KIDNAPPING
The victim's name shows up in a 2008 public notice from the High Rabbinical Court of Jerusalem. Placed in religious publications in Israel and abroad, the notice forbids community members from doing business with Mr Briskman, allowing him to study in a Jewish seminary or giving him a place to stay. Under the headline "Wanted," it calls upon the public to notify the court of Briskman's whereabouts.
Mr Briskman was allegedly told he would be buried alive in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains if he did not grant the divorce, and a dark body bag was hauled into the room.
Submitted by Fester on Thu, 2011-07-21 11:00
In March 2003, Dr. Aafia and her three children, Ahmad (boy), six years old and an American citizen, Maryum (girl), four years old and also an American citizen, and Suleman (boy), six months old, kidnapped by unknown authorities in Karachi, Pakistan. On March 31, 2003 it was reported by the Pakistani media that Dr. Aafia had been arrested and turned over to representatives of the United States. In early April, this was confirmed on NBC Nightly News, among other media outlets. There was communication to the mother of Dr. Aafia from purported “agencies” that the family members should be quiet if they want to see Aafia returned alive. By the year 2008, many believed that after five years of being disappeared Dr. Aafia and her three children were most likely dead.
Submitted by joeblow on Sun, 2011-06-05 22:51
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the leader of the International Monetary Fund, was ordered on Monday to be held without bail over allegations that he had sexually assaulted a maid in a NYC hotel.
Just when you thought all the news today is bad, this one gives hope that the tables might finally be turning in this upside-down world.
Submitted by pandora on Mon, 2011-05-16 17:27
TEHRAN: Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden was a prisoner in US custody for "sometime" before he was killed by the American military, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday.
Submitted by joeblow on Mon, 2011-05-16 15:19
Passengers aboard Gaza-bound vessel refute IDF claims of non-violent takeover. 'There are no words to describe what we went through,' former pilot Yonatan Shapira says. Holocaust survivor who took part in sail: I can't sleep at night because of what Israel is doing to Gazans
Reuven Moskowitz, an 82-year-old Holocaust survivor who was also aboard the vessel, backed Shapira's claim. "We are people who came with a message of peace and we did not anticipate a burst of violence against us, but the officers acted violently.
Submitted by joeblow on Wed, 2010-09-29 07:17
The world is full of illusions that are used by the rich and powerful to manipulate and control the people. The greatest illusion, and the one with the most devastating consequences, is that the American people and the Israeli, and the British, and numerous others, vote in their governments and hold them to account. Those who really control the governments are those powerful few who control the banking systems, the major multi-national corporations and, of course, the mass media. If you look beyond the faces of the presidents, prime ministers and politicians you will see that these governments' policies remain virtually the same, no matter who is 'leading' these countries. These 'leaders' do not answer to the people they have pledged to serve; they answer to those who remain behind the scenes.
Submitted by Crimes of Zion on Thu, 2010-09-16 03:29
Human rights activists reach Hamas-ruled strip by sea, despite Israeli blockade.
Two vessels carrying 46 international human rights activists have reached the Gaza Strip, despite Israel's strict 14-month siege of the Palestinian territory.
The end of the mission to symbolically break the siege came after Israel backed down from an earlier warning to the 'Free Gaza' protest group not to breach the blockade.
Al Jazeera's Ashraf Amritti in Gaza said: "The arrival of these two boats is a very symbolic gesture for the Palestinian cause, to end the siege, end the occupation.
In fact, those phrases are written across the peace boats which carry flags from more than 70 nationalities."
Submitted by joeblow on Tue, 2010-08-31 16:36
A demonstration was held outside the US Embassy in London on Sunday to call for the repatriation of Pakistani neuroscientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.
The demonstrators say Dr. Siddiqui was unjustly convicted of attempted murder at her trial in New York.
The sentencing of Siddiqui, who was accused and found guilty of attempted murder of US agents in Afghanistan in a controversial trial, has been postponed to next month.
