Posts by Jaime Ortega-Simo:
Bias in Historical Description, Interpretation, and Explanation
January 17th, 2014
By C. Behan McCullagh (Wesleyan University).
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Egypt votes for a constitution despite bomb blast
January 15th, 2014
By Jaime Ortega.
Cairo– Early Tuesday ,on the eve of the opening of polling stations , there was an explosion in the neighborhood of Imbaba humble. More than 52 million Egyptians are invited to help write a constitutional referendum thanks to Abdelfatah to Sisi, the military leader who is likely to get endorsed in the presidential race.
Clashes between supporters of the ousted Mohamed Mursi and local enforcements have resulted in eleven dead . Four in the province of Sohag , in southern Colombia , three in Nahia , an Islamist stronghold in the outskirts of the capital district of Giza, two in Cairo and one in the provinces of Beni Suef and Giza .
Mohamed Ali , an employee of a property off the court North Giza said,” It was about half past six when I felt something like a small earthquake . Within seconds the smoke reached the restaurant ,” Dozens of people have gathered outside the building while local operational firefighters tried to remove the damage caused to the facade.
According to the Interior Ministry , a team of deminers are working to try to determine if the outbreak is due to an artifact. The incident caused damage inside the court and nearby buildings, but caused no injuries . The event has attracted the attention of neighbors , which have been chanting slogans against the Muslim Brothers , who blame the alleged attack and support the army.
” What do they want with these attacks and what would they achieve destroying the court ?I Have no fear . We have to go outside and say yes to the constitution and ask Al Sisi that he becomes our president ” Mohamed Abla pointed out , a woman who , like other passers – held a sign with the face of Al Sisi , the commander in chief of the armed forces who impeached the Islamists from power last July.
The government is seeking a wide victory of ‘yes’
The more than 30,000 polling stations spread across the country and opened their doors early morning till 9pm. The authorities have appointed a second election day tomorrow, Wednesday . The interim government seeks high participation and a wide victory of ‘yes’ to legitimize the road map drawn up by the military to boost the career of Al Sisi as the next president.
The Muslim Brotherhood and similar groups have called to boycott the referendum and protests, but have asked their acolytes to ” stay away from the polling stations .” At least one person has died in clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted Mursi around a polling station in the province of Beni Suef, south of Cairo.
The campaign for ‘no’, championed by the small secular dissent, has had little echo. And many Egyptians are keen to secure a voting spot, showing little interested in the Islamic Brotherhood.
“It’s the best way to protect the country from the harsh attacks it receives from the European Union, the USA , Turkey , Qatar and Hamas ,” A indicated Ali, as he waited his turn. Authorities have lassoing an imposing security deployment consisting of 160,000 military and 200,000 agents, including special forces and paratroopers. The “big brother” will be backed by armored vehicles , helicopters and military planes to monitor the desert routes to abort any attacks.
The day is also marked by the announcement the day before to the boycott of a moderate Islamist party . In protest against the arrest last week of seven militants, Strong Egypt- party founded by former leader of the Brotherhood Abdelmoneim Abulfutuh yesterday – has joined the boycott. ” It has prevented us from carrying out the campaign for ‘no.’ How do you hold a referendum with this atmosphere of repression ? ” Denounced WORLD spokesman Ahmed Imam.
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Ancient city discovered underwater
January 14th, 2014Story update 2016.
Ancient city discovered under water.
By Jaime Ortega.
What looks like a new ancient city was discovered submerged near the east coast of Canada in January 2014. I discovered the complex by mere coincidence looking for a canyon. When I spotted the structure, I thought it looked bizarre in shape, and after further research I realized it was too geometrically accurate to be considered a natural site. I was unsure at first, but the more I studied the image, the more assured and confident I was it had to be a man made structure — or the very least from intelligent origen.
Why its not a glitch.
Back in 2012.
Supposed underwater city close to the coast of Morocco.
According to a quote from Scripps geophysicist David Sandwell, which was posted on the Scripps website, part of the work was done by college students. Sandwell stated, “UCSD undergraduate students spent the past three years identifying and correcting the blunders as well as adding all the multibeam echosounder data archived at the National Geophysical Data Center in Boulder, Colorado.”
The update, announced on Google’s blog, was timed to coincide with the three-year anniversary of the launch of Google Earth’s 3D ocean. The major goal of the update was clean up mistakes in the oceanic topography images and make them more accurate. According to the Google Lat Long Blog, after the changes, 15 percent of the ocean floor (up from 10 percent) is now visible at a resolution of 1km. Google Earth’s oceanic maps now match those used by researchers, which makes them much more useful as a scientific tool. (Read more about the changes here)
The new data was collected by American and European satellites as well as shipboard sounding surveys from over 40 countries. According to a video posted on YouTube, the five locations of major improvement include the Rosemary Bank seamount off the west coast of Ireland; an area south of Cypress, where the Eurasian and Arabian plates meet; the Britannia and Brisbane table mounts south of the Great Barrier Reef, the Marianas Trench near the island of Guam, and of course the place off the coast of Morocco called the Madeira Abyssal Plane where the ancient city of “Atlantis” was found. See what the “Atlantis” location actually looks like here.”
For more reference go to: Huffington Post Article
As shown in the quote above, google corrected the imagery under water with a lot of help from different underwater agencies. That was a year ago. The city of Atlantis was considered a glitch, but with the upgrade even though the supposed ancient city still looks geometrical, the lines are much less defined. But the upgrade means that, the newest discovery in 2014, cannot be a glitch. (Its now 2016 and the structure is still safe and sound)
History rewritten?
