印度‧假酒中毒‧105人死‧逾百人急救‧死者可能增加

（印度‧新德里）印度實施禁酒令的古吉拉特邦，最近再度爆發喝假酒中毒慘劇，中毒死亡人數已增至105人，包括一名製造假酒的老闆。

古吉拉特邦首府艾哈邁達巴德警方發言人辦公室表示，截至週五（7月10日）中午，4天以來已有105人死亡，另有100多中毒早仍在醫院急救，不排除死亡人數可能持續增加。

警方同時表示，週四一天已逮捕至少1200名“私酒販子”，但仍未能查獲假酒來源，已引起各方質疑和譴責。

反對黨責執政黨包庇

警方聲明的這項數字無法獲得其他方面證實，但古吉拉特邦議會的反對黨國大黨領袖古希爾指控，執政黨印度人民黨掌控的公營合作社涉嫌包庇假酒買賣，是造成古茶拉底省雖然自1960年實施禁酒令至今，私酒販子依然猖獗的主因。

古希爾同時抱怨說，他曾在議會中要求提案討論假酒猖狂問題，但遭到印度人民黨籍議長巴特拒絕。

假酒中毒事件開始於週日晚間，在艾哈邁達巴德鄰近的多個村落，相繼傳出村民喝酒後感到不適的消息，翌日紛紛送往醫院急救，但在週二開始陸續發生有人急救無效死亡。

據報導，當地居民怪罪政府當局和警方查禁假酒不力，連續2天來成群結隊走上街頭，包圍政府機關和警察局抗議，並焚燒車輛和古省內政部長夏哈的肖象、向警方扔擲石塊，迫使警方以棍棒和催淚彈驅散群眾。

美國‧高官：規模大對外保密‧美擔心中國擴軍

（美國‧華盛頓）美國五角大樓高官指出，中國規模巨大、對外保密的擴軍行動，仍然讓美軍非常擔心。

由總統奧巴馬提名，出任美軍太平洋司令部司令的海軍上將威拉德，週四（7月9日）在參議院確認接受提名時還說，美國“特別關注”圍繞北京發展、超出國防需要的先進武器所產生的“不確定性”。

威拉德說，他將尋求與中國開展“謹慎”、“適度”的軍事接觸，以減少雙方發生誤解的機會。

同時，他還將敦促中國增加軍費開支的透明度。

美國一直關注中國近20年來軍費開支每年以2位數字的百分比增長，但中國反駁說，任何擔心都是沒有根據的。

威拉德說，中國的崛起並成為“地區安全的建設性伙伴”至關重要，中美談判有助於加強合作、消除差異。

印尼‧再指控選舉舞弊‧梅加陣營拒認輸

（印尼‧雅加達）印尼反對黨領袖梅加瓦蒂的助選陣營週五（7月10日）再度指控選舉出現舞弊，拒絕認輸。

儘管初步計票結果顯示總統蘇西洛篤定連任，但梅加瓦蒂助選陣營卻指控週三（7月8日）的選舉出現舞弊，有數百萬名的幽靈選民，是一場“假民主”的選舉活動。

梅加瓦蒂競選團隊發言人比馬向法新社說：“蘇西洛顯然迫不及待想接受道賀。我們不願恭賀他，我們還要等待選舉委員會公佈正式的結果。”

梅加瓦蒂的副總統搭檔普拉博沃則表示，正準備提出法律挑戰。

許多政治分析家表示，印尼此次選舉大致上自由與公平。

點滴電子報報導，中央選舉委員會主席安沙里週四（7月9日）已促梅加瓦蒂組合停止指控選舉出現舞弊。他說，梅加瓦蒂應該拿出選舉舞弊的證據，而不是喋喋不休，反覆地公開作出這項指控。

蘇西洛稱接各國領袖賀電

蘇西洛至今尚未宣佈勝選，但他週二透過媒體宣佈，已接獲另一位對手、現任副總統尤索夫．卡拉的祝賀來電。

他也透露，接獲來自各國領袖，包括馬來西亞首相納吉以及澳洲總理陸克文的祝賀電話。

各界已開始猜測蘇西洛即將組建的內閣陣容，及有意加入聯合政府的政黨。

民主黨在4月的國會選舉中成為國會最大黨，蘇西洛預計將招攬有能力的技術專家官員入閣，並加強肅貪計劃。

印尼‧再指控選舉舞弊‧梅加陣營拒認輸

（印尼‧雅加達）印尼反對黨領袖梅加瓦蒂的助選陣營週五（7月10日）再度指控選舉出現舞弊，拒絕認輸。

儘管初步計票結果顯示總統蘇西洛篤定連任，但梅加瓦蒂助選陣營卻指控週三（7月8日）的選舉出現舞弊，有數百萬名的幽靈選民，是一場“假民主”的選舉活動。

梅加瓦蒂競選團隊發言人比馬向法新社說：“蘇西洛顯然迫不及待想接受道賀。我們不願恭賀他，我們還要等待選舉委員會公佈正式的結果。”

梅加瓦蒂的副總統搭檔普拉博沃則表示，正準備提出法律挑戰。

許多政治分析家表示，印尼此次選舉大致上自由與公平。

點滴電子報報導，中央選舉委員會主席安沙里週四（7月9日）已促梅加瓦蒂組合停止指控選舉出現舞弊。他說，梅加瓦蒂應該拿出選舉舞弊的證據，而不是喋喋不休，反覆地公開作出這項指控。

蘇西洛稱接各國領袖賀電

蘇西洛至今尚未宣佈勝選，但他週二透過媒體宣佈，已接獲另一位對手、現任副總統尤索夫．卡拉的祝賀來電。

他也透露，接獲來自各國領袖，包括馬來西亞首相納吉以及澳洲總理陸克文的祝賀電話。

各界已開始猜測蘇西洛即將組建的內閣陣容，及有意加入聯合政府的政黨。

民主黨在4月的國會選舉中成為國會最大黨，蘇西洛預計將招攬有能力的技術專家官員入閣，並加強肅貪計劃。

中國‧暴亂每名死難者‧撫恤金10萬喪葬費5千

（中國‧烏魯木齊）烏魯木齊政府初步決定，對“7‧5”騷亂的每名無辜死難者，發放特殊撫恤金20萬元（人民幣，下同），喪葬費1萬元。

烏魯木齊市民政局長王鳳雲說，第一批撫恤費用5千萬元已經到位。

據不完全統計，此次事件約需各類撫恤費用共1億元。

另外，市政府還設立“善後辦公室”，協助家屬，尋找失蹤者、安排死難者家屬認屍、被破壞的商戶以及汽車被焚毀的人士，目前，已超過2千人登記要求協助，主要是漢人。

與此同時，市政府也展開了新的文宣活動，以橫幅、擴音器和集體治療課程，試圖平息憤懣的情緒，同時避免暴力衝突演變成一發不可收拾的局面。

墨綠色的軍用卡車兩側掛上了搶眼的鮮紅色橫幅，寫著“反對種族分裂和仇恨”；斑駁的公寓外牆也張貼海報，呼吁市民“勿聽信謠言”、保持冷靜，維持公共秩序”。

中國‧騷亂死者升至184人‧官方首次區別種族性別

（中國‧烏魯木齊）中國官方發佈最新統計稱，烏魯木齊發生的民族騷亂至今已經導致184人死亡。官方同時首次區別遇難者的種族和性別。

新華社發佈英文消息稱，死者中有137名漢族人，其中包括26名女性；另外還有46名維吾爾人喪生，其中一人為維族女子；此外，一名回族人也在衝突中死亡。

在新疆第2大城、絲綢之路古城喀什，一輛載滿武警的軍車正在街道巡邏。中國官員週五（7月10日）命令外國媒體和遊客離開喀什，並稱烏魯木齊等地發生騷亂後，當局關注安全問題。（圖：法新社）

新疆自治區的2000萬人口中，近半是維族人。

新華社並未說明這些人是否在週二（7日）的暴力衝突中遇難。當天，烏魯木齊曾經出現過漢族人對維族人進行暴力報復事件。

中國當局遲至今日（週六，7月11日）才公佈死者的種族，顯然是擔心動蕩局勢進一步升級。

局勢趨平靜氣氛仍緊張

烏魯木齊局勢今日（週六，7月11日）已經恢復平靜，但氣氛依然緊張。

人權觀察組織指出，7月5日烏魯木齊騷亂爆發以來，當局已經向此市部署了2萬軍人。

當局稍早以舒緩種族緊張氣氛為由，下令關閉烏魯木齊所有回教堂並暫停週五（7月10日）祈禱；但稍後放寬禁令，部份回教堂恢復開放。

不過，大約500名維族群眾離開位於二道橋的回教堂後，與手持鎗械鎮暴警察對峙，裝甲警車還封鎖回教堂附近道路，現場上空還有一架直升機盤旋。最後有數名維族人被警方帶走。

