/satellite/ssec/world/world-composite-ir-...

PRESSURE MAP: http://www.woweather.com/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=us&MENU=0000000000&...

HURRICANE TRACKER: http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker

INTELLICAST: http://www.intellicast.com/ (Weather site used by many youtubers)

NASA News: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/ 

PHYSORG: http://phys.org/ (GREAT News Site)!

2MIN News August 18, 2012: Solar Flares & 6.6 Earthquake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_xbVPumxVY

Isyarat RASULULLAH tentang berbagai kerusuhan, Yang untuk Menghidarinya harus Menyingkir dari Masyarakat (Messenger Cues about the Riots, which to be Get away from the Society) . . .

Demikian, sebagaimana tersebut dalam sebuah hadith yang disampaikan kepada kita oleh Ibnu Mas’ud. Abu Daud meriwayatkan dari Muslim bin Abi Bakrah dan ayahnya, dia berkata: Rasulullah Shallallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam bersabda,

“Sesungguhnya akan terjadi suatu huru-hara, dimana  orang yang berbaring lebih baik daripada orang yang duduk, orang yang duduk lebih baik daripada orang yang berdiri, orang yang berdiri lebih baik daripada orang yang berjalan, dan orang yang berjalan lebih baik daripada orang yang berlari. Abu Bakrah berkata, ‘Ya Rasul ‘Allah apa yang anda perintahkan kepadaku?’

Rasul menjawab, ‘Barangsiapa memilih unta, temuilah untanya. Barangsiapa memiliki kambing, temui kambingnya. Dan Barangsiapa memiliki kebun, temuilah kebunnya. ‘Rasul bersabda pula, ‘Barangsiapa tidak memiliki apa-apa, maka ambil pedangnya, lalu pukullah pada batu mata pedangnya itu, kemudian selamatkan dirinya selagi boleh”