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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

[chottala.com] Mordechai Vanunu - Arrested Again .....



Mordechai Vanunu - Arrested Again .....

Vanunu's re-arrest

 
 
 

(Reuters) Mordechai Vanunu is the preeminent hero of the nuclear era.

 

By Daniel Ellsberg

Mordechai Vanunu -- my friend, my hero, my brother -- has again been arrested in Israel on "suspicion" of the "crime" of "meeting with foreigners."

I myself have been complicit in this offense, traveling twice to Israel for the express purpose of meeting with him, openly, and expressing support for the actions for which he was imprisoned for over 18 years.

His offense has been to defy openly and repeatedly, conditions put on his freedom of movement and associations and speech after he had served his full sentence, restrictions on his human rights which were a direct carry-over from the British Mandate, colonial regulations in clear violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Such restrictions have no place in a nation evincing respect for a rule of law and fundamental human rights. His arrest and confinement are outrages and should be ended immediately.

I can only say that I would be proud to be known as the American Vanunu: though my own possible sentence of 115 years for revealing state secrets was averted by disclosure of government misconduct against me which pales next to the Israeli misconduct in assaulting, drugging and kidnapping Vanunu in the process of bringing him to trial, let alone the 11 years of solitary confinement he was forced to endure.

My perspective on Mordechai and his behavior was expressed as well as I could do it today in the following op-ed published in 2004 on the day of his release from prison:

Mordechai Vanunu is the preeminent hero of the nuclear era. He consciously risked all he had in life to warn his own country and the world of the true extent of the nuclear danger facing us.

And he paid the full price, a burden in many ways worse than death, for his heroic act — for doing exactly what he should have done and what others should be doing.

Vanunu's "crime" was committed in 1986, when he gave the London Sunday Times a series of photos he had taken within the Israeli nuclear weapons facility at Dimona, where he had worked as a technician.

For that act — revealing that his country's program and stockpile were much larger than the CIA or others had estimated — Vanunu was kidnapped from the Rome airport by agents of the Israeli Mossad and secretly transported back for a closed trial in which he was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

He spent the first 11 1/2 years in solitary confinement in a 6-by-9-foot cell, an unprecedented term of solitary under conditions that Amnesty International called "cruel, inhuman and degrading."

[Even after his release in 2004] his "unfreedom" … continued by restrictions on his movements and his contacts: He cannot leave Israel, he will be confined to a single town, he cannot communicate with foreigners face to face or by phone, fax or e-mail (purely punitive conditions because any classified information that he may have possessed is by now nearly two decades old).

The irony of all this is that no country in the world has a stronger stake than Israel in preventing nuclear proliferation, above all in the Middle East.

Yet Israel's secret nuclear policies — to this day it does not acknowledge that it possesses such weapons — are shortsighted and self-destructive. They promote rather than block proliferation by encouraging the country's neighbors to develop their own, comparable weapons.

This will not change without public mobilization and democratic pressure, which in turn demand public awareness and discussion. It was precisely this that Vanunu sought to stimulate.

Not in Israel or in any other case — not that of the US, Russia, England, France, China, India or Pakistan — has the decision to become a nuclear weapons state ever been made democratically or even with the knowledge of the full Cabinet.

It is likely that in an open discussion not one of these states could convince its own people or the rest of the world that it had a legitimate reason for possessing as many warheads as the several hundred that Israel allegedly has (far beyond any plausible requirement for deterrence).

More Vanunus are urgently needed. That is true not only in Israel but in every nuclear weapons state, declared and undeclared. Can anyone fail to recognize the value to world security of a heroic Pakistani, Indian, Iraqi, Iranian or North Korean Vanunu making comparable revelations?

And the world's need for such secret-telling is not limited to citizens of what nuclear weapons states presumptuously call rogue nations.

Every nuclear weapons state has secret policies, aims, programs and plans that contradict its obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the 1995 Declaration of Principles agreed to at the NPT Renewal Conference. Every official with knowledge of these violations could and should consider doing what Vanunu did.

That is what I should have done in the early '60s based on what I knew about the secret nuclear planning and practices of the United States when I consulted at the Defense Department, on loan from the Rand Corp., on problems of nuclear command and control.

I drafted the Secretary of Defense Guidance to the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the general nuclear war plans, and the extreme dangers of our practices and plan were apparent to me.

I now feel derelict for wrongfully keeping secret the documents in my safe revealing this catastrophically reckless posture. But I did not then have Vanunu's example to guide me.