而在騷亂爆發約一週後，荷鎗實彈的中國武警依然在通往烏魯木齊的要道設路障，30人一組的武警也在路上操步，高呼種族團結的口號。

許多商店依然休業，警車在市內用擴音機發表維族語聲明，敦促民眾抵抗流亡美國的世界維吾爾大會主席熱比婭。

《烏魯木齊晚報》週五報導，警方在此前一天展開4次突襲行動，逮捕了190名可疑份子。

中國網民吁封殺疆獨群組

中國《環球時報》報導，社交網站Facebook出現新疆獨立群組，引起中國網民強烈反應，指應立即關閉群組。

Facebook最近出現一個稱為“全世界範圍的抗議支持追求獨立的維吾爾人”群組。這個群組呼吁“全世界的‘維吾爾人’將聯合起來，在同一時刻發起大規模的全球抗議。”

中國網民對此極為不滿。在環球網所做的“您認為Facebook是否應立即關閉‘疆獨’群組”的調查中，截至9日18時，有94.2%的網民表示“應該關閉”，投票票數達5207票。

與此同時，有中國網民認為，Facebook作“疆獨”的傳播媒介，應當受到懲罰。

編者按：新疆烏魯木齊騷亂爆發已一週，暴動遺下的族群陰影一時難以化解。近日，中國官方媒體報導各種漢族、維吾爾族相互友愛幫助的感人故事，希望能緩和漢人對維族暴動殺人的仇恨，弭平族群裂痕。

《星洲日報》選刊了幾則由中國官方英文《中國日報》以及香港《明報》採訪在騷亂後的漢人與維族人的故事，聆聽他們的心聲。

乘德士遇暴徒
維族救漢人教師

7月5日8時左右，來自上海的中學教師趙敏東和妻子乘坐德士，前往烏魯木齊旅遊景點大巴紮進行購物。

但德士行至團結路時，德士卻被其他車輛擋住了道路。

突然，一群手持棍棒石塊的暴徒開始砸德士。趙敏東說：“事情發生得太突然，我都來不及感害怕。我腦海閃過的第一個念頭是‘為甚麼’？”

司機圖保護乘客卻遭殃

維吾爾族的德士司機試圖保護他的2名乘客，但卻遭殃。他的德士也遭掀翻。

大約7、8名暴徒將趙敏東和妻子拖出德士，以木棍毆打他們，趙戴在手上的手表被拔走，衣服也被撕成破布。

在千鈞一髮間，一名維族婦女衝到現場，試圖阻止暴徒的暴行。她在混亂中拉出這對夫婦，以漢語呼叫他們“快跑”，然後手指指向附近的一個地點，2人迅速往那個方面逃命。

趙敏東和妻子看到數位被暴徒打傷的人趟在地上，暴徒隨時會來追打他們。

他說：“有一些維族人要幫助我們，但我們之間有語言障礙。”

趙敏東是上海南匯中學的教師，他於7月2日帶著314名新疆高中班的學生乘坐火車來到烏魯木齊。南匯中學是其中9家收留新疆學生的上海學校之一。

趙敏東抵步隔天就爆發騷亂事件。他從德士逃脫後並未丟失手機。

他隨即致電一名維族學生告訴他們的處境，然後將手機傳給一對年輕的維族夫婦。這名學生解釋了趙的身份後，要求他們協助他的老師。

這對維族夫婦隨後將趙敏東夫婦和另外3名受傷的漢族女子，帶到他們位於一幢6層樓建築的公寓。5人在那避難了約一個小時，直到教育部和救援武警的到來。

七八人來襲七八十人來幫

趙敏東說：“襲擊我的雖然是7、8個人，但是從頭到尾幫我的遠遠超過七八十個人，真的是非常感謝。我真的非常感激他們在危難時刻伸出援手。”

趙敏東夫婦過後在醫院接受治療，休養一天後出院。

他們取消了旅遊其他新疆地區的計劃，在週五（7月10日）飛返上海。

趙敏東說：“我會回來，我已經答應我的學生，明年再陪他們回家。我並不害怕，根據我的經驗，不管哪個民族，絕大多數的人都是特別的善良。”

他又說：“在幫我的這些人當中有相當一部份人是維族居民，感謝他們，真的感謝他們。不管是哪個民族，都是一家人。”

電台廣播助尋失蹤者

“7‧5”騷亂以來，新疆人民廣播電台的愉悅流行曲，換上一把沒有任何旋律的男聲，一字一句地讀出失蹤者的名單，還有尋親者的電話號碼……

“楊先生找姑姑余新義，女，39歲，在大灣開商店，有5個人，4具屍體，就是姑姑找不到，聯繫 電話189991555999。”“阿依古麗找阿布多外力，30歲左右，5號下午去天山區保安公司上班，至今沒有音信。電話13699997041。”“ 張女士找張誠，男，70路公交車司機，5號9點和家人最後一次通話，至今沒有消息，特徵：穿淡藍色T恤、牛仔褲，皮膚發黑，左手上有猴子的刺青紋身。”

回族、漢族、維吾爾族、哈薩克族……天山區、中灣街、二道橋、賽馬場……兒子、母親、妻子、姑姑……開車的、逛街的、下班的、做生意的。令聽眾聽得發呆，四川大地震之後，中國從來沒有過這樣的慘烈拼圖。

官方“7‧5”事件善後工作組，早前向媒體透露，截至週四（7月9日），共有200多個案家屬前來登記，其中三分之二為失蹤者，數字意味死亡人數可能倍增。

至少4漢族家庭遭滅門

從電台廣播和工作組的名單，至少可以發現4個漢族家庭慘被滅門，其中3家有人失蹤，留下3個沒有了父母的孩子。當中包括最慘烈的張氏一家，4人慘被斬首斷肢，屍體被燒成焦炭。

“我弟弟叫張明營，河南工資低，10年前西北大開發，他們全家到烏魯木齊開糧油店，5個死了4 個，實在太殘忍了……”剛來新疆一年、同是開店的哥哥張明福說，騷亂那天，“最先接到我弟弟電話，警告我快點關門，快走，他看見街上打架、砸車、打店了 ”。掛線後，明營與他和妻子、15歲的外甥、4歲的女兒，還有84歲的母親關門躲在自己中灣街447號的店內，明福說，那條街八成居民是維族，“晚上10 點42分最後一次通話，弟弟低聲說：‘喂喂，說話說話……’電話就掛了”。張明福說，5兄弟姊妹，跟這個弟弟最好。

張家的死者全部屍首不全，“都是被砍斷手砍斷腳的，消防幹了一天一夜，火滅了就走了，剩下我們自己挖屍體，心都碎了，打擊太大了！喪盡天良啊！”明福說。

弟媳婦當時也在店內，但屍體找不到，報失蹤了。

被下狠手的，還有糧油店100米外的鄒家六口，僅有一名4歲孩子被維族好人救下。15歲的兒子則在醫院中搶救了5天，依然危殆，兇多吉少。

維族母親尋兒哭乾眼淚

連場騷亂，家散人亡的不止漢人，登記失蹤人口的柜台前，一個又一個維族母親揮舞兒子的相片尋親，但幾乎全都暫時下落不明，離開時，“死了嗎？”“活著嗎？”“被抓了嗎？”“我們還不知道！”哀聲四起。

“我兒子是胡西塔爾‧吐魯洪，在快餐廳當師傅的，做飯的，周圍每個人都認識他，快餐店的大師傅曾經跟我說，‘你兒子幹得太好了！’鄰居都知道，他連一次跟人吵架也沒有……”母親買合皮再木‧毛拉吾提，坐在“7‧5事件”善後處理中心失蹤者登記柜台，哭得說不下去。

毛拉吾提說，兒子7月5日暴亂那天回家後，說“哎呀！好幾個孩子都被打了，我好害怕！”翌日， 他提心吊膽地出門，丟下一句：“媽媽，我去看看店裡有沒有開門，要不要上班”。“那是他對父母說的最後一句話，之後就沒有回來過了”。他的父母懷疑他被漢 人打死了，或者被警察當滋事份子抓了。