This biggest discovery in Ancient History?
Welcome to Aero-City
Located 250 miles from Saint John’s, Canada, near the east of Beothuk Knoll Canyon, at 3.000 thousand meters below sea level a strange geometric pattern raises questions about our past and the possibility of an ancient worldwide flood documented by over 230 cultures. The geometric form shows resemblance of an ancient city. Aero-City is what I decided to call this unknown structure because the shape looks like a bird, and possibly represents astronomical coordinates similar to ancient cultures that constructed according to star positioning like Giza, Puma Punku, Stone Hedge…etc.
The Image of Aero-city looks alike the Nazca Lines found in, Peru.
The Peak of Aero City
Notice in the image bellow that all the straight lines show a similar width. The lines connect and attach all the way to the center of Aero-City. Its hard to determine where the start of the linear shape originates — possibly after years of underwater erosion, but its clear in the image that the lines are close ended. The image also shows that the lines have ‘curved edged shapes” showing a sector of the image look like a circuit. The circuits show precise geometric forms and the pattern of lines look in shape to one another in perfect width.
The ancient center of Aero City.
The image bellow shows multiple geometric forms which are close ended. The image shows a circle and 60 degree and semi circle that merges geometrically well with the lines. The lines in the center structure show what appears to be the same width. Its a beautiful pattern of what looks like a circuit that passed long ago through an ancient road or channel of some type. One interesting feature about the linear pattern is located within the circuit in one of the edges, where there appears what looks like a pyramidal mount that clearly looks like it has an enormous mouth where the circuit passes straight beneath. The chances of having a pyramidal figure pass through a close ended and connected circuit in the bottom of the sea, are dim to improbable to be classified as natural formations.
Aero City’s geometric Alignments
Aero-City’s tailgate
The geometry is very accurate and resembles what looks like the tail of Aero City. Notice the linear patterns and the width. The whole structure from peak, center and tail shows a close system, with well plotted geometrical circuits that scream mathematical design. The question is who could of built such civilization and what technology was used to create these circuits?
Bellow shows the geometrical lines which depict a civilization that had to be very advance at the time. The symmetry is almost identical, and the vortex of the circular patterns resemble a complex and dynamic structure. The edges of the linear structure and the borders are also straight lines.
The Wings of Aero-city
On the northern side of this underwater structure, we find a straight linear circuit that goes up north. Notice the sharp edged curvature of the line within its vertices. The lines are about the same width, and the curvature twists at an identical degree. As found in other ancient cultures these lines probably represent an astronomical position to the stars. In ancient days, astronomy was the art form of choice of many cultures and Aero-City shows complexity.
In the second image, you will notice how the straight line ends, once again in what looks like a shaped running track. It continues with two parallel lines which again have converging straight lines push forward. The edges of those alternative lines show a close system.
An alternative explanation for the construction of this submerged structure, could be related with an ancient irrigation system observed in other ancient cultures. Agriculture was the main source of most farming communities to store crops for survival in the ancient world. Many ancient civilizations that lived in close communities relied on water channels to enrich soil for corps to grow and farming. Whatever the explanation entails, Aero-City had to be man made considering the linear complexity of the structure. Nature rarely produces straight lines — in fact, its extremely rare to have complex angles, precise linear patterns and a pyramidal like structure located in the same position all submerged under water close to a coastine. The ancient Bimini road in Florida, somehow looks linked in location and geometry; same could be said of the underwater structure found by marine geologist Pauline Zelinski in the coast of Cuba.
Why judge conventional science?
I wouldn’t trust the judgment of western scientist. Sorry! Understanding they previously concluded that the underwater ancient pyramid of Yonaguni, located 5o meters on the sea bed of Japan close to Okinawa, was ‘simply’ formed by natural causes– something dismissed as utterly absurd by Japanese scientist. Japanese scientist declared that the underwater structure in Yonaguni was indeed from an ancient unknown civilization that lived in the coast of Japan close 10.000 BCE. I accept the Japanese version which is less bias over the western pro-evolutionist version of natural formation given other underwater discoveries recorded all around the world have been recently found — the ancient submerged city of Dwarka out of the Westcoast of India.
Aero-City shows geometrical shapes that is not consistently seen in other terrestrial planets to be described as geologically formed patters, and according to geometry alone, no doubt created by an ancient intelligence which had great mathematical knowledge and knew what they were doing based probably on astronomical calculations. The geometry speaks louder than words. Math is a universal code of language. We already have found 200 different civilizations underwater.
As for me, I rest my case and conclude that Aero’s Ancient-City is no glitch, but an unknown ancient complex that was covered by an ancient flood. Another chapter of forbidden archeology. But like a wise man said once, “Sometimes truth is so incredible odd, that its scapes being unknown.”
Unknown Civilizations: Tell Mureybet
January 12th, 2014
By Jaime Ortega.
Tell Mureybet
The site of Mureybet along the middle Euphrates in Syria, was occupied from the 12th to the 8th millennium BCE. It is one of the earliest known agriculture settlements from the Neolithic. In 1971, Jacques Cauvin began the excavation at Mureybet and identified 4 archeological levels, beginning with the Natufian pre-pottery, pre-agricultural culture. They lived in round houses made of limestone bricks, with a clay mortar. In later strata, houses became rectangular. The work on the site ended in 1993 with the filling up of Lake Assad. Artifacts from the Mureybet site, including a mother goddess figurines, are held at the National Museum of Antiquities, Damascus. Other important artifacts include counting tokens one of the earliest systems for transmitting information, predating writing by millennia.
