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Today’s Anti-Islamofascist Action: Save Media Freedom in Yemen

URGENT help needed, via Jane at Armies of Liberation, who is the go-to for news about the Yemeni dictatorship. A prominent pro-democracy journalist in Yemen is facing a jail sentence–again:

Renowned journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani is one of Yemen’s most prominent democracy advocates - for which he has paid a steep price. His paper has been closed, his website blocked, and his children threatened. He is now due to be sentenced on May 21 for “insulting the president” and “demoralizing the military.”

During his arrest in June of 2007, Al-Khaiwani was beaten and his six-year-old daughter slapped unconscious. While released on bail in August, Al-Khaiwani was kidnapped and tortured by thugs who threatened his life if he continued to write about Yemen’s president.

As al-Khaiwani’s sentencing approaches, there is growing fear a guilty verdict will open the door for a brutal crackdown on Yemen’s already-endangered journalistic community. Join with al-Khawiani’s supporters in Yemen and throughout the world as we urge the Yemeni government not to imprison journalists for their work.

Al-Khaiwani stands on principle for free speech. When he was arrested in 2004 (for “insulting the president”), prison guards broke his jaw - yet he still refused to agree to stop writing. In June of 2007, he was re-arrested on similar charges and dragged outside in his underwear. After being released on bail, he abducted by gunmen who broke his fingers threatened to kill him if he “wrote another word against the president or national unity.”

Civil rights advocates inside Yemen and abroad believe the charges against al-Khaiwani are unsubstantiated and simply punishment for his critical reporting. In fact, one of the main pieces of evidence used against him by prosecutors is an unpublished article criticizing Yemen’s president.

All I ask is for you to send a letter–it’s already filled out, you just have to send it. You won’t get spammed or anything; you can opt-in for updates from them about freedom of the press in Yemen if you want. (Or you can just read Jane’s blog, like I do, and get other news as well, like the latest on the USS Cole bombers.) You can keep your name off the public list, too.

Jane tells me this is due to get some major media coverage in the region, so every bit of support is needed. Just one minute of your time, please. Click and send the letter.

Danish Cartoons Round 2? Kurt Westergaard on “Fitna”

Heh.

Support Geert Wilders - sign a petition.

To: The Dutch Government

WHEREAS Geert Wilders has exercised his fundamental human right of freedom of expression and spoken out, with facts and evidence, of the threat posed by radical Islam;

WHEREAS certain elements within Islamic communities have threatened a boycott of Dutch goods if Geert Wilders is not punished by the Dutch government for exercising his freedom of expression; and

WHEREAS certain elements in Dutch industry and the Dutch government are suggesting that Geert Wilders be prosecuted civilly or criminally, in order to prevent such a boycott;

IT IS RESOLVED that, in the event that the Dutch government attempts, in any way, to punish or prosecute Geert Wilders, civilly or criminally, for exercising his freedom of expression, the undersigned will initiate a boycott of any and all Dutch goods.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

You read that right–prosecuted.

Meanwhile, Fitna IS back up at LiveLeak. Three cheers to LiveLeak for reversing their decision to kill it!

stein hoist Ace

“Uninvited and unwelcome intruders”

We, the undersigned, do register our complete outrage with the City of Berkeley for the recent resolutions that criticized our Marines, as part of an effort to harass the Marine Recruiting Center and chase all vestiges of the United States military outside of the city of Berkeley, California.

We take particular umbrage with the instructions given to the City Manager of Berkeley to tell the United States Marines that they are, “uninvited and unwelcome intruders.”

It is shameful for you to attack our military men and women who nobly and bravely serve this nation to protect our security and defend our freedoms and liberties. Those liberties include the right to Freedom of Speech, which you seem to believe should not be afforded to the members of the United States Marine Corps and service personnel in other branches of the Armed Forces.

I call upon you to immediately revoke the resolutions passed that defamed and insulted our U.S. Marines and issue a public apology to this nation, and in particular, the honorable and heroic men and women of the United States military.

Sign it, America.

stein hoist DougM at SondraK

FREE BURMA

Tags: Free Burma, Burma, Myanmar

One post today.

Why YOU Should Care About Burma

Sign the petitions.