毛拉吾提說：“兒子完全沒有電話打來，我們找了好幾天也找不到，只好來這裡問問”。但職員著他們與其他失蹤者家屬一樣，到公安局報案。當地電視則不斷地宣傳種族和諧，毛拉吾提的丈夫哭著問：“民族大團結不是搞得好好的嗎？”數以十計的尋親者，跑著進來，哭著離開。

美國‧被指煽動新疆種族衝突‧熱比婭獲美議員聲援

（美國‧華盛頓）中國指稱世界維吾爾人代表大會主席熱比婭煽動新疆的種族衝突，但美國議員週五（7月10日）卻表態聲援熱比婭。

來自民主、共和2黨的2名議員當天與熱比婭一起在國會亮相。他們宣佈，將向國會提出一項決議，譴責中國“暴力鎮壓”“維吾爾人的和平示威”。

民主黨議員德拉亨特表示，北京對熱比婭的指控是“攻擊性和無的放矢”。

他在新聞發佈會上說：“我們敦促中國政府停止詆毀這位曾在3起事件中獲得提名諾貝爾和平獎候選人的女士。”

北京也指責熱比婭獲得維吾爾族“恐怖份子”支持。

但熱比婭在美國國會駁斥有關指控。她說：“我反對所有暴力事件，我從未這樣做，也不會做這種事情。”

土耳其‧總理形容騷亂為“屠殺”‧抨擊北京袖手旁觀

（土耳其‧安卡拉）土耳其總理埃爾多安週五（7月10日）形容，最近新疆發生的維吾爾族回教徒同漢族的暴力是“屠殺”。

預料這項措辭強烈的聲明將激怒土耳其的最大貿易伙伴中國。

烏魯木齊騷亂事件發生後，土耳其內部和其他地方許多人對中國保安部隊處理騷亂的方式發出批評，全國也爆發聲援維吾爾人的示威活動。

埃爾多安並未具體地指責中國，但猛烈抨擊北京在騷亂事件中袖手旁觀。

他說：“在中國發生的事件是一種屠殺。我們不明白的是中國領導層何以……在這事件中袖手旁觀。”

埃爾多安此前表示，土耳其將要求聯合國安理會討論新疆局勢，遭到北京反對，指這純粹是中國內政。

中國‧騷亂引起不安‧中亞國家從新疆撤僑

（中國‧烏魯木齊）烏魯木齊騷亂令與新疆接壤的中亞國家不安。據報導，吉爾吉斯和哈薩克近日均大規模從新疆撤走公民。

其中哈國迄今已撤回1200多名公民，他們分別搭飛機、火車或汽車，從新疆回哈薩克。

吉爾吉斯外交部透露，第一批45名吉國公民週四（7月9日）已搭飛機回國，包括在新疆的吉國留學生、官員和商務代表；第二批50多人將乘汽車回國。哈、吉兩國民族與維族在語言﹑文化等方面都很接近。

另外，法新社、美聯社等媒體近日媒體，新疆掀起“離疆潮”，數千民眾週五（7月10日）想法設法離開這座曾發生血腥騷亂的城市。

法新社報導，當局指出，他們已經提供了離城的額外巴士服務，但卻是供不應求；黃牛黨向法新社稱，車票叫價比普通價格高出5倍。

《文匯報》否認有“離疆潮”

但針對外國媒體有關烏魯木齊掀“離疆潮”的報導，香港親中的《文匯報》聲稱這是“子虛烏有”。

此報稱，根據記者在烏魯木齊實地瞭解，除部份外地旅遊團暫時取消或推遲來烏行程外，當地火車站客流穩定，出站旅客中有40%為在疆讀書的外地學生暑假返家。

報導指出，烏市社會生產和市民生活也正快速恢復正常，並未出現所謂人員外流、企業撤離的“離疆潮”。

另外，中國旅行團在德國慕尼黑遭“東突”子暴力圍攻後，國家旅遊局提示中國公民赴德國慕尼黑旅遊時注意安全。

中國外交部已向德方提出交涉，敦促對方依法處理此事，並採取切實有效措施，保證在德中國公民的人身和財產安全。

新加坡‧摸千年靈木沾財氣？‧逾千獅城客古來求財改運

（新加坡）柔佛古來有一塊“千年靈木”，據說磁場強大，接近這塊靈木的人能改運、發橫財，結果，一傳十、十傳百，短短1年內，已經吸引超過1600名遊客前去觸摸這塊靈木。

《新明日報》記者親自走訪柔佛古來，參觀了這塊“千年靈木”，並發現所謂的“靈木”，是生長在一般樹身或枝部的大樹瘤，高3米，寬3米，重4噸。

巨型樹瘤的表面有許多紋路，從不同角度觀察，形狀都不同，從一些角度看去像大象，有些角度看去，似人猿和烏龜等，頗為罕見。

負責照料靈木的蕭先生（36歲）受訪時說，這塊“靈木”原本生長在一株千年正艾樹（chengal）上，7年前在一個偶然的情況下，被他的父親在樹林里發現。

觸摸感覺一股熱氣循環

兩年前，父子倆發現，用手觸摸靈木時，身體里會感覺有一股熱氣在循環。

“後來，我們去瞭解後發現，這是因為靈木具有特殊且強大的磁場，所以，靠近它或觸摸它的人，才會有這種特殊的感覺。而據我們的瞭解，改變一個人的磁場，有助改變一個人的運勢，所以，我們便設立展覽館來保存這個巨型的樹瘤，並開放給遊客參觀，讓我們這裡的居民和外來的遊客，都有機會觸摸這塊靈木。”

記者觸摸了這塊“千年靈木”後，並沒有產生任何特殊的感覺，只是摸了之後，手上有粉粉的感覺。

蕭先生說，會不會感受到磁場作用，確實是因人而異的。

據悉，至今已有近1萬人前去目睹這快“千年靈木”的風采，多數是希望借助這塊“靈木”的磁場來增加財氣。

部份遊客抱著鑒賞心態

雖然大多數到訪的公眾都希望能借助觸摸靈木來發一筆橫財，不過，蕭先生說，也有部份遊客是抱著藝鑒賞的心態去參觀。

他說︰“曾經有一組30多人的新加坡專科醫生到這裡參觀！”