The excavations have revealed four occupation phases I–IV, ranging from the Natufian up to the Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPNB) and dating to 10,200–8,000 BC, based on AMS radiocarbon dates. Phase IA (10,200–9,700 BC) represents the Natufian occupation of Mureybet. It is characterized by hearths and cooking pits, but no dwelling structures have been identified. Among the crops that were harvested, and possibly even locally cultivated, were barley and rye. Very few sickle blades and querns were found. The inhabitants of Mureybet hunted gazelle and equids and fishing was also important. They had dogs, evidence for which is indirect at Mureybet but bones of which have been identified at nearby and contemporary Tell Abu Hureyra.
Phases IB, IIA and IIB (9,700–9,300 BC) make up the Khiamian, a poorly understood and sometimes disputed sub-phase straddling the transition from the Natufian to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A(PPNA). Mureybet is the only site where Khiamian deposits are associated with architectural remains. The oldest of these remains date to phase IB and consist of a round semi-subterranean structure with a diameter of 6 metres (20 ft). In the subsequent phases, slightly smaller round houses built at ground level also appeared, at least some of which were used simultaneously. The walls were built from compacted earth, sometimes reinforced with stones. Hearths and cooking pits were located outside the buildings. Harvested crops included barley, rye and Polygonum. Sickle blades and grinding stones are more common and show more use-wear, indicating that cereals became a more important component in the diet. The fauna at Mureybet changed significantly during phase IIB. Gazelle makes up 70% of the assemblage and small animals decrease in importance, although fish remained important. Toward the end of the Khiamian, equid hunting gained importance at the expense of gazelle.
Phases IIIA and IIIB (9,300–8,600 BC) represent the Mureybetian, a subphase of the PPNA that was named after Mureybet and is found in the area of the Middle Euphrates. Architecture diversified, with rectangular, multi-cellular buildings appearing next to the round buildings that were already known from the previous phases. Walls were built from cigar-shaped stones that were created by percussion and that were covered with earth.
Semi-subterranean structures also continued to be used and they are compared to similar structures found at nearby and contemporary Jerf el-Ahmar, where the structures are interpreted as special buildings with a communal function. Many rooms in the rectangular structures were so small that they could only have served for storage. Hearths and cooking pits lined with stones continued to be located in the outdoor areas.
The wild varieties of barley, rye and einkorn were consumed in phase III. Different lines of evidence suggest that these cereals were cultivated rather than gathered. Hunting of equids and aurochs was more important than of gazelle, while fish remains were rare in phase III contexts. Based on use-wear analysis, it could also be established that animal hides were processed at the site using bone and stone tools.The earliest known writing for record keeping evolved from a system of counting using small clay tokens. The earliest use of small clay tokens for counting were found in phase III. It coincided with a period of explosive rapid growth of the use of cereals in the Near East.
The last occupation phases, IVA (8,600–8,200 BC) and IVB (8,200–8,000 BC) date to the Early and Middle PPNB, respectively. No architecture has been encountered in phase IVA. No domesticated cereals were found, but this may be an effect of very small archaeobotanical sample that was retrieved from these phases. Hunting focused on equids, followed by aurochs. It could not be determined whether any domesticated animals were exploited in Mureybet. Mud-built walls of rectangular structures were uncovered in phase IVB. Domesticated sheep and goat were exploited in this period, and domesticated cattle may also have been present.
Drawing
Later houses
In its early levels, Mureybet was a small village occupied by hunter-gatherers. Hunting was important and crops were first gathered and later cultivated, but they remained wild. During its final stages, domesticated animals were also present at the site.
When Mureybet was first occupied around 10,200 BC, the climate was colder and more humid than today, an effect of the onset of the Younger Dryas climate change event. The vegetation consisted of an open forest steppe with species like terebinth, almond and wild cereals
Important artifacts include counting tokens one of the earliest systems for transmitting information, predating writing by millennia and a number of ‘mother goddess’ carving and
The excavation of Mureybet has produced an abundance of lithic material. During all periods, flint was the main raw material from which tools were made. It was procured from local sources. Obsidian was much less common. Natufian tools include points, burins, scrapers, borers and herminettes, a kind of tool that was primarily used for woodwork.
Apart from the lithics, other artifact categories were also present in Mureybet in smaller quantities. Personal ornaments in the Natufian period consisted of pierced shells and small stone and shell discs. Among the three figurines from this phase was one with clear anthropomorphic characteristics. Other artifact categories include limestone vessels, stone querns, beads, pendants, including one from ivory and eight anthropomorphic figurines made from limestone and baked earth. Seven of these figurines could be identified as women.
Conclusions from the excavation, three languages in this report, the first is French, but starting on page 17 it repeats in English and later Arabic
Pisé (daub or building earth) from Jerf el Ahmar and Mureybet was examined and found to contain plant impressions made by the fine fraction of cereal chaff which had been added to the pisé as a tempering medium. Four wild grasses were identified from impressions, while over fifty taxa were identified from charred remains. Chaff tempering was present in all samples examined and was composed of spikelet bases and fragments of spikelets. Several aspects of these findings complement results obtained from charred remains. The sheer quantity of building material with chaff implies that cereals were widely available. De-husking and winnowing appear to have been carried out on a large scale, probably near the site. Firm evidence for wild rye confirms previous identifications for this period in the middle Euphrates, rye being difficult to distinguish from wild einkorn if only grain is available for identification. The quality of the chaff provides some evidence of crop processing.