Blogs about Burma (English):

Saffron Revolution Updates
burmagenocide
burmanews
ko-htike
soneseayar
burmadigest
dathana
mr-jade
preetamrai
dawn_1o9

News about Burma:

http://www.irrawaddy.org/
Democratic Voice of Burma
VOA - Asia
The Buddhist Channel
Mizzima News
Google News - Burma

Important Sites:

US Campaign for Burma
The Burma Campaign UK
Free Burma Coalition
Canadian Friends of Burma
ALTSEAN - Burma

From the US Campaign for Burma:

[Credit - Free Burma graphic]

Why YOU should care about Burma

Tags: Burma, Myanmar

Is this thing on? Eh, didn’t think so.

Here, do something useful.

Post this.

Read this. Reports from inside Burma.

And this. Do something.

Vaclav Havel:

For dozens of years, the international community has been arguing over how it should reform the United Nations so that it can better secure civic and human dignity in the face of conflicts such as those now taking place in Burma or Darfur, Sudan. It is not the innocent victims of repression who are losing their dignity, but rather the international community, whose failure to act means watching helplessly as the victims are consigned to their fate.

The world’s dictators, of course, know exactly what to make of the international community’s failure of will and inability to coordinate effective measures. How else can they explain it than as a complete confirmation of the status quo and of their own ability to act with impunity?

The UN is once again showing how useless it is. Why should the world’s dictators (ahem, Ahmadinejad?) see it any other way? If the “international community” can’t be arsed to support a peaceful resistance that poses no potential threat to anyone, why would the despots over traditionally unstable populations (who could themselves be seen as a potential threat to our interests) see anything but impotence and fear on our part?

The Burmese monks (quite unlike the world’s imams and ayatollahs) aren’t calling for death to America, death to Israel, after all. The UN may not care, but WE should.

[UPDATE, 1 October 07: Read SeeDubya's take along the same lines, only said better.]

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Free Myanmar - Birmania Libera - Burma Frei

Tags: Burma, Myanmar, Birmania

[The following is copied in full from here, which I found via a Technorati search on Burma.]

Help the People of Burma — Post this on Your Blog!

Note: This is a new kind of online protest that uses blogs to spread a petition globally. To participate, just add your blog by following the instructions in this blog post.

This not an issue of partisan politics, this is an issue of basic human rights and democracy. Please help to prevent a human tragedy in Burma by adding your blog and asking others to do the same.

By passing this meme on through the blogosphere hopefully we can generate more awareness and avert a serious tragedy. As concerned world-citizens this something we bloggers can do to help.

How to participate:

1. Copy this entire post to your blog, including this special number: 1081081081234

2. After a few days, you can search Google for the number 1081081081234 to find all blogs that are participating in this protest and petition. Note: Google indexes blogs at different rates, so it could take longer for your blog to show up in the results.

THE SITUATION IN BURMA AND WHY IT MATTERS TO ALL OF US

There is no press freedom in Burma and the government has started turning off the Internet and other means of communication, so it is difficult to get news out. Individuals on the ground have been sending their day-by-day reports to the BBC, and they are heartbreaking. I encourage you to read these accounts to see for yourself what is really going on in Burma. Please include this link in your own blog post.

The situation in Burma is increasingly dangerous. Hundreds of thousands of unarmed peaceful protesters, including monks and nuns, are risking their lives to march for democracy against an unpopular but well-armed military dictatorship that will stop at nothing to continue its repressive rule. While the generals in power and their families are literally dripping in gold and diamonds, the people of Burma are impoverished, deprived of basic human rights, cut off from the rest of the world, and increasingly under threat of violence.

This week the people of Burma have risen up collectively in the largest public demonstrations against the ruling Junta in decades. It’s an amazing show of bravery, decency, and democracy in action. But although these protests are peaceful, the military rulers are starting to crack down with violence. Already there have been at least several reported deaths, and hundreds of critical injuries from soldiers beating unarmed civilians to the point of death.

The actual fatalities and injuries are probably far worse, but the only news we have is coming from individuals who are sneaking reports past the authorities. Unfortunately it looks like a large-scale blood-bath may ensue — and the victims will be mostly women, children, the elderly and unarmed monks and nuns.