為了提昇財運，許多到展覽館參觀的遊客都顧不了保持形象，各出奇招，在靈木前做出怪異的求財動作。

蕭先生說，他曾見過遊客在靈木面前深呼吸，希望能將靈木的“靈氣”吸入身體，借此把好運帶回家。

新加坡‧情侶野外脫光演活春宮‧被拍下照片網上流傳

（新加坡）情侶大白天在武吉知馬山脫光野合，還被拍下照片在網上流傳！

一名網友最近收到一封電郵，裡頭含有一組情侶在野外袒胸露乳，並發生親密行為的照片，大膽程度令人乍舌。

雖然電郵里沒有說明照片是誰拍的，也沒有提到拍攝日期、時間和情侶的身份，不過，上載照片到STOMP的網友說，情侶看起來像本地人，而且拍攝地點是在武吉知馬山。

照片顯示，一開始，背著背袋和拿著大包小包的情侶，在叢林找了兩個大石頭做掩護，在地上鋪了一張藍色的草席。

當時，女郎穿著灰色上衣，而男子則穿著紅色T恤。他們鋪好草席後，交頭接耳，接著便開始將身上的衣物一件件褪下。

在其中一張照片中，已經脫光的男子還動手幫彎著腰的女郎解開胸罩扣子，之後，女郎或許是感到害羞，抱膝坐在草席上，而男子則慢慢靠近。

在最後一張照片中，女郎側向鏡頭站著，而男子則背著鏡頭蹲在地上，全程清晰的被人拍下。

當STOMP在週五（7月10日）中午上載這一組共9張香艷照片後，短短一個下午就吸引萬人點擊追看。到了今日（週六，7月11日）早上，已經有將近4萬人點閱。

中國‧機率僅十萬分之一‧山東老農內臟全錯位

（中國‧山東）據報導，山東省東營市勝東醫院近日接診一位的病人，五臟六腑統統長反，令人稱奇。

這種情況，醫學上稱做全內臟反位，俗稱“鏡面人”。據統計，這種情況發生的概率只有十萬分之一。

患者是69歲的農民李大爺（化名）。長年從事田間勞動的李大爺，前不久由於上腹部不適到勝東醫院就診。醫生經過仔細的體格檢查和門診心電圖檢查，發現他的心臟長在右邊。

隨即，醫院對李大爺免費進行超音波等進一步檢查，發現他不僅心臟長反了，身上的肝臟、胃、胰臟、脾臟等內臟器官都長反了，他是一位罕見的全內臟反位的“鏡面人”。

醫生表示，“鏡面人”的臟器全部與正常人長反，就像正常人在鏡子中的影像一樣，十分罕見。

他說，引起胸腹腔臟器反位的原因目前尚無確切定論。有人提出可能與家族遺傳因素有關；也有人認為在胚胎發育過程中，與染色體數目或結構的改變有關。

醫生並表示，“鏡面人”雖然內臟全部錯位，但只是位置發生變化，相互間的關係並未改變，只要不伴有相關的器官畸形，生理功能就與正常人一樣，對健康與生活都沒有太大影響。

但值得注意的是，“鏡面人”一旦患病，醫生如果照常規判斷，極有可能誤診。

英國‧小氣‧沒禮貌‧外文爛‧法國人全球最差旅客

（英國‧倫敦）根據一項全球旅館業者旅遊調查指出，小氣、沒禮貌、外文又爛的法國人，是全世界最差的旅客。乾淨、有禮且安靜的日本旅客，則是連續第3年獲得最佳旅客殊榮。

台中旅客不在評比之列

旅遊網站Expedia6月對全球4500家旅館進行問卷調查，將27國旅客依禮貌態度、給小費是否大方等九個項目排名，台灣和中國旅客不在評比之列。

日本旅客的乾淨整潔、禮貌周到、安靜和鮮少抱怨廣獲全球旅館業者好評。相反的，法國遊客和商務旅客小費不但給得少，也給得不乾脆，在整體行為和禮貌的排名為倒數第二。不過，愛使喚的法國旅客在“優雅”項目上名列前茅、排名第3，他們的謹慎和整潔也獲得很高評價。然而法國人最不願意嘗試新語言，美國旅客則最入境隨俗，嘗試用當地語言點意大利比薩、法國麵包或是西班牙海鮮飯。

美國人最慷慨

美國人也被評為最慷慨的旅客，花錢多、小費也給得很大方，但在其他方面的評價則有待加強，美國人旅客最不整潔、聲音最大、最愛抱怨、衣著品味也最差。

在歐洲旅館業者心目中，英國旅客是行為最不檢點的觀光客。

台灣‧行李箱夾層藏4.3公斤海洛因‧馬男帶毒台闖關被捕

（台灣‧台中）一名馬來西亞華裔男子涉嫌偽裝成遊客，把整大包重達4.3公斤高純度海洛因藏在黑色行李箱夾層，週五（7月10日）晚上意圖從台中航空站“闖關”，雖他刻意從容通關，但仍從X光檢查識破他的行李箱有可疑物，當場被捕。

台中縣調查站表示，馬來西亞毒裊是於7月8日，先將重達4公斤的高純度海洛因毒品藏匿於牛皮紙袋中，再將毒品放在一隻大型黑色行李箱夾層中，交由涉案的馬來西亞籍男子溫XＸ（28歲）攜帶來台。

溫男為順利闖關入境台灣，於9日下午先搭機到香港過境，再轉機來台，並刻意挑選查緝次數較少的台中航空站入境。然而9日晚間9時溫嫌準備入境時，仍無法逃過海關的X光機檢驗，當場在他的拖運行李中查獲，若以施用劑量每人10毫克，危害人數可達43萬人。

溫男於警訊時坦承犯案，並供稱因平時無業且沉迷於夜生活，一方面為支付龐大開銷，另一方面受走私高利誘惑，因此鋋而走險，受雇馬來西亞毒集裊，自馬來西亞走私毒品來台。全案依毒品防制條例移送台中地檢署法辦，並持續擴大追查其他共犯。

中國‧美學者：身高1.91米‧“孔子是私生子”

（中國‧江蘇）孔子有多高？原來孔子身高1.91米，比姚明矮36厘米。身兼數學、文學兩家之長的美籍華裔學者邵耀成經過長年研究，披露孔子的真實高度，還透露孔子是私生子。

江蘇《揚子晚報》報導，在國學熱的當下，中國掀孔子熱，並對孔子作另類解讀。

但研究數學起家的邵耀成則不同於其他學者，他更尊重的是歷史，他以佔據大量史料的有利條件，通過文獻、考古學考證，告訴大家一個有血有肉的孔子。

他週五（7月10日）在南京的演講會上，描述了孔子真實的年表生平。他說，孔子長大後身高1.91米，比姚明矮一點。他的父親66歲時與正當妙齡的顏氏女“野合”有了孔子。野合是指非婚姻所生。這與生俱來的恥辱和缺陷像鞭子那樣，督促孔子在禮教與人格完美的追求上，有“任重而道遠，死而後已”的使命感。

Medvedev Unveils “World Currency” Coin At G8

In a highly symbolic moment at the G8 summit in Italy today, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev unveiled to reporters a coin representing a “united future world currency”.

“We are discussing both the use of other national currencies, including the ruble, as a reserve currency, as well as supranational currencies,” the Russian leader said at a news conference.

However, those who have downplayed the formulation of a world currency by dismissing it as merely a progression of SDR’s (Special Drawing Rights) and not something that would physically be used by citizens in a system of world government, were contradicted when Medvedev clearly outlined that the new currency would be “used for payment” by citizens as a “united future world currency”.

“This is a symbol of our unity and our desire to settle such issues jointly,” Medvedev said.

“Here it is,” Medvedev told reporters today in L’Aquila, Italy, after a summit of the Group of Eight nations. “You can see it and touch it,” reports Bloomberg.

The question of a supranational currency “concerns everyone now, even the mints,” Medvedev said. The test coin “means they’re getting ready. I think it’s a good sign that we understand how interdependent we are.”

Press images released to the Yahoo photo wire did not show any close up shots of the coin and little was known about it, except that it had been minted in Belgium and bears the words “unity in diversity”. An RIA Novosti report noted that the coin represented an example of a “possible global currency”.

China and Russia have repeatedly called for a new global currency to replace the dollar.

When confronted about plans to supplant the dollar with a new global currency, both Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner denied that such an agenda existed.

However, just days after he told a Congressional hearing that there were no plans to move towards a global currency, Geithner sought to please the elitist CFR by assuring them that he was “open” to the notion of a new global currency system.

The scandal-ridden and highly secretive Bank For International Settlements, considered to be the world’s top central banking power hub, released a policy paper in 2006 that called for the end of national currencies in favor of a global model of currency formats.

The global currency would be a key central plank of a future system of world government. Earlier this week, Pope Benedict called for a “world political authority” to manage the global economy.

Toyota is More "American" Than GM, Ford, Chrysler

What Are the Top American-Made Cars?
Cars.com's American-Made Index rates vehicles built and bought in the U.S. Factors include sales, where the car's parts are made and whether the car is assembled in the U.S. Models that have been discontinued are disqualified, as are those with a domestic-parts content rating below 75 percent.
Rank	Make/Model	U.S. Assembly Location*	Last Rank
1.	Toyota Camry**	Georgetown, Ky.; Lafayette, Ind.	—
2.	Ford F-150	Dearborn, Mich.; Claycomo, Mo.	1
3.	Chevrolet Malibu***	Kansas City, Kan.	3
4.	Honda Odyssey	Lincoln, Ala.	7
5.	Chevrolet Silverado 1500***	Fort Wayne, Ind.	8
6.	Toyota Sienna	Princeton, Ind.	6
7.	Toyota Tundra	San Antonio	5
8.	GMC Sierra 1500***	Fort Wayne, Ind.	—
9.	Ford Taurus	Chicago	—
10.	Toyota Venza	Georgetown, Ky.	—
*Excludes assembly plants suspended or scheduled for shutdown: Pontiac, Mich. (Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra) and Orion Township, Mich. (Chevrolet Malibu). **Excludes hybrid models, which are broken out separately, as well as the Toyota Camry Solara. ***Excludes hybrid models, which are broken out separately — or, in the case of the Malibu Hybrid, suspended for consumer sales. Sources: Automaker data, Automotive News, dealership data, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

In today's global economy, there's no easy way to determine just how American a car is. Many cars built in the U.S., for example, are assembled using parts that come from somewhere else. Some cars assembled in the U.S. from strictly American-made parts don't sell very well, meaning that fewer Americans are building those models. Cars.com's American-Made Index highlights the cars that are built here, have the highest amount of domestic parts — with eligible models having parts-content ratings of 75 percent or higher — and are bought in the largest numbers by Americans.