Location of Mureybet
Black Hawk Down 2: America deploys troops to Somalia
January 12th, 2014
By Jaime Ortega.
The United States for the first time since 1993, has deployed military personnel in Somalia, to help coordinate the operations of local authorities against the Islamist militia Al- Shabab .
The Washington Post cited, several U.S. Pentagon officials as sources , and a small team of U.S. military advisers are in Mogadishu , the Somali capital.
This is the first time that Washington decides to put U.S. troops on Somali soil since the failed operation “Black Hawk Down” in 1993 in which two helicopters were shot down and 18 soldiers were killed.
U.S. intelligence services regard the Islamist militia Al- Shabab linked to al Qaeda , that is responsible for numerous attacks in the country.
Also, Al- Shabab could be behind the attack in a shopping mall in Nairobi (Kenya ) last year, in which more than fifty people were brutally killed.
In recent years , the U.S. has carried out some operations in Somalia, but directed from the nearby U.S. base in Djibouti, located in the Horn of Africa.
Since 2007 , Washington has devoted substantial resources to equip and train a force of African Union militia , mostly composed of soldiers from Uganda and Burundi, to ensure order and strengthen the new local government .
Last year , the U.S. government officially recognized the new federal government of Somalia, and thus re-established diplomatic relations , suspended since 1991. In this regard, the State Department announced its intention to reopen the embassy in Mogadishu , but has not yet given a date for it.
China and Japan play ‘names’ game
January 10th, 2014
By Jaime Ortega.
A week after a Chinese envoy compared Japan with Lord Voldemort, the Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom has also referred to the archenemy of Harry Potter to accuse Beijing of raising tensions amid disputes over territory.
In an opinion article published in the Daily Telegraph, Keiichi Hayashi said China is trying to use “coercion” to change the status quo in the region, and defended Japan’s commitment to peace , democracy and rights human.
“Our maritime forces never harass neighbors at sea and meet the standards of the UN,” Hayashi wrote in reference to Beijing ‘s territorial claims .
“Asia is now at a crossroads,” Hayashi said. “There are two paths open in China. One is seeking dialogue and to respect the rule of law,. The other is playing the role of Voldemort in the region , unleashing the evil of the arms race and escalating tensions.”
“The answer seems obvious. Though China so far has refused to allow any dialogue between our leaders , I sincerely hope that it goes forward, rather than continue raising the militarism specter ongoing for seven decades , which no longer exists now,” says .
Abe angered Japan’s neighbors last month with a visit to a shrine that honors war victims in the country , including several former leaders convicted of war crimes.
” The door for dialogue is always open ”
For many Chinese and Koreans, the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo is a powerful symbol of Japanese militarism, pilgrimage politicians are seen as evidence that Japan has yet to atone for his conduct during the war in Asia.
Since there is little chance that the summit talks soon, Abe said he wanted to explain the reasons for his visit to the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping , and the president of South Korea, Park Geun- hye.
“The search for dialogue with China and South Korea is extremely important to the peace and security of this region,” Abe told reporters on Monday. ” I would like to explain my true intentions regarding my visit to Yasukuni. Door for dialogue is always open. I would like to hold a meeting between Japan and China in the upcoming summit between Japan and South Korea. ”
“I’m sure I’ll be able to get the understanding of neighboring nations about finding peace in my government if I explain myself well.”
Abe insisted that he did not visit Yasukuni to honor war criminals , or to promote militarism , but to remember the 2.5 million dead Japanese in war and reaffirmed its determination that Japan should never go to war.
Al-Qaeda suffers an enemy blow
January 9th, 2014
By Jaime Ortega.
The alliance of rebel groups has taken a total of six days fighting with the jihadists of the Islamic Front in Iraq and Syria ( ISIS, as it was announced yesterday from the radical alepine hospital that serves as headquarters . The blow to the possessions of ISIS in the neighborhood of Qadi Askar , the second largest city of Syria, is a setback to its plans to secure a great Islamic emirate in the Middle East.
Before leaving the stronghold in Aleppo , ISIS burned bridges. The militiamen who defeated the siege also managed to free dozens of prisoners and extremists. But when they entered the hospital barracks , those who witnessed the scene were astonished to see at least 70 dead , many of them activists and combatants of rival factions , lay handcuffed and blindfolded . And savagely executed .
” It is a blow that will change the game ” , recognizes the Arabist Journalist Pieter Van Ostaeyen . “This will lead them to be strengthened in other areas, such as in the province of Raqa ” he added. The ISIS is undaunted . The day before yesterday , in a video , the spokesman Mohammed Adnani launched a defiant message . ” No one will survive ,” he said , turning to the rebels, ” I will become an example of what will happen to those who follow your path .”
ISIS declared war on the Syrian National Coalition , the main opposition, and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) , and its armed wing. “We are aware of this threat,” confesses the WORLD press director of the Coalition. “Some of our activists in Syria are missing and we had to act against threats of attacks in some of our meetings in Istanbul ,” he says .
The ISIS threat was answered within a few hours . “We must prioritize the fight against the regime,” he urged in a recording to Yolani Mohammed , leader of the Al Nusra Front . The Islamic Front , the Front called Mujahideen and the new Revolutionary Syrian Front are the most prominent groups on Friday to have launched attacks on ISIS positions .