Contrary to what the Burmese, Chinese and Russian governments have stated, this is not merely a local internal political issue, it is an issue of global importance and it affects the global community. As concerned citizens, we cannot allow any government anywhere in the world to use its military to attack and kill peacefully demonstrating, unarmed citizens.

In this modern day and age violence against unarmed civilians is unacceptable and if it is allowed to happen, without serious consequences for the perpetrators, it creates a precedent for it to happen again somewhere else. If we want a more peaceful world, it is up to each of us to make a personal stand on these fundamental issues whenever they arise.

Please join me in calling on the Burmese government to negotiate peacefully with its citizens, and on China to intervene to prevent further violence. And please help to raise awareness of the developing situation in Burma so that hopefully we can avert a large-scale human disaster there.

Iran’s Ahmadinejad is Coming to the United Nations

Iran’s President Ahmadinejad is coming to the United Nations. Remember when he was there last year? He spoke openly to those there about his apocalyptic vision. He told the West to convert to islam or be killed. He calls for the purge of liberals and still the liberals defend him.

Just a couple of months ago Ahmadinejad declared that destruction of Israel is near. The Jews are fighting for their lives. Does that have a familiar ring to it? He hangs inappropriately dressed women or anyone who dares to speak against him in his country.

He openly mocks us and will come onto American soil to mock us again with the blessing of the United Nations and those without the courage to face down this threat. So many would rather blame us than them. Our denial and self-imposed blindness is stupefying!

How this ends will be up to us. Its the crossroads we are facing. Its the challenge of our time. We can’t ignore this problem and have it go away. We will have to decide whether or not we have the courage and fortitude to do what has to be done for the the West and reason prevail and finally bring peace to the religion of islam?

Know your enemy …..

This is Ahmadinejad’s work
and what he’ll bring here
if we insist on remaining blind to his stated ambitions

Stop him - sign the petition NOW!

YOU can send a different message!

Join the
National Rally
To Stop Iran Now.
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
across from the United Nations
Monday, September 24th
12 noon , rain or shine
2nd Avenue at 47th Street
Subways: 4, 5, 6, or 7 to Grand Central Station

c/p Blue Star Chronicles

Re-post: We Win, They Lose

Sign it! Give it a digg, too, while you’re at it.

We Win, They Lose

We Win, They Lose Push back against defeatism.

When it came to defeating the Soviets, Ronald Reagan made it simple: “We win, they lose.” Now more than ever, the defeatists in Congress must hear that same message. America will never surrender.

Stand Up To Ahmadinejad

SIGN THE PETITION.

We, the undersigned, call on the international community to indict Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for incitement to commit genocide, as per the UN Genocide Convention which classifies “incitement to commit genocide” as a crime against humanity.

Must Read: “Senators-in-Chief”

Thursday’s Opinion Journal has a must-read piece about the Congressional micromanagement and interference in the war. Money quote:

…the Founders surely didn’t imagine that Congress could start dictating when and where the 101st Airborne could be deployed once a war is under way.

And the Defeatist Democrats say Bush ignores history? The mind boggles.

Read it.

Send the Senate a message–they need to let the military fight the war they’re in, not be political pawns.

The NRSC Pledge - FAQ

Dean Barnett has compiled a FAQ for the pro-surge NRSC Pledge, to answer some questions/criticisms.

Here’s one:

What is the purpose of the pledge?

It is not a loyalty oath. Nothing like it. The pledge rests on the premise that Republicans who are supporting the anti-surge resolution are doing so as a craven political play. The pledge is merely a way of showing them that it is an extremely poor political play. And since political advantage is the coin of their realm, we think it may serve to change their hearts and minds.

Be sure to read it HERE!

Also: you may note on the signatures list some fake signatures. N.Z. Bear and Hugh Hewitt are well aware of them, just so you know. I figured it wouldn’t take long for the Official Stalker of the right-blogosphere to jump on it. :roll:

SIGN THE PLEDGE HERE!

The NRSC PLEDGE

OK, that pledge I posted? You can sign it online at The Truth Laid Bear, and the NRSC will be notified. And since it’s online, so will anyone who cares–i.e., others on the Hill that are watching. And they ARE watching.