Who's On and Who's Off

The Toyota Camry, once an American-Made Index presence, hasn't appeared on this list since 2007. Not only does it return for 2009, it's displaced Ford's F-150 as the only leader this list has had since we began compiling it in 2006. Three others joined the list, two of which — the Ford Taurus and Toyota Venza — have never been on the AMI before, and Detroit automakers claimed just five of the 10 spots. That's a record low for them.

Why the widespread change? The difficult sales environment and changes in cars' domestic-parts content — both major factors in AMI rankings — play a large part. This year's index comes amid an industry-wide sales collapse that's fast reordering the landscape of which cars sell well and which ones don't. Take the F-150: The redesigned 2009 F-150 has taken a larger chunk — about 5 percent more — of overall F-Series sales in 2009, Ford sales analyst George Pipas said. But overall F-Series sales have tumbled nearly 40 percent year-to-date, and the F-150 has seen a steady drop in its U.S.- and Canadian-made parts over the past few model years. The Camry, meanwhile, has seen sales fall, too, but not nearly as badly, and its domestic parts content is on the upswing. Those developments led the Camry to edge out the F-150 by a small but decisive margin.

Per AMI methodology, we excluded any models scheduled to be discontinued without a clear successor. That carried stronger implications this year, as most Pontiac models — including the G6, an AMI mainstay — became ineligible. Another GM mainstay, the Ohio-built Chevrolet Cobalt, dropped significantly in its parts content, which ended its three-year run on the list. But The General still takes three slots, with the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 pickups posting strong content ratings. The popular Chevy Malibu ranked third, in part thanks to its 80 percent domestic content and steady sales.

The Alabama-built Honda Odyssey is up slightly in domestic parts content, up to 80 percent this year. Longtime AMI contender Toyota, meanwhile, has four models on the list this year — the largest AMI presence it's ever had. The Tundra and recently introduced Venza, both developed in the U.S., rank seventh and 10th, respectively, while the Indiana-built Sienna clinched sixth place. Its current generation was developed here, and the 2009 model has an 85 percent domestic content rating. That's the best showing among import vehicles, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which U.S.-Built Cars Have the Highest Domestic-Parts Content?

The American-Made Index rates cars built and bought in the U.S. Among our considerations are sales for each car, as they correlate to the number of U.S. autoworkers employed to build any given model and to build the parts that go into those same cars. If you're looking only at domestic-parts content ratings, build location and future status — i.e., cars that aren't facing imminent cancellation — here's what NHTSA lists as the top U.S.-built 2009 models:

Make/Model	Domestic-parts content	Assembly location
Ford Taurus	90 percent	Chicago
Lincoln MKS	85 percent	Chicago
Toyota Sienna	85 percent	Princeton, Ind.
GMC Savana 1500	82 percent	Wentzville, Mo.
Chevrolet Express 1500	82 percent	Wentzville, Mo.
Buick Lucerne	81 percent	Detroit
Chevrolet Malibu	80 percent	Kansas City, Kan.
Honda Odyssey	80 percent	Lincoln, Ala.
Toyota Avalon	80 percent	Georgetown, Ky.
Toyota Tundra	80 percent	San Antonio
Toyota Venza	80 percent	Georgetown, Ky.
Source: NHTSA, automaker data

Not as American as You Think

The "Buy American" crowd may think the simple fact that a car or truck comes from a Detroit automaker means it's American. That's not a bad assumption to start with. GM, Ford and Chrysler generally have higher domestic-parts content across their lineups than their European and Asian competitors. The bottom rung of domestic parts-content models, conversely, is heavy on import brands: All 50 of the 2009 models whose American Automobile Labeling Act parts content is zero are built by Asia- or Europe-based automakers, according to NHTSA.

That isn't to say every GM, Ford or Chrysler is homegrown. The Chevy Aveo, for example, is built in Korea with 1 percent domestic parts. Chrysler's recently discontinued PT Cruiser was built in Mexico, with a domestic-parts content of just 27 percent. Its GM doppelganger, the Chevy HHR, also hails from south of the border, with a domestic-parts content rating of 50 percent. Detroit's latest muscle cars, the 2010 Ford Mustang and Chevy Camaro, have a middling 60 percent domestic content, while their crosstown rival, the Dodge Challenger, comes in at 56 percent. Of the three, the Mustang is the only car built here; the Challenger and Camaro are assembled in Canada.

Criticisms & Controversy

Critics of domestic-parts content ratings, required since 1994 by the AALA, say those ratings factor in parts costs but not labor or a host of other factors — like factory equipment — that a given model adds to the U.S. economy. Two alternative systems — one created for the EPA's Corporate Average Fuel Economy program and the other for tariff rates and the North American Free Trade Agreement — accommodate such factors. What's more, AALA lumps U.S. and Canadian parts content together, an approach the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association called "simply misleading" in a 2007 letter to the Department of Transportation.

AALA's dominant metric — parts costs — should factor in labor, at least theoretically. Conventional wisdom says a $300 suspension component purchased from a supplier would incorporate the labor that went into making that part. But, as Honda spokesman Ed Miller pointed out, the correlation can be shaky: "Because you're buying it from a vendor, they're charging you their cost plus their profit."

"One assumes they're charging you for labor," Miller said, but it's hard to know for sure.

As for the ratings themselves, the numbers seem accurate. David Cole, chairman for the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Center for Automotive Research, told us last year that "there's a pretty detailed picture of the content, and it drills down fairly deeply. ... [The labels do] a pretty good job."

Winnowing the field further to include only the cars assembled within this country eliminates a few would-be champs. The 2009 Chevrolet Impala and Buick LaCrosse, for example, are 85 percent domestic-content cars, according to NHTSA, but both are built in Ontario, Canada. (GM is moving production for the redesigned 2010 LaCrosse, however, to Kansas City, Kan.) Though assembly location doesn't necessarily guarantee that the U.S. portion of that AALA U.S./Canadian content will be any higher — with auto parts crossing the borders a dozen times or more, CAR project manager Debbie Menk said, the correlation is iffy at best — it does mean stateside assembly workers are employed building that car. In our book, that makes it more American.

What about profit flow? For a given car you might purchase, hundreds or thousands of dollars in profit could potentially go to Detroit — or Japan, or Germany. This isn't to be discounted. But any American consumer can also invest in those profits: Toyota and Honda, for example, are both on the New York Stock Exchange. And import automakers contend that their manufacturing efforts produce plenty of cars — and with them, jobs — stateside, to the tune of billions of dollars of investment.

Keep in mind that the AMI explicitly rates the most American cars and trucks on a model-by-model basis. Its purpose is not to rate each automaker's summary contributions to the U.S. economy. GM, for instance, has many: Consider that among the 34 2009-model-year cars that NHTSA lists as having U.S./Canadian parts content of 75 percent or higher, 19 of them are GMs. Why didn't The General have a better showing? Declining sales — plus a number of those cars heading for extinction — took a major toll.

What About Gas Mileage?

As consumers compare domestic and foreign automakers, many are making their choice based on a car's gas mileage. See how domestic and foreign automakers rank in fuel efficiency.

Check out July 2008's American-Made Index.

Soros funds infiltration of 9/11 truth, election protection, and “independent” journalism

(WMR) -- WMR has learned from well-placed sources that international hedge fund mogul and financier of “progressive” causes George Soros has been, for a number of years, infiltrating 9/11 “truth” organizations, groups advocating election reform, and so-called “independent journalism” enterprises in order to hijack agendas and, eventually, cause the groups to collapse from within or be absorbed into larger organizations servile to Soros and his agenda.

By far, the largest group Soros and his allies has infiltrated and taken over is the Democratic Party of the United States. It now totally adheres to a corporatist line and has purged from its leadership Dr. Howard Dean and replaced him with Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, a Democratic Leadership Council adherent. The Soros faction and its allies has also seen to it that Bill Richardson, Caroline Kennedy, and others who represent the “Democratic wing of the Democratic Party” have been shut out of the Obama administration.

In many ways, Soros’ operation is strikingly similar to the FBI’s former Counter-Intelligence Program, also known as COINTELPRO. There is also ample evidence that Soros’ program is linked to Israeli intelligence operations in the United States and that some presidential campaigns in 2008 were infiltrated by the joint operation, including those of Democratic candidate and former Senator Mike Gravel, and Republican candidate Ron Paul.

Soros’ operations, according to our sources, involve his Open Society Institute, as well as Soros Fund Management LLC, in which his son, Jonathan Soros, plays a leading role.

For Soros, his political operations in America are much the same as they are in places like Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, and other countries: divide, confuse the political sides, and conquer.