The move reflected a series of hostilities that the same opponents branded as “unacceptable ” , like the murder of the mediator Hassan Suleiman and senior rebel commander. The initiative strike Al Nusra , who unlike ISIS and although both share Salafi jihadist ideology is officially affiliated to Al Qaeda’s network. .
The Al Nusra ,tried to take a neutral stance in the dispute as even some of his closest groups participated in the rebel alliance, that called for a ceasefire with the ISIS , in an exchange of prisoners and the establishment of an Islamic committee to mediate disputes. “The regime has caught air ” added Yolani . Assad used air artillery yesterday , killing at least eight people in Tel Rifat province of Aleppo.
Amid Syrian chaos, two Swedish journalists were released yesterday . Magnus and Niclas Falkehed Hammarstrom , who’s track was lost last November, arrived in Beirut after he was moved from the border by the Red Cross . Sweden did not say which group had them in captivity, but a police spokesman said they had worked closely with other authorities to secure his release and that the Red Cross was not involved.
Within the country continue Syrian kidnapped at least 30 reporters , according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. This body recently named Syria ” the most dangerous place for journalists .” About 29 reporters have died only in 2013.
The Syrian National Coalition , which announced it would try to take measures to facilitate the work of the press in a war zone , is meeting these days in Istanbul. The organization re-elected Ahmed Jarba as its president. It also announced that it delayed his announcement until Jan. 17 making the decision to seek a crucial conference in Geneva 2, which is scheduled for January 22 , just five days later.
” ISIS is created too many enemies ,” says the member of the Research Group of the International Security, Xavier Jordan. One of them, Iraq. Thousands of families have fled these days to the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi , 50 miles from Baghdad a predominantly Sunni province of Anbar. On Friday, ISIS and other related groups ripped the center of the towns to secure forces and to declare their authority.
Prime Minister Nuri Maliki said “Victory is near” , held Maliki , with tanks besieging cities and food running out on them. Remains to be seen if it will come peacefully or with bloodshed .
Hamburg declared “danger zone”
January 8th, 2014
By Jaime Ortega.
Six busloads of police officers were deployed yesterday at 14:00 hours on the streets of the central districts of Altona Hamburg , St. Pauli and Sternschanze . Held indefinitely by the authorities of the city-state which was declared a “danger zone ” .
This kind of state of emergency allows police to search and detain anyone without concrete suspicion. Agents made many street controls, searching for random documentation asking citizens to find their way in order to ” control relevant groups of people ” according to police spokesman Mirko Streiber .
The regional leader of the Free Democrats , Carl- Edgar Jarchow , criticized these measures as ” disproportionate” and spokesman for the Greens , Antje Möller , reported that ” it is restricting the movement of persons on a massive scale and arbitrarily” also referring to suggestions citizenship housebound just after 20:00.
If the police have decided to take such extreme measures is because of the unrest shown in recent days , which began with a rally for the maintenance of the cultural center Rote Flora left , on 21 December, in which 120 police and about 500 demonstrators were injured .
From that time , organized groups that meet close to 200 persons have systematically attacked police stations and administrative offices in nightly coordinated interventions , as well as beatings individuals between 15 to 20 pairs of agents so far patrolling the streets that came in pairs without more protection than a club.
“The situation has degenerated over a widespread wave of attacks on police and police forces with stones , bottles and incendiary homemade devices ” confirmed the spokesperson , who feared an upsurge in violence over the weekend .
Aggression and riots
“For the first time in a while I see an aggressiveness not seen before. The worst riots in years,” said a representative of the police union , after news that there 117 police officers injured, 16 of them hospitalized .
The latest report of arrests confirmed that there 16 people in prison because of these violent disturbances , but does not provide data on wounded protesters because of batons, water cannons and pepper spray , used generously in police responses to ” violent manifestations coming from the extreme left. ”
The local radio broadcast appeals for people to show ” civil courage ” and protect the policemen attacked on the street , but the declaration of the “danger zone ” has not only increased the fear of citizens to intervene . Tomorrow will be a special meeting of the commission of Interior of the regional parliament that will try to reassess the emergency .
“Meanwhile, the danger zone will be manage prudently , while ensuring the safety of the officers ,” said Streiber spokesman, who was not afraid to warn : “We want to be very clear with if the Hamburg police exhaust all legal options to protect the life and physical integrity of its officials, we will.”
Say enough! History has to challenge evolution
January 7th, 2014
By Jaime Ortega.
Wizard left depicting Evolution. Right, knight representing archaeologist
For half a decade, historians have amended and bowed to the magnificence of the scientific community when reporting archaeological discoveries to academic journals. Historians have started to question, the motives behind the scientific community that seems to have hidden relevant data from the public.
History needs to be rewritten, retouched and changed once and for all. And my advice to scientist, is to stop using evolutionary logic to every discrepancy they find, that suggest otherwise.
Why is science not compatible with history?
1- Carbon 14 does not date the actual carving, painting, sculpture of any ancient culture. It just, gives an estimation how old the rock is, including metal and minerals.
2- When scientist carbon date the radioactive decay of any molten fresh volcanic rock, the results give close to 1.000,000 years in age, even though the solidification just happen within minutes.
3- Electromagnetic fields within the Earths centrifugal nickel core interact with the plasma of most elements changing the radioactive value to different estimates. This also happens with solar winds, as solar radiation enters the hole through the ozone layer and changes the radioactive properties of rocks. Scientist cannot measure the rate of the change, because different elements get different radioactive measurements when these are exposed to other magnetic reactions.