Sign the PLEDGE here.

Please also make sure to call your Senator directly and express your views. In addition, we suggest you contact the following key Senators:

Senator McConnell, Lott and Kyl are the three senior GOP senators. Try each of their offices at 202-225-3121.

Senator Ensign is chair of the National Republican senatorial Committee. His number is 202-675-6000.

The senators most likely to rethink their support for such a resolution after the testimony by General Petraeus that such a resolution would be an encouragement to our enemy are Minnesota’s Norm Coleman, Maine’s Susan Collins and Oregon’s Gordon Smith. All three are serious senators and good people, but they need to rethink possible support for the resolution in light of the Petraeus testimony and the president’s speech last night. Senator Coleman’s office number is (202) 224-5641. Senator Smith’s office number is (202) 224-3753. Senator Collins’ office number is (202) 224-2523.

This matters, y’all. This isn’t just about supporting Bush; it’s about showing the Iraqis that we are not weak-kneed, fair-weather friends to those who need our help, and that we aren’t afraid to do what it takes to get the job done. Y’all know that’s what those serving in uniform are waiting for, because they aren’t going all wobbly. It’s their lives on the line. Too bad some in the Senate place their own “political survival” higher in their priorities than the actual lives of our troops and our national security.

Again, The Pledge reads:

If the United States Senate passes a resolution, non-binding or otherwise, that criticizes the commitment of additional troops to Iraq that General Petraeus has asked for and that the president has pledged, and if the Senate does so after the testimony of General Petraeus on January 23 that such a resolution will be an encouragement to the enemy, I will not contribute to any Republican senator who voted for the resolution. Further, if any Republican senator who votes for such a resolution is a candidate for re-election in 2008, I will not contribute to the National Republican Senatorial Committee unless the Chairman of that Committee, Senator Ensign, commits in writing that none of the funds of the NRSC will go to support the re-election of any senator supporting the non-binding resolution.

* Please pass the word on this! * Send it in email, and if you have a blog, post it!

Take the Pledge for the Troops

Pay attention, y’all, ’cause this doesn’t come from me often; in fact, as the blogosphere’s Unofficial 11th Commandment Sheriff, you may not see it in any other case. This time, some in the GOP have gone way, way too far.

Take the pledge, and tell the NRSC:

If the United States Senate passes a resolution, non-binding or otherwise, that criticizes the commitment of additional troops to Iraq that General Petraeus has asked for and that the president has pledged, and if the Senate does so after the testimony of General Petraeus on January 23 that such a resolution will be an encouragement to the enemy, I will not contribute to any Republican senator who voted for the resolution. Further, if any Republican senator who votes for such a resolution is a candidate for re-election in 2008, I will not contribute to the National Republican Senatorial Committee unless the Chairman of that Committee, Senator Ensign, commits in writing that none of the funds of the NRSC will go to support the re-election of any senator supporting the non-binding resolution.

Send it here:
NRSC
Ronald Reagan Republican Center
425 2nd Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002

202.675.6000
webmaster@gopsenators.com

Hugh Hewitt adds:

Then e-mail Senator McConnell and Senator Ensign, and tell them too. Senator McConnell’s phone number is (202) 224-2541. Senator Ensign’s phone number is (202) 224-6244.

Still more about this from Hewitt HERE. Make this a blog swarm–wake those bastards up!

I am furious at their betrayal. Their damn Senate seats are nothing to me compared to national security and our military. Like those who lost in November, they are all replaceable. Hagel’s been a lost cause for a long time, but John Warner? Self-serving piece of shi’ite. He’s no better than the other self-serving piece of shi’ite Senator (Webb) in Virginia. They’re definitely two of a kind.

I don’t even care if you want to copy this post in its entirety to yours, just get the word out. And WRITE/CALL the NRSC and Senate Republican leadership to put a stop to this bullshi’ite appeasement! It has nothing to do with the war, and everything to do with self-preservation!

UPDATE: Filthy whores. (Via Raven, who’s also taken the Pledge.)

UPDATE 2: Others taking the pledge (among many others not listed here): Alabama Improper, LindaSoG, 7.62mm Justice. (More at Technorati.)