When I finally did have an example in front of me — that of young Americans who were choosing to go to prison rather than participate in what I too knew was a hopeless, immoral war — I was inspired in 1971 to turn over a top- secret history of presidential lies about the war in Vietnam to 19 newspapers. I regret only that I didn't do it earlier, before the bombs started falling.

Vanunu should long since have been released from solitary and from prison, not because he has "suffered enough" but because what he did was the correct and courageous thing to do in the face of the foreseeable efforts to silence and punish him.

The outrageous and illegal restrictions proposed to be inflicted on him when he finally steps out of prison after 18 years should be widely protested and rejected, not only because they violate his fundamental human rights but because the world needs to hear this man's voice.

The cult and culture of secrecy in every nuclear weapons state have endangered humanity and continues to threaten its survival. Vanunu's challenge to that wrongful and dangerous secrecy must be joined worldwide.

-- Daniel Ellsberg is the whistleblower who leaked the secret Pentagon Papers history of the Vietnam War. He is the author of Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers. His website is www.ellsberg.net .

Source: Middle East Online

Ellsberg on Vanunu's Re-Arrest

Consortium News - Daniel Ellsberg - ‎Jan 4, 2010‎
Editor's Note: The Israeli government's re-arrest of nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu just before New Year's Eve represents another ...


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[chottala.com] Re: Fwd: [khabor.com] Same enemies; same blunders: Mo Assghar is an advisor to BNP !



Dear Mr. Syed Aslam and all the members in this forum:

 

Salaam. What the Awami League (AL) is doing right now is not any different than what Jamaat/Muslim Leauge (ML) did in 1971. Back than Jamaat and ML acted against the interest of Bangladesh and today's AL is doing the exact same thing. The only difference is that Jamaat and ML were at least open about their position but today's AL is not. In 1971, people knew who their enemies are. In 2010….. are we!!

 

Anyhow, let's discuss in this forum, in a civic manner, what Bangladesh got out of our PM's recent visit to India.

 

Thank you and looking fwd to an open minded discussion.

 

Helal

647 828-3796

 

--- On Sun, 1/17/10, Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:


From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: [khabor.com] Same enemies; same blunders: Mo Assghar is an advisor to BNP !
To: "Khobor" <khabor@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 9:57 AM

 



Dr. M. Mohsin Ali
 
These  are like "A drowning man will catch at a straw."
These people will do anything and everything to fool the
People of Bangladesh, but they can't fool all Bangladeshis
for all times .....The Jammate Islami and it's allies will  be
thrown into the dustbin history ...and that will happen in
Mo Ass-ghar's life time ....:
Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on ....
Bangladesh is marching  forward in it's own zikzak path.
Don't they hear the foot-steps of history .....  .......
 
When a person like Mo Ass-ghar advises some political
party .... you know it's future ...... ..it is a Big DOOM  ...
 
Syed Aslam
 
On 1/15/10, Dr. M. Mohsin Ali <drmohsinali@ yahoo.com> wrote:
 
Do you know any better language and words to express your opinion? Please stop expressing your opinion in accusing your political enemies so that others can read your opinion. After reading one sentence it is very difficult for a normal person to continue to read your posting.

--- On Thu, 1/14/10, Mo Assghar <moassghar@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: Mo Assghar <moassghar@yahoo. com>
Subject: [khabor.com] Re: Same enemies; same blunders?
To: "MBI Munshi" <mbimunshi@gmail. com>, "Factification" <factia@gmail. com>
Cc: "Badrul Islam" <badrul_islam2001@ yahoo.com>, "Bangladesh Strategic & Development Forum" <bd_sdf@yahoo. ca>, "Faruque Alamgir" <faruquealamgir@ gmail.com>, "dina khan" <dina30_khan@ yahoo.com>, ayubi_s786@yahoo. com, "Isha Khan" <bd_mailer@yahoo. com>, khabor@yahoogroups. .com, alochona@yahoogroup s.com, sonarbangladesh@ yahoogroups. com, "bangla vision" <bangla-vision@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 6:05 PM

 
Why I am in this concubine fiflagle?
 
Cut it out girl!
 
Look at Haisna, she is my herine. BAL has gone bonk. From secularism to socialism to fukism, what the heck? What's BAL's menifesto now?
 
Hasina wants to wear bnadana, do hajj, but allow prostitution. Heck no, its called free-thinking. Its like a slut preaching Torah by offering sex... Waw, saltry slut Hasina. Haisna always pray 5 times (?), performed her hajj, but she wants secularism/socialis m. What is this idealogical concotion?
 
I am not an ideologue, I am far from it! I hate mullahs. But, what the fuck Haisna want to do? What's her moral conviction? Opportunist, simply put - Hasina is aa political sex girl. She will offer sex to anyone appease - just to stay in power, so be it India or Pakistan.
 