4 – Remember, that no one can scientifically prove that Genghis Khan, Julius Cesar and Hannibal existed. Genetically no scientist can determine their existence. We know, they existed because our ingenuity to decipher documents, decode ancient scripts, interpret carved sculptures and paintings. But most importantly because of human logic, we understand that these ancient legends of the past existed. Science only allows us to estimate the age of history, but that in itself causes problems because we don’t have the experience to confirm its complete accuracy. Experience is observation, and we unfortunately cannot travel back to the past to observe if our measurements are correct.
– Carbon dating is not the only way to estimate the past. Ocean salinity is another process to estimate the age of the Earth. Tree rings also show the Earths age and the atmospheric changes that happen within time. There are many other systems of measurement, but we choose Carbon dating because it fits the evolutionary model. Carbon dating is only technique that allows for elements to range from millions to billions of years. Evolution is a theory, It’s not history.
– Strata does not layer for millions of years, that is unaccredited bologna and a scientific fantasy. Mega Tsunamis have shown that layers of rock and dust can be extrapolated within minutes. Other natural forces can also make strata build up within days. Take for example a “dust storm” in the Saudi Arabian peninsula. It can literally bury a cargo truck within minutes. Nature builds the forces that layer strata, time itself is not relevant without the elements pushing the stratification to level up one at a time. Time is just an explanation to measure decomposition of matter within the void of space that continuously keeps getting pushed by different natural forces.
– Strata itself shows huge deposits of calcium and salinity almost all over the world. Layers show this phenomena. Something must have interacted with dry land for it to be covered by salt and calcium, which is mostly found in the ocean.
– Rule number one. Fossils do not prove evolution. Fossils only happen within quick natural catastrophes, as significant pressure has to cover an organic mass within seconds to solidify and stay steady for years. A flood would do a great job. In fact salinity and calcium layers create fossils with high pressure! That’s why its rare to find fossils on land, because its not a common process that happens everywhere. Petroleum is also organic matter that never fossilized because it wasn’t layered correctly. but it is proven, that it took also a flood to trap organic matter into deposits beneath underground layers to create oil rich substances with gaseous properties.
5- History does not need Darwinian explanations to subsist as an independent field of study. Darwinian evolution has hijacked history to fit its porpoise. Darwinian evolution has also hijacked other fields like astrophysics, biology, genetics, claiming its the base of ‘science’ and an important field of study. Darwinian evolution is just a theory, not a field of study, and a much lesser theory than gravity which can at least be mathematically proven. Numbers don’t qualify evolution. Evolution is neither a causation or a correlation of nature. Its just an idea.
6- Darwinian evolution does not serve any applied porpoise, it doesn’t build I-pads, it doesn’t build empires, it doesn’t explain biological complexities. It’s just theoretical ingenuity which is not supported mathematically. All Darwinian evolution does is explain origins, and that is even debatable a new discoveries suggest the opposite!
http://thedailyjournalist.com/scientia/unique-skull-throws-human-evolution-theories-into-turmoil/
http://www.worldmag.com/2013/12/fossil_finding_shakes_evolutionary_theories
7- The denial of a massive world flood close to 12,000 BCE, which is reported by over 200 different cultures is the biggest historical bias ever shown by the scientific establishment. It’s not only recorded in writings but also on ancient tablets, and confirmed by the vast amount of underwater cities found the past 2 decades.
– Example: Many western scientist deny the underwater complex of “Yonaguni”, as a human civilization and historical site that shows complex geometry. Japanese scientists, however have affirmed and reaffirmed those are the remains of an “unknown civilization” that roamed the earth around 9,000 BCE. Who is bias? In my opinion and without doubt, the western scientific establishment, because they cannot approve that a city could be buried under the Japanese coastline 50 meters below sea level. History again, hijacked by scientist with an agenda.
8- These questions were given to over 30 different, skeptics. It’s about historical skepticism. You can understand why they didn’t respond due to the difficulty of the questions.
http://thedailyjournalist.com/the-expert/world-renown-skeptics-avoided-these-questions/
– I want to also critique ‘Michael Shermer’ for his response “I don’t have the time” and give an applause to ‘Dr. Francesca Stavrakopoulou’ who was a big critic on her BBC documentaries about the city of David, till it was discovered recently this year. Haven’t heard anything from her since the discovery was made. She never answered the questions we sent her. Sometimes skeptics are not skeptical about their own logic.
We’re still waiting for an answer, a year later. Maybe one millions monkeys will type the entire book of hamlet, given enough time before these so called skeptics respond!
9 – At one point in the earth, all civilizations must have being interconnected, which explains why many civilizations like Caral (Peru) had over 200 pyramids, which is more than Egypt’s. The ancients constructed with similar astronomical calculations, used hieroglyphics and had similar references to gods in America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
– Scientist never speak how other ancient cultures shared similar Pyramidal styles of construction to one another. Probably because they discredit the possibility of mass ancient communication. That is not a huge headache for any historian to understand considering ancient maps and only makes sense for scientist to not publish it in academic books because to them, man should had being as dumb as the fossils they kneel too. It’s clear skyscrapers are found in all cultures now, so why wouldn’t cultures in the past not be interconnected when they had similar pyramidal styles. Willy Fog, went around the world in 80 days! But evolution took a million years.