The modus operandi is that Soros operatives either help establish “progressive” organizations or join them after they are established with a new infusion of a modest to substantial funding. The agenda of the organization is then altered to make it look either like a far-out “conspiracy” association or the infiltrators of the organization create internecine battles between factions or tamp down its fervor. In some cases, the organizations ultimately cease to exist or are combined with other Soros-controlled or influenced organizations.

In the case of alternative journalism operations, Soros’ operatives launch attacks, some of them highly personal, against bona fide independent journalists and question their sources and investigations. WMR has been a primary target for such operations, according to sources familiar with Soros’ tactics.

Soros’ agents of disinformation and influence have moved in to “manage” the stories about jailed Alabama Democratic Governor Don Siegelman, the 2004 vote fraud in Ohio, the Turkish and Israeli intelligence penetration of the highest echelons of the U.S. government, the presence of Israeli spies among the accused 9/11 hijackers in the months prior to the terrorist attacks in 2001, and Russian-Israeli “Kosher Nostra” criminal activity from London to Kyiv and New York to Moscow.

Overall, Soros’ operations are primarily focused on controlling the left through the use of censors and online gatekeepers in the media operations he funds. Recipients of Soros’ money are found running web sites, some of them well known; hosting TV and radio programs; and writing regularly for major periodicals.

Soros has ingratiated himself to many on the Left but that was his goal. However, there are a number of progressives who are wise to Soros’ operations and will continue to expose them regardless of how many more billions he amasses from shorting stocks, speculating on national currencies, and destroying jobs.

With the palindrome SOROS -- if you replace the “S’s” with $ -- as in $oro$, you will be left with “oro,” the Italian and Spanish word for “gold.” It sums up Mr. Soros nicely, if that is his real name, and not “Goldfinger.”

Obama claims right to imprison �combatants� acquitted at trial

In testimony before the US Senate Tuesday, legal representatives of the Obama administration not only defended the system of kangaroo military tribunals set up under Bush, but affirmed the government�s right to continue imprisoning detainees indefinitely, even if they are tried and acquitted on allegations of terror-related crimes.

This assertion of sweeping, extra-constitutional powers is only the latest in a long series of decisions by the Democratic administration demonstrating its essential continuity with the Bush White House on questions of militarism and attacks on democratic rights.

The testimony, given to the Senate Armed Services Committee by the top lawyer for the Pentagon and the head of the Justice Department�s National Security Division, came in the context of a congressional bid to reconfigure the military tribunal system set up under the Bush administration.

In 2006, Congress passed the Military Commissions Act in an attempt to lend legal cover to the system of drumhead courts set up to try so-called "enemy combatants," which had been found unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court. The high court subsequently ruled against the congressionally revised system as well.

This latest effort, like the one carried out three years ago, is aimed at fending off successful court challenges to the system. The Senate Armed Services Committee introduced new military commission legislation last month as part of the 2010 military spending bill.

As the committee�s Democratic chairman, Carl Levin of Michigan, put it, the aim was to "substitute new procedures and language" that would "restore confidence in military commissions."

As the administration�s lawyers made clear, however, any changes will amount to mere window dressing in an Orwellian system where the government decides who is entitled to trial, whether defendants are brought before military or civilian courts, and even whether or not to free those who are found not guilty.

The Justice Department attorney, David Kris, told the Senate panel that civilian and military prosecutors are still debating whether scores of detainees who have been marked for trial will be brought before a military tribunal or a civilian court.

"This is a fact-intensive judgment that requires a careful assessment of all the evidence," Kris said. He acknowledged that some form of trial was preferable to simply continuing to hold the detainees as "unlawful combatants."

What is clear, however, is that this "fact intensive" process is aimed at determining which detainees can be convicted in a civilian court, which of them must be sent to military tribunals because of the weakness of the evidence against them, and which will simply be held without trial because there is no evidence that would stand up in either venue. In such a system, all must be found guilty�the only question is by what means.

Undoubtedly another major concern is keeping out of open court cases which could make public the heinous crimes carried out by the US military and intelligence apparatus in the "war on terror," including acts of "extraordinary rendition," torture and murder.

The Obama White House has repeatedly demonstrated its determination to cover up these crimes, including by defying a court order to release Pentagon torture photos and the Justice Department�s attempts to quash legal challenges to the criminal practices of the Bush administration, including rendition, torture and illegal domestic spying.

Appearing with Kris was Jeh Johnson, the chief lawyer of the Defense Department, who made the case for the president�s supposed power to continue holding detainees without bringing them before any court and to throw men acquitted back into prison without new charges or trials.

"There will be at the end of this review a category of people that we in the administration believe must be retained for reasons of public safety and national security," Johnson said. "And they�re not necessarily people that we�ll prosecute."

He continued: "The question of what happens if there�s an acquittal is an interesting question�we talk about that often within the administration. If, for some reason, he�s not convicted for a lengthy prison sentence, then, as a matter of legal authority, I think it�s our view that we would have the ability to detain that person."

Johnson indicated that such extraordinary powers�which continue the Bush administration�s repudiation of habeas corpus, the bedrock right to challenge unlawful imprisonment�stemmed from the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force passed in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. This is the same all-purpose legal pretext used by the Bush administration to justify unconstitutional measures.

One member of Congress accurately described as "show trials" a system in which prosecutions are carried out in civilian or military courts based on where they are assured convictions, and, in the unlikely event that a defendant manages to escape conviction, he can be sent back to jail anyway.

"What bothers me is that they seem to be saying, 'Some people we have good enough evidence against, so we�ll give them a fair trial,�" Representative Jerrold Nadler (Democrat of New York) told the Wall Street Journal. He continued: "Some people the evidence is not so good, so we�ll give them a less fair trial. We�ll give them just enough due process to ensure a conviction because we know they�re guilty. That�s not a fair trial, that�s a show trial." Nadler chairs a House Judiciary subcommittee which held a hearing Wednesday on military commissions.

In his testimony, Kris of the Justice Department acknowledged that there are "serious questions" about whether charges of "material support for terrorism" can be brought before a military tribunal, which, according to Obama, will exist solely to prosecute violations of the laws of war.

But Kris made it clear that the administration�s lawyers had determined that the "material support" charge could be brought before military commissions, and, in most cases, lumped together with conspiracy charges that would help convictions stand up on appeal.

The point was a significant one, as the great majority of those held at the US Navy prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba�as well as the thousands more who have been thrown into military prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as CIA "black sites" around the world�have not been accused of any specific terrorist act. Rather, with little or no evidence, they are charged with support for or association with terrorists.

"Material support for terrorism" has also been the principal charge figuring in a succession of frame-up trials in the US itself, where dozens of individuals have been ensnared by government agent provocateurs in FBI "terror plot" sting operations.

The Pentagon and Justice Department lawyers claimed that both the administration and the Senate panel were on the same page in barring the use of confessions extracted under torture to convict those brought before military tribunals. However, differences emerged between the Justice Department lawyer Kris and a top uniformed legal official who also testified.

While Kris warned that the use of "involuntary" confessions could lead to convictions being overturned on appeal, Vice Admiral Bruce MacDonald, the navy�s judge advocate general, argued that a military judge should be able to evaluate the "reliability" of "coerced statements" in deciding whether they can be introduced as evidence.

The administration�s lawyers also backed the provision in the legislation passed by the Senate panel that allows the use of hearsay evidence, which would be excluded from a civilian court. As Kris put it, the use of such evidence is necessary "given the unique circumstances of military and intelligence operations."

The testimony of the Pentagon lawyer, Jeh Johnson, also further called into question Obama�s pledge to close down the Guantanamo prison by January 22, 2010. He allowed that many of the cases would not be ready by next January and declined to state where the military tribunals would be held, saying the administration was considering "various options." Earlier this year, Congress blocked funding for transferring detainees to the US.

Testifying before a House panel Wednesday, a former Guantanamo prosecutor delivered a scathing indictment of the military tribunal system, including in the revamped form proposed by the Obama administration.

Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, appearing before a House Judiciary subcommittee, said that he was the seventh Guantanamo military prosecutor to resign because he could not "ethically or legally prosecute the defendant within the military commission system."

The Senate legislation, he charged, left in place a system that is "illegal and unconstitutional," serving to "undermine the fundamental values of justice and liberty."

Describing himself as having gone to Guantanamo as a "true believer," Vandeveld said his view was radically changed by the case of the young Afghan he was assigned to prosecute, Mohammed Jawad.