Did not Hasina kiss-ass of Jamaait Gholam Azam? so that bitch came to power in 96, after 35 years! Watch her next move. she will kick GOlam Azam's ass just before the election. War Crime Tribunal is going to start just before the election - yeah, the old fag azam is going to lick hasina's pussy, though its stinky!
 
Hasina stinks! But Awami League rocks! They are able to create some die-hard, cock-sucking  political faggots. Look at Baker Bhai, Asaduzzaman Noor (Desh TV), or Dr Yunus (Grameen), Abed Khan(BRAC). These BAL-concubuines change the dynamics of the country. Those camel riding piirs are going to have a hard time to sell camel-pees.
 
Khaleda is an idiot, she's been power for 20 years. BNP had learned nothing for ideological values. To create a successful political machine, you need visionary leaders. BNP have talented people, but they are busy fuking money. All BNP-suckers wants money. BNP is all about money, money & corruption. They have killed the ideology of Deshbondhu Zia.
 
Coin a term for Zia, Deshbondhu Zia. Political slogan is very important, creating an image for Zia is very important. There is no documentary about Deshbondhu Zia, most popular president Bangladesh ever seen! Thu khaleda thu! You laid down the soul of Zia.
 
BNP will be in the opposition for next 10 years. Awami League will be there for more. Staying in opposition aint that bad, maybe, it will be good for BNP to restart again. Lets do some soul searching - lets create a good party.
 
Hasina, she is a political khanki. Maybe she will be success to cheat people and elect again. But, like Nazi Mujib, she will be thrown to the trash.
 
Like it or not, Hasina will be in power for next 10 years. This Awami League is different than before. Khanki Hasina will suck Sing's dick hard, Indians will be able to fuck muzlim girls in Bangla and dance with them. The sign is already there. In every apartment in Dhaka, there is a slut, girls are easy to find. Moral indignation ain;t the issue here. For every government there is a vice and virtue. For Hasina, its simply political bitching! Power! just power! Fuck her, no problem! Hasina will sell everything to India. India will swarm Dhaka soon. All these Hindu full-hata dicks will be fucking muzlim girls like Taslima. Don't worry, we will call it - PROGRESS. All in the name of progress - lets fuck the country!
 
 


--- On Thu, 1/14/10, Factification <factia@gmail. com> wrote:
 

From: Factification <factia@gmail. com>
Subject: Re: Same enemies; same blunders?
To: "MBI Munshi" <mbimunshi@gmail. com>
Cc: "Mo Assghar" <moassghar@yahoo. com>, "Badrul Islam" <badrul_islam2001@ yahoo.com>, "Bangladesh Strategic & Development Forum" <bd_sdf@yahoo. ca>, "Faruque Alamgir" <faruquealamgir@ gmail.com>, "dina khan" <dina30_khan@ yahoo.com>, ayubi_s786@yahoo. com, "Isha Khan" <bd_mailer@yahoo. com>
Date: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 4:39 PM

You really have gone bonkers. I don't play female tricks unlike silly you!  Others can see through it. Desist from your childish foolishness as the issues are too serious. Many of us devote a small part of ourselves to serve Bangladesh. Most of us are the invisible martial Bengali women and men.....  If you don't apologise others will doubt you. I don't need an apology, but an apology to others is due for you have insulted their intelligence.
 
Grow up and stop being an idiot.
 
Taslima
 
 
 


 
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:59 PM, MBI Munshi <mbimunshi@gmail. com> wrote:


You have no credibility. No point you trying to take the moral high ground. Another deceitful tactic. Trying to garner sympathy using the oldest female trick in the book – her tears.

 





On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Factification <factia@gmail. com> wrote:
That's unjust. You may dislike my opinion about ex-West Pakistan but to bracket me with Bangladesh's mortal enemy is playing into the enemy's hand. They are trying to divide us Bengali-against- Bengali and Munshi is falling into the trap thanks to his irrational feelings towards Punjabi-colonised Pakistan. Munshi has a very personal grudge against me. He thinks I slighted him by not meeting him during my visits to Dhaka.
Please don't encourage Munshi. Help him to understand that Bangladesh is a matter of life and death, and not a personal plaything.
 
If I have ever made unpatriotic demand on Bangladesh in relation to India I would like any of the readers to point this out to me. Munshi should be asked to show evidence of my lack of patriotism. Please don't encourage Munshi. His personal feelings towards me has led to his outburst.I will accept his apologies but there is no need for him to agree with my opinion.
 
