Obama gambling that Syria won't be election liability (click here)
Where does the media get the nerve to enter politics into life and death in the Middle East? Where does that self-righteous power come from? Certainly not decency.
7:43AM BST 30 May 2012
Another day of deadly violence on Tuesday was the bloody backdrop to Annan's last-gasp efforts to salvage his peace plan, with 98 people killed, most of them civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The daily toll, from the British-based monitoring group, included 61 civilians, 28 government troops and nine rebel fighters, as the country slipped further towards civil war.
On the diplomatic front, the apparently coordinated expulsion orders issued by the European Union, the United States and other governments including Australia, Canada and Switzerland – were in response to the earlier killing of at least 108 people, nearly half of them children, during an assault by pro-government forces last week....
Regardless of how Reuter tries, there isn't going to be another Iraq. There just isn't. The day of the dictatorship of Bush/Cheney and Mr. Cabal himself Rumsfeld is over.
I am quite confident President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton along with our military leadership beginning with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta are involved in seeking solutions. Just because the media has been leaked the details, intimidation won't work. There are people at risk from a ruthlessness that knows no boundaries. This isn't up to the media and their holier than thou demands. It is up to those who can seek stability and peace for Syria without throwing the entire Region into uproar.
I am quite confident President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton along with our military leadership beginning with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta are involved in seeking solutions. Just because the media has been leaked the details, intimidation won't work. There are people at risk from a ruthlessness that knows no boundaries. This isn't up to the media and their holier than thou demands. It is up to those who can seek stability and peace for Syria without throwing the entire Region into uproar.
Red Crescent donates cash for food supplies in Gaza (click here)
Vital programme targets most vulnerable refugee families
Published: 00:00 May 31, 2012
Gaza The United Arab Emirates Red Crescent Authority (UAERCA) has generously contributed around Dh3 million ($817,000) for food for the poorest refugees in Gaza.
Over the last five years, the UAERCA offered Dh18.4 million in food assistance to Gaza Strip.
The donation will support some of the most vulnerable Palestine refugee families requiring assistance under the Agency’s social safety net programme (SSNP). This programme targets refugee families most in need in UNRWA’s five fields of operation through providing food assistance, including baskets of essential commodities such as flour, rice, oil, sugar and milk.
After what will soon be five years of tight access restrictions and blockade, much of the population of the Gaza Strip remains unemployed and dependent on aid.