He described the basic elements of the case brought against Jawad, who may have been as young as 12 when captured by US troops in Afghanistan: "a confession obtained through torture, two suicide attempts by the accused, abusive interrogations, the withholding of exculpatory evidence from the defense, judicial incompetence, and ugly attempts to cover up the failures of an irretrievably broken system."

The Obama administration continues to hold the youth, who has faced imprisonment, torture and abuse for nearly seven years, on the basis of the confession extracted under torture.

What becomes increasingly evident is that the current administration is maintaining and expanding the police-state infrastructure created by its predecessor, with the phony claims of revived "due process" serving only to give this extra-legal system a veneer of legitimacy.

This system will not only affect the 229 detainees held at Guantanamo�though this is no small question, given that innocent men have been imprisoned and tortured there for seven years. It will be in place to deal with future detainees abducted by the US military and the CIA around the world, as well as anyone whom the president of the United States�whether Obama or his successors�deems a threat to national security, including American citizens.

Should such an "enemy combatant" prove his innocence in court, no matter! The all-powerful president can simply ignore the verdict and continue imprisoning him anyway. This is a textbook definition of dictatorship.

U.S. Military Links Karzai Brother to Drugs

U.S. military documents, obtained by ABC News, list the brother of Afghanistan president Karzai as a "problem maker" in the pay of drug lords.

Wali Karzai is described in the documents as "receives money from drug lords as bribe to facilitate their work and movement."

The documents, marked secret, appear to be part of a "U.S. military targeting assessment" produced in January 2005. The documents were downloaded from a computer flash disc sold at an Afghanistan street bazaar for $200.

Nine other prominent Afghanis are also listed as "problem makers" for a variety of reasons, including connections to opium drug lords.

Wali Karzai strongly denied the allegations in an interview with ABC News today in Kandahar.

"I was never in the drug business, I never benefited, I never facilitated, I never helped anyone with the transportation of any kind," he said.

There had been previous speculation of the presidential brother's alleged connection to drugs, but the U.S. military documents are the first indication of how seriously the charges are taken by American officials.

A Pentagon spokesman declined to comment on the content of the documents although one official said, "They do appear to be genuine."

The Los Angeles Times reported on similar documents discovered in a street bazaar in April, but did not report the allegations about Karzai.

U.S. officials say they continue to investigate how sensitive documents ended up in the street bazaar.

Recovery.Gov: Obama Team Redesigns Stimulus Site -- for $9.5M

The idea was transparency. If the Obama administration was spending $797 billion as stimulus money to jump-start the economy, end the recession and bring down the unemployment rate, U.S. taxpayers had a right to know where the money was going.

And so the White House started Recovery.gov, a Web site to let people do just that.

But it's a work in progress. The government's General Services Administration quietly put out a release Wednesday night saying the site would be redesigned -- for $9.5 million and, perhaps, as much as $18 million in the next five years.

After ABC News' Rick Klein posted the news Wednesday night, the comments flew. Nine million bucks for a Web site?

"I do think $9.5 million is a bit much," said Craig Jennings of OMB Watch, a watchdog group often critical of government spending. "They already have a large data set to work with. What Recovery.gov will do -- and whether they need $9.5 million to do this, I don't know -- is display it."

The site -- click here -- shows that as of July 3, $60.4 billion of stimulus money had been paid out to federal departments and state governments, to be spent on local projects -- construction, infrastructure and the like -- that would, ostensibly, pay off in the form of more jobs and more money to get the economy going again.

Is the government's stimulus plan enough to get the economy on track?

Military Grapples With Information Overload

Surging surveillance data threatens to overwhelm the military's ability to deal with the information. A report from a defense advisory group is calling for new data analysis technology and for taking a cue from Google.

Information overload has become a significant challenge for the U.S. military and will require new analysis software and a Google (NSDQ: GOOG)-style cloud infrastructure to manage massive data sets, a U.S. defense advisory group report finds.

The December 2008 report, "Data Analysis Challenges," was initially withheld from the public. It was obtained by the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy through a Freedom of Information Act request.

The report, written by JASON, a group that provides advice to the Department of Defense (DoD) through the non-profit MITRE Corporation, says that the massive amount of sensor and imagery data being gathered is becoming increasingly difficult to store, analyze, and integrate into defense systems.

For example, a DoD surveillance system called Constant Hawk typically produces 10's to 100's of Terabytes of data over a period of a few hours. For that information to be useful, it has to be stored, analyzed, and distributed quickly.

The report, however, cites concerns voiced by members of the defense and intelligence communities that much of the surveillance data gathered isn't made useful.

"Seventy percent of the data we collect is falling on the floor," MIT defense research scientist Pete Rustan said, according to the report.

And the problem is likely to get worse. "As the sensors associated with the various surveillance missions improve, the data volumes are increasing with a projection that sensor data volume could potentially increase to the level of Yottabytes (10^24 Bytes) by 2015," the report says.

Jonathan B. Spira, CEO and chief analyst at research consultancy Basex, author of the forthcoming book Overload!, and organizer of Information Overload Awareness Day on August 12, says information overload is a real problem in the workplace, in government and in the military.

"We've seen on the military side, many instances where information overload can create a whole new kind of fog [of war]," he said.

Information overload costs the U.S. economy $900 billion per year, according to Basex.

The JASON report discounts some of the more extreme projections about data volume growth and recommends that the DoD deploy infrastructure similar to that used by Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. It also sees military applications for the Hive language used by Facebook for data warehousing.

The major problem the DoD faces will be in the area of automated information analysis. "The notion of fully automated analysis is today at best a distant reality, and for this reason, it is critical to invest in research to promote algorithmic advances," the report says. "One way to effectively engage the relevant research communities is through the use of grand challenges in the area of data analysis."

Spira sees information overload as a broader problem, one that won't vanish with the development of improved automated information analysis technology. He described a cybersecurity conference at a Maxwell Airforce Base, where military brass had gathered to discuss cyber threats. Emerging from the talk, the generals found they had no e-mail, he said. It turned out that the base's e-mail system had been taken down, not by a cyber attack, but by an e-mail about a card game that got forwarded and, through too many reply-alls, multiplied until over a million messages overloaded the e-mail servers.

"We need to address a lot of different aspects of data and information overload, not just things that sound sexy," said Spira.

By Thomas Claburn

PROTESTS IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO ~ NOT on the Controlled News Media !

Well, based on this, I think the voters are sick and tired of this change!!

If the rest of the USA saw this I'm certain more of those who are like-minded would have the guts to stand up too, but obviously they're not going to show this in the news.....for that very reason!

A GREAT Day in Downtown Chicago!

Jim Rogers on King World News 10 July 2009

Tim White on the Columbine High Cover Up and Witness Intimidation

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PLATTSBURGH A.F.B

Devvy,

I happen to BE in Denver and have been for 35+years. I SAW the people in the crowd-in the very first video tape to come on air (on KGMH Channel 7, for the 11:00 A.M. news) who were OBVIOUS "suits" and I did indeed see the FEMA comm unit on several video tape scenes -from channels 4, 7, and 9- before it was removed and never seen again , but there are photos of this to prove that it was set-up on the school grounds. I know much more than you assume on this and with all due respect to you, I disagree 100% with your "assessment" from the interviewees that you were in contact with. Did you interview Bill Zabel?

Some of the very best information on the truth was gathered by him-he spoke numerous times on shortwave radio about what he discovered and his life (d family too) was threatened many times because of it. How about Dr. Bill Deagle?

Deagle was there with an EMT team from the Englewood CO area-the first on the scene- and he was about to enter the school to save lives when he was told in no uncertain terms by a Jefferson County sheriff deputy, "DO NOT enter or you will be SHOT DEAD".

Deagle took the remark to mean "by law enforcement", he told me this himself.

Ever see the research of Justin Tribble?

He and Bill Zabel collaborated and finally Justin-who was 18 years old in 1999- had to give it up, also because of threats. I have spoken to all three and you are totally unaware of what is indeed TRUE.

In January of 2001, I left a long message on recorder at the headquarters of the Colorado Bureau of InvestigationRichard K Griffith, who asked when I would be available to speak with him in person-I said, RIGHT NOW! In just 35 minutes after I left this message, Rick Griffith was at my shop to discuss details.

(CBI) -having to do with the murders of 4 people who I knew. The murders were all within a 16 month period. About 5 minutes later, I received a call from a CBI Agent,

He and I spoke for about 1 3/4 hours and I very obviously made him very uncomfortable because of what I said, certain details involving organized assassinations were very much at the core of all these murders:

1) A close friend of mine, David Chase, murdered in Evergreen Colorado on 6-6-95 or shortly thereafter,and his body found 47 days later in Bear Creek in front of the GATES MANSION just downstrean from Kittredge....