10- That means, that the history of the American continent either predates or borders the same age of the Pyramids in Giza. Xaviant Haze in Caral, Tiwanaku, Puma Punku and Sacsayhuaman share closer similitude’s to Stone Hedge (England), Avebury (England) and Carnac (France) Five Points dome (New York) than anything found in later civilizations like Ur, Mycenaean, Indus Valley civilization and many others. Large flat rocks used for Astronomical calculations used to worship gods describes a unique period of time on the history of the earth. Mathematics was a way of living to ancients. They were not beating each other with tree trunks and hunter gathering could had happened at the same time farming and agriculture were thriving with productivity.
– The hunter gatherers theory easily breaks down when you apply logic. In Sub-Saharan Africa, many nomadic tribes still hunter gather and live on small villages around the peripheries of larger cultural cities. Human evolution proposes hunter gathering came first and then agriculture and farming. But the problem is that just alike ants, and termites, the human race tends to pursue unity to strengthen in numbers to secure its more basic necessities. Whether they unify in rituals, or because of productivity that depends on the culture, but that’s why they unify and protect their interest against foreign invaders. Its actually a human natural property that makes us stand safe. So civilization can live in harmony with hunter gatherers who prefer not to live in the city because they might differ with the cultural laws of the zone once these are established. Evolution is not bright enough to understand social interaction.
11- The Kennewick man found in the Columbia river, Washington (10,000 BCE) and Luzia found Brazil (11,500 BCE) both of Caucasian origins, predate any known native American inhabitant ever to roam the American continent. Both Caucasians found in opposites sides of the same continent should halt some lights. Science is stone shut about the paradigm the discovery reveals, and shows that the Siberian native American migration to North America passing through the Alaskan ice sheets must of had happen much earlier than expected. With lower ice depressions, giving rise to the theory that the flood must of erased all the Caucasians that roamed the America’s way before Asian migration raids emerged in the second phase of the continents ongoing history.
– The Incas said that Sacsayhuaman and Puma Punku civilizations were abandoned before they arrived. That gives the sense that they constructed next to the left over’s of civilizations that disappeared close to the Andean peaks located at 3000 ft above sea level. Which again gives rise to the flood theory as a likely explanation why pre-Inca civilizations suddenly stop constructing and became extinct. They found sea horses on lake Titicaca located 2.800 ft above sea level in the Andean peninsula, and the lake covers 8 Square miles miles of water. How it all got there, is a mystery only explained by a flood.
– Baalbek in Lebanon which is called the city of Enoch. The actual dating of Baalbek and the style of construction surpasses any known civilization in the Middle East. The Roman Empire used Baalbek’s base to reinforce their temples around 900 BCE. But the massive carved rocks belong to the era of Stone Hedge, again dating around the era of the Kennewick Man.
12- Giants are not a fluke and thanks to ancient manuscripts we understand how they lived better than ever before. They existed at one point and many discoveries have been made. All cultures speak of giants and have documentation, but since it doesn’t fit Darwin’s model, we have to assume everyone else who is not Darwinian was lying. Scientist are delusional and as you will see bellow, have covered up controversial stories.
Bruce Fenton an author and historian made in October the discovery of the City of Giants in Ecuador. As he says bellow:
“Amongst these tools are some that would be extremely difficult for a normal size human being to use in any practical fashion, this has led to a strong suspicion that this is one of the legendary lost cities of the giants, well known in local Ecuadorian legends about the Amazonian area, such places generate great fear among the members of today’s jungle tribes as they are believed to be protected either by spirit guardians or by beings not of this world.”
Source: http://earth4all.net/lost-ancient-city-of-giants-discovered-in-ecuadorian-jungle/
Great analysis by Jim Vieira about Giants in the Americas by TED.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Rdhwy2Hmo
Another new great documentary of History Channel about Minnesota giants by Scott Wolter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmpcKKDUKuc
Another great documentary about the cover up of these bones in Sardinia, Italy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7fS2Ypjw2E
Another great Giant report about suppression in history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYCLIEKiwv0
-I also want to give a big “shut out” to the cover up of Lovelock cave in Nevada, for not displaying the 70 bodies found by gold miners back in 1890’s. Giant red haired Indians who died from the fire the Paiute tribe set inside the cave, because the giants were considered dangerous cannibals . They do not display the skulls in the museum , the state of Nevada does not allow them to be displayed. I tried to call them, once again without a response. I am personally disgusted by this. It’s clearly a cover up.
-Some scientist mention Giants as part of human imagination. Just alike UFO’s and ghost. The only problem they have when comparing fable to legend, is that Giants are documented to have existed in many different historical accounts, whereas ghost and aliens have not.
13- As a student when I attended university, I was taught that ancient massive carvings and massive stone geometric objects were shaped by utilizing chisels and pickets with the help of thousands of workers. But that is impossible with pink granite, which seems to have been the preference of choice for many ancient civilizations to build massive structures besides other hard rocks. Science itself shows that Iron, or copper tools would break under granite. Also the wrist of those who tried such unintelligent method would have broken, due to the rebound of the impact forcing the hand to numb.
– It would make more sense that giants had a responsibility on helping develop rocks that size, that weigh over 100-500 tons. No rope could had ever pulled such stones without breaking the tree trunks which these monoliths supposedly were transported with. Never mind the lifting process, as no rope could possibly be capable of moving such weight, and it’s not historically proven to ever have happened.
– Another huge problem is how did they cut the stones? After doing research it appears that either they used a dissolving acidic process, diamond machines or lasers. Because the cuts are so well done, and so smooth within the surfaces, that you cannot fit a razor blade in between the stacked stone cubes. They cut large stones better than we do now.