Saddiqui's two youngest children, who were three months old and four years old when captured and taken into detention, are still missing.
Submitted by joeblow on Wed, 2010-08-18 20:32
Israel's army chief has defended Tel Aviv's deadly attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla in late May as 'proportionate and correct.'
Ashkenazi's claim that the flotilla activists initiated the attack comes as no guns were found aboard the ship.
Turkish post-mortem examinations have revealed that a total of 30 bullets were found in the bodies of the nine dead activists. One of the activists had been shot four times in the head.
Submitted by joeblow on Wed, 2010-08-11 18:55
A British-born al-Jazeera producer recalls his ordeal on the Gaza flotilla
Submitted by Sullivan on Mon, 2010-06-07 09:57
Dubai/Cairo: According to a report in The Guardian, an Algerian activist, who gave her name as Sabrina, revealed that Israeli troops pointed their gun at a one-year-old Turkish child in front of his parents to force the captain of the Mavi Marmara to stop sailing.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-06 08:26
I have, of course, been outraged at armed men boarding ships in international waters, killing passengers on board who attempt to resist and then forcing their ship to the hijackers' home port. I am, of course, talking about the Somali pirates who are preying on Western ships in the Indian Ocean. How dare those terrorists dare to touch our unarmed vessels on the high seas? And how right we are to have our warships there to prevent such terrorist acts.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-06 08:17
Rich Wiles views Israel’s murder of peace activists aboard the Gaza-bound international aid flotilla against the background of a long history of Israeli crimes against the Palestinians. He reminds us that, even as the world was mourning the murder of the peace activists, Israeli soldiers and settlers continued to murder Palestinians.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2010-06-06 07:51
Activist Idris Simsek, who was on board one of the six ships of the Freedom Flotilla during the Israeli attack, claims that four wounded activists were thrown into the sea.
Submitted by joeblow on Sun, 2010-06-06 07:26
Nine Martyrs Dead, Many Hostages Still Held - Second Attack in a Week - International Outcry!
For the second time this week, heavily armed pirates from Israel have captured a legally registered humanitarian aid ship
Submitted by pandora on Sat, 2010-06-05 16:37
The NY Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief, whose objectivity was cast into doubt because his son actively serves in the IDF, has just published a detailed article on the flotilla massacre.
The second paragraph jumps off the page:
Submitted by joeblow on Sat, 2010-06-05 07:14
First eyewitness accounts of raid contradict version put out by Israeli officials
Submitted by Crimes of Zion on Thu, 2010-06-03 00:17
Testimony of Dr. Hazem Farouk, Egyptian MP from the Muslim Brotherhood who was aboard the Freedom Flotilla and was released by Israel on 01 June 2010.
Submitted by Cherifa Sirry on Wed, 2010-06-02 21:56
TODAY AJ SPENT 5 MINUTES ON THE ISRAELI KILLINGS AND THEN CALLED IT A """DISTRACTION""" AND THEN STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE 'GLOBALISTS' AND THE 'CENTRAL BANKERS'.
Submitted by joeblow on Tue, 2010-06-01 19:00
The Minister for Foreign Affairs has accused Israel of kidnapping Irish citizens in international waters.
Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2010-06-01 07:25
URUKNet April 24, 2010 - The State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, And Labor recently released a report on the human rights situation in Iraq that also included a section on crime. As reported before, with violence declining in Iraq, crime is becoming a more pressing issue within the country. In fact, the two are directly related. Many criminals joined the insurgency and militias, and now that both of those are in the decline, many militiamen and insurgents are joining their outlaw brethren to make a living. The State Department noted a number of growing problems in the country ranging from kidnappings to trafficking in human beings and organs.
Submitted by andie531 on Sat, 2010-04-24 22:43
Submitted by Sullivan on Fri, 2010-02-12 19:45
Trial judge sees Italian authorities likely to be involved in kidnapping of Egyptian imam.
Middle East Online, 2 February 2
Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2010-02-02 22:44
