Letters to the Editor, November 4, 2003

It is Nov. 4, 2003, the eighth anniversary of the murder of Yitzhak Rabin. So it is only fitting that I reveal something very, very important. Avishai Raviv had a direct superior officer in the Jewish Department of the Shabak. He ran Raviv and Raviv obeyed his orders. Thus, he ran Yigal Amir. He played a direct role in numerous crimes of incitement, including what he thought was going to be an assassination attempt on Yitzhak Rabin. He was the Shabak officer who arranged that Amir shot blank bullets at Rabin. After the unexpected real murder of Rabin, this officer came under such heavy threats to his mortality that he ran away to the hinterlands of America. There he recorded all his memories on tape and sealed them in envelopes. They are sitting in the offices of unnamed attorneys. The Shabak knows if any harm comes to him, it will boomerang back to them. He feels safe and is now living in Israel again. Find him. His name is Beno Shalom.

For those who can come to the Rabin conference in Jerusalem, I will be showing 30 minutes of film never before presented publicly. You will witness for the first time, Yigal Amir telling his police interrogator that Avishai Raviv came to the rally with a gun full of blank bullets and that he was the victim of a high-level conspiracy ending with Shimon Peres. If you make it the conference, you will witness history this year. Because Arutz Sheva was shut down, the main publicity vehicle for the Hebrew speakers who might want to participate at the conference disappeared this year. To compensate, it would be helpful if the Hebrew notice of the conference, below, was copied and pasted on as many forums as possible. Please help out if you know how.

www.rb.org http://chamish.tsedek.com

Barry Chamish

German TV channel N24 had an exclusiv interview today with

Karen Kwiatkowski Lieutenant Colonel

former staff member at the Pentagon - she said the War on Iraq was a scheme of lies and propaganda and a deliberate deceit of congress, and the citizens of the US. She had worked in the Pentagon and seen what was going on. She explained the "special force" in the Pentagon that was formed in order to push the Iraq War. Now it has disolved and the people belonging to this group are in all kinds of political positions within the government now. (She mentioned Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Cheyney etc.) She is the first person to say this on TV (in this case German TV)- and when asked if she is afraid of the consequences, she said, she hopes more will follow her example and speak out. Because this cannot be kept under cover forever. XXX End of my short report - could not make notes of it all....XXXX Lets hope she remains safe. Hats off to Karen !!!

Angie, Germany

The commentary by Ms. Mary Riddell [Walking away from disaster will be a betrayal] was carried in the Guardian under the title 'retreat is not an option"

Below is an email I sent Ms. Riddell after reading that article. You are welcome to publish it if you so decide.

What sanctimonious drivel! But then it fits as a glove with the statement [SEE BELOW] attributed to an anonymous man of the world just as Bush and Blair were claiming that Saddam Hussein [hemmed in by TWO NO FLY ZONES COURTESY OF THE RAF AND THE US AIR FORCE] had missiles [according to the UN experts] with a range of 170 kms that could ANNAHILATE BOTH THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE USA in a matter of 45 MINUTES.

"Who the do these people think they are. First they see to it that for over ten years their actions contribute to the starvation of men, women and children ;-but since they are WOGS according to Madeilen Allbright, its worth it if such actions result in the toppling of Saddam Hussein".

One has yet to read in any of the two leading Western democracies [the ones headed by George and Tony] that the individuals responsible for doing exactly what Hitler as well as Saddam Hussein did when they invaded sovereign states they committed international criminal acts and should be brought to justice in a court of law.

The honorable question is not retreat as an option. The honorable way is to admit to heinous acts and ask for forgiveness from the Iraqi, British, American and other peoples.

Cordially,

Armand de Laurell, Little Rock, Arkansas USA

USSR in the Making

What is happening to US in Iraq is likely a repeat of what happened to the USSR in Afghanistan.

It is down to guerilla warfare where the mighty US finds it hard to contain, a situation the then mighty Russians encountered in Afghanistan. As USSR found out the hard way of sustaining its presence in Afghanistan, US will soon find itself in the same situation. The US senate has approved US$87 billion for Iraq, but as long as the guerilla attacks continue, such money will be spent trying to maintain security, rather than re-construction of Iraq. Can US continue to sustain such hefty cost in Iraq? Very unlikely.

The increasing sophistication in the guerilla’s modus operandi is a signal that better weapons are now available to them. And the longer the US occupies Iraq, more disenchanted Iraqis are willing to join the guerrillas. Better weapons and more recruits can only mean that attacks on US will intensify, a situation the USSR found out when they occupied Afghanistan.

History is repeating itself, although the players are different.

Fauzi Shahab
Malaysia

Earth, a planet hungry for peace

The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers (Ran Cohen, pmc, 5/24/03).

The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers in the West Bank, like a Python (Alquds, 10/25/03).