 
 
Bangladesh is facing a very challenging geo-strategic situation under the premiership of Begum Hasina Wajed. Her attempt to appease India by giving away our industries, access to Indian Army troop carriers through our territory, encroachment of Bangladesh sea assets, and on going diversion of common rivers will bring nothing but tears. I ask that we all try to keep our people, of all backgrounds and political persuasions, informed with arguments against deals with impovershed India.  In all our actions we must avoid hartals and chaos. Bangladesh has the entire world as its market place, including China, Japan, Asia, Americas and Europe.
 
Please don't be distracted by Mr Munshi's very personal grudge. I will bite my tongue and forgive him.
 
Taslima
 


 
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:33 AM, MBI Munshi <mbimunshi@gmail. com> wrote:

She is a RAW infiltrator. She has been posing as a patriotic Bangladeshi for the last few years gaining trust from certain influential people. She collects all types of information and conveys it to her paymasters in India. I guess its true that women make the best spies.





On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 2:52 AM, Mo Assghar <moassghar@yahoo. com> wrote:
Who the hell is this Taslima? Taslima Nasrin? No matter what, like Jafar Iqbal, I like girls, specially if its a good-looking one. All pun intended.
 

--- On Wed, 1/13/10, Factification <factia@gmail. com> wrote:
 

From: Factification <factia@gmail. com>
 
Subject: Re: Fw: Re: Fw:RE:Same enemies; same blunders?
 
To: "MBI Munshi" <mbimunshi@gmail. com>
Cc: "Badrul Islam" <badrul_islam2001@ yahoo.com>, "Bangladesh Strategic & Development Forum" <bd_sdf@yahoo. ca>, "Faruque Alamgir" <faruquealamgir@ gmail.com>, "Mo Assghar" <moassghar@yahoo. com>, "dina khan" <dina30_khan@ yahoo.com>, ayubi_s786@yahoo. com, "Isha Khan" <bd_mailer@yahoo. com>
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 8:15 PM




On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Factification <factia@gmail. com> wrote:
Stop lying.
 


 
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:36 PM, MBI Munshi <mbimunshi@gmail. com> wrote:

Please be less vain. It really does not matter to me whether you meet me or not. It is your activities that have made me suspect you.   





On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Factification <factia@gmail. com> wrote:
I am not prepared to meet you when I'm in Dhaka and that is why you are so sore. As I have explained to you time after time over the years I don't need publicity. If my views about ex-West Pakistan are unacceptable please go ahead with your own.
 
Please be less stupid.
 
Taslima


 
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:20 PM, MBI Munshi <mbimunshi@gmail. com> wrote:
 

Pretending to be a patriotic Bangladeshi does not quite hide your RAW credentials Taslima. I have seen through your game as have most other Bangladeshis.





On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Factification <factia@gmail. com> wrote:
 
 

"I do not see the necessity of sending the email to everyone who is not Isha Khan. You RAW people are really despicable. "

 

 
I have been asked to respond to the above. Shame of so much of Bangladesh is the way we deface each other for personal reasons. Mr Munshi know what I mean.
 
Faulting ex-West Pakistani Punjabi colonial set-up which keeps Balochi, Sindhi, Pashtun,,, in bondage is seen as a threat to Islam and Bangladesh by a peculiar set of individuals in Dhaka. It's as if Punjabi butchers of Pathans (once actively funded by Saudi aid to form Taliban by Punjabi Army) at the direction of American USAID is a matter to be censored. See Pashtun and Baloch websites and YouTube entries for the filthy and even racist way they depict Punjabis and Pakistan.
 
Such is the stupidity of the intellectual slant in our homeland that anyone expressing doubt about India is classed as pro-Pakistan!  How can a racially, tribally, sectarian and poverty stricken Pakistan ever be a model for our Muslim nation? And yet that is how cunning Indians and their lackey use such  a label for us to humiliate us thanks to well-meaning naive patriots.
 
If you want to defend Bangladesh honour don't fall into the trap. You may mean well but end up doing a lot of harm.
 
Taslima
 
PS: the original missive was sent in error but was undeserving of Munshi's deranged and paranoid comment. very unfortunate from one who is capable of so much better
 
 
 
 
 


 
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:47 PM, MBI Munshi <mbimunshi@gmail. com> wrote:

If you want to send an email to Isha Khan you should send it to HIS email address -

 

"Isha Khan" <bdmailer@gmail. com>

 

I do not see the necessity of sending the email to everyone who is not Isha Khan. You RAW people are really despicable.

 

 


 
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Factification <factia@gmail. com> wrote:
Mr Isha Khan,
 
Please include Dr Habib Siddiqui's contribution to the debate, if possible.
 
Thank you.
 
Taslima

 
 




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