2)The private investigator looking into David Chase's murder, Phil Harris,"heart-attacked" on 6-13-96 (this was on the TV show, Unsolved Mysteries),I also knew Phil....

3) The "plane crash" of a very prominent Denver aviation attorney, John Breit, who was a customer of mine at the time,7-9-96,his fully restored T-28B Trojan Naval Trainer 'Warbird' seems to have "crashed" in the middle of US 24 East of Colorado Springs...I had heard from sources of mine that John knew something that was CIA related that "certain people" in the Colorado aviation community couldn't chance John knowing about ...

4) and the murder of Rudy Maestas, "heart-attacked" on 10-13-96. Rudy and Doris Martinez were both former IRS revenue agents who were partners in a tax representative counseling business and as "tax court enrolled agents" that I was using to help me with my own IRS problems... Rudy's murder was intended to keep Doris from testifying (about IRS corruption) at the IRS hearings at the University of Denver on April 15th,1998 and chaired by Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell. In attendance on the hearing panel was IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti, Norman Brownstein, Steve Farber, Steven Hyatt of Brownstein,Hyatt, Farber, Strickland & Norton (Gale Norton-the current Secretary of Interior), this lawfirm is as corrupt as corrupt can be...Sen Ted Kennedy calls Norman Brownstein "the 101st US Senator".

Six people were "allowed" to testify and I know two of them.

In the conversation that I was having with Rick Griffith-also known as "Griff", I find out from him that he was 22 years with Air Force Intelligence, OSI (Office of Special Investigations) and was at the time of my meeting with him, Chief of Criminal Intelligence for CBI. I discussed much more than these murders with him and part of that was the UK/USA AGREEMENTS. You do know about that-don't you?

Why do you think MI6 was at Columbine? Did you know that Denver has the 2nd largest British diplomatic mission in the U.S. and that Denver is LOADED with MI6 agents?

Did you know that the University of Denver is controlled by MI6 and has been since it's founding? How about the Aspen Institute and the Heritage Foundation? Yup, also controlled by MI6. Rick Griffith and I discussed all of this and then some. He knew damn well what I was talking about was absolutely TRUE. He really got uncomfortable towards the end of our conversation and then decided it was best for him to leave since he was about to blow a hemmorhoid-the guy was 6' 2" and about 500 pounds and was uncomfortable sitting down. I gave him a copy of John Coleman's book, "Conspirators" Hierarchy-The Story of the Committee of 300" , thanked me for it,and then left.

In the following few months,we spoke several times and the last time was a real corker, this was about May 10th of 2001. He on his office phone,and me on my REAL TIME LISTENED TO landline QWEST business phone, Rick Griffith told me that he and other INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL were in Columbine High-BEFORE entry by ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT SWAT PERSONNEL-looking for BOMBS.

He was talking and sounding animated but in a friendly tone like we were buds or something.I am sure he did not realize that my phone was tapped or he sure didn't act like it-considering what he just told me.We spoke for a few more minutes and then he hung up. Just before Memorial day-2 1/2 weeks later, I called him back at CBI and I was told that Richard K Griffith was NO LONGER WITH THE COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION! I had his cell phone number and called him-he was at home-and he told me that he was "suddenly and unexpectedly, MEDICALLY RETIRED". Within the span of 3 months following, Rick sold his home in Denver, liquidated other assets,and moved OUT OF THE U.S. and is now in Panama, with his wife and children. Do I REALLY need to connect the dots on this for a very smart lady such as yourself?

Devvy, you are absolutely WRONG here and needless to say, I was VERY surprised by your reply to me .Of anyone responding to me on this, I would have guessed that this type of response was not what I would get from you.I thought you were much more informed but I am wrong,as I now see. Do know that I am very informed and you can get this verified by a close contact and friend of mine, Ted Gunderson; I will be happy to give you his cell phone number should you be so inclined to speak with him.This is also being sent to Charlotte Iserbyt, who I believe you know. She can also verify who I am.The other addy is going to Lt Col Dan Marvin(USA-Special Forces, Ret. He also knows what I am saying here.

Tim White, Viet Nam Vet (Air Force), Concerned Citizen

--- Devvy Kidd <devvyk@...> wrote:

Tim:

I also did an indepth investigation into Columbine and in fact, drove out there from California to interview students, get autopsy reports, etc. The information below is nothing but hysteria and counter intel to make people chase their tail around all day.

Both of those boys were on psychotropic drugs. Kleibold's liver was rotting from the Luvox. Once you know enough about those drugs, you will understand how Dylan and Kevin progressed to the point they did.

I have read this so called report when it first came out. As I said, it's a nifty little piece of disinformation. It caused a stir when it came out, but once people read all my material, hundreds of pages of it and compare it to the dung below, the perpetrators of such crap lost their credibility.

Not everything that happens is the govmint. Every school shooter from 1993-1999 were all white boys between the ages of 11 and 19. All were on
Prozac, Ritilan or Luvox.

Devvy Kidd


[Original Message]
From: Tim White <phantom469366@...>
To: <afpeditor@americanfreepress.net>
Date: 3/11/2005 6:37:58 PM
Subject: COLUMBINE HIGH-HARRIS/KLEBOLD-PLATTSBURGH A.F.B

This is the TRUTH about what happened at Columbine-NOT the "offical story" which are LIES, LIES, LIES.

I have met and spoken to Deputies from the Arapahoe County Sheriffs' Dept who were there that day within minutes-2 of them were off duty but less than a mile from the school when the first call came in on their cell phones and they were among the first 6 or 7 officers on the scene-before the Feds showed up UNUSUALLY FAST from the Denver Federal Center-approx 12 road miles N-N/W of Columbine, and can CONFIRM that the Feds were indeed involved BEFORE the official" start of this because there is NO WAY the Federal SWAT teams could have been THAT PREPARED and be there THAT QUICKLY on a "cold call", a dead giveaway of PRIOR KNOWLEDGE.

Almost immediately,a special COMMAND and CONTROL unit-a very large bus like vehicle-from FEMA was set up on the school grounds to direct all law enforcement activities-the FEDS were in charge from the very beginning because it was indeed a FEDERAL BLACK OP from the beginning-the beginnng of which was at least 2 YEARS in advance of the shootings. I know personally the "Denver source" that is mentioned in this article-Jeffery W Swedenburg,now known as Jeff Sweet.I have much more I can write about him but not at this time.

Tim White,Viet Nam Vet(Air Force),Concerned Citizen


Cover-up begins to unravel

**Columbine Update**

September 2nd, 1999

New Columbine Witness Speaks Out

Columbine Massacre & Coverup
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 23:49:23 -0600

Organization: EAGLES NEST HOLDINGS All facts appear to be absolutely correct. Not only was there a Major general at the scene, QUICKLY, but there where CIA, NSA, MI6, NATO and of course the Federal Bureau of Incompetence. Consider these points:

(1) I'm not convinced the two boys where the shooters, or the only shooters. Many of the statements taken from other students state that they DID NOT recognize the (shooters)!

(2) Why are the STUDENTS who witnessed the shootings talking about grenades, not Pipe Bombs? Because pipe bombs where not used! And it was NOT the two students using them, but black clothed terrorists from the ATF.

(3) They DID NOT commit sucicide. I believe, based on evidence I've seen, that they where executed at the end of the shooting spree by another operative.

(4) The ATF where OBSERVED planting two of the 30 lb. bombs found, by Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies (a SGT. and a Captain) who are scared witless by what they saw. And they WILL NOT come out and talk about it.

(5) Why where FBI, ATF, CIA, NSA and NATO spooks on the scene at Columbine literally within minutes of the (beginning of) shootings? BECAUSE they knew about it before hand and where prepared and ready to go, parked only a mile or two away.

(6) Not one so-called law enforcement official entered the school during the shooting. Instead, they cowered outside behind fire engines like the compromised cowards and traitors that they really are. Not ONE round was fired by a Law Enforcement official.

(7) In conjunction with item 6, WHY where Law Enforcement officials ORDERED, by FBI and ATF officers-in-charge, to NOT enter the building until AFTER the shooting stopped?

The before mentioned facts have been testified to by many people onsite - among them Law Enforcement officials, reporters and concerned citizens. Whom are ALL being completely ignored? As I've told you previously, I spent the day at Columbine, on the day following the shooting, walking through the school as well. The scene was horrific, and the affect was one of a very calculated, scripted event. Just like Oklahoma City.