14 – The legend of dragons is not alike other fantastic fable of the past and neither is the “flying serpents”. The word Dragon, was changed into the name Dinosaur by Sir. Richard Owen, in 1840. The historian Herodotus (460 BCE) confirmed Flying snakes existed and validated Egyptian reports.
Herodotus, “These winged drakontes were said to live under frankincense (Boswellia) trees in the Arabian Desert. To gather the incense, the Arabians burned styrax (resin of the Liquidambar tree) because the smoke drove the winged snakes away.
Herodotus described the flying reptiles as small with variegated markings, shaped like a water snake but with wing like membranes, like bat wings.”
Josephus also confirmed the existence of “winged serpents” when he adventured himself to the Negev desert, and confirmed the story of Herodotus.
For more on this story: http://thedailyjournalist.com/theinvestigative/a-forbidden-past-in-unforgiving-times/
There many other points I would like to explain, but have too many for it not to be a book. I want to conclude with Gobleki Tepe, 10,000 (BCE). Which was found 350 miles from Mount Ararat in Turkey. That is where history is reborn and ancient history, rewritten. But most civilizations I have described probably predate Gobleki Tepe.
I tend not to believe 90% of conspiracy theories, but studying ancient history and thanks to new discoveries, I have to logically conclude that Ancient History Pre-Sumeria, is intentionally not taught correctly and put aside under scientific scrutiny because it doesn’t fit the current scientific model.
News sites should stop mixing science with history, when reporting their bias reports to satisfy the scientific community. They want financial endowments and incentives for their services, but the viewers pays the price. News sites are supposed to inform, not sponsor biased research. You cannot prove Julius Caesar existed scientifically without DNA, we only know that though historical documentation. Yet scientist believe in Julius Caesar! Well, why discredit the rest of historical reports to fit your evolutionary agenda? Hypocrites! But clever hypocrites.
Elections in Bangladesh provoke violence
January 6th, 2014
By Jaime Ortega.
The ruling Awami League won the general elections in Bangladesh yesterday , under violence including an opposition boycott , calling the elections a ” farce ” as officials said .
The Electoral Commission confirmed a dawn reelection of the current prime minister , Sheikh Hasina , an expected result given that half of the 300 districts of the country had no opposition candidates present.
The Awami League won 105 of the 139 constituencies voted, in addition to the 127 that achieved in areas where the opposition was filed, giving it a majority of more than two thirds. Hasina will form a new government this month.
The elections will be repeated in eight districts where violence prevented voters to cast ballots : in the country 200 polling stations were burnt and 19 people died in clashes with security forces , according to The Daily Star
The main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP ) , lead by Khaleda Zia, who has claimed that he is under house arrest , called for a new strike Monday for two days to force new elections .
The BNP , which leads a coalition of 18 political parties , calls for the cancellation of the elections because he disagreed with the creation of an interim government led by the Awami League.
The law provided for the establishment of an interim government consisting of all parties to monitor the elections, but Hasina amended the legislation in 2011 and now controls the electoral process. Hasina and Zia have alternated the power in the last two decades and are bitter enemies.
United States and European Union refused to send observers. The tension usually intensifies in election periods in this overcrowded country with 150 million inhabitants , with poor development indicators, serious environmental problems and very politically fragmented.
Unknown Civilizations: Tell Qaramel
January 5th, 2014
Research by Jaime Ortega.
Found in the north of present day Syria, Tell Qaramel dates close in age to Gobekli Tepe (Turkey) 9130–8800 BCE. Civilization that was said to had started thanks to religious ceremonies, instead of conventional agricultural, or military unification.
Tell Qaramel is a tell, or archaeological mound, located in the north of present-daySyria, 25 km north of Aleppo and about 65 km south of the Taurus mountains, adjacent to the river Quweiq.
Before the excavations began, it was assumed that permanent sedentary settlements would occur only in combination with the first farming of cereals, and the first domestication and keeping of animals such as sheep and goats, marking the start of the Neolithic period, part of a transition between the proto-Neolithic and Pre-Pottery Neolithic A cultures.
However the remains of the structures uncovered at Tell Qaramel appear to be older than this, giving the first evidence of permanent stone-built settlement without signs of animal domestication or organised farming.
Particularly striking are the remains of a succession of five round, stone-built towers, each over 6 metres in diameter, with stone walls over 1.5m thick.
These have been carbon-dated to between the eleventh millennium and 9650 BC. This dating makes the towers roughly two thousand years older than the stone tower found at Jericho, which was previously believed to be the oldest known tower structure in the world
The round towers of Qaramel have now been confirmed by 14C dating as the oldest such structures anywhere in the world.
At c. 10,650 BC after calibration, they are older than the tower known from Pre-Pottery Neolithic Jericho. The team from the Polish Centre, directed by Prof. Dr. Ryszard F. Mazurowski, had observed the feature earlier, but only now have the excavations progressed sufficiently to permit a better understanding of the towers and surrounding area.
Between April 5 and May 19, the team explored the underlying remains of three earlier towers erected successively on the same spot and differing in dimensions and wall-construction technique.
The third structure down, designated as Tower 0, was over 5m in diameter and had walls about a meter thick, made of small pebbles. It had no special foundations. The clay floor had been installed on a bedding of small pebbles. In the southeastern corner, there was a crescent-shaped bench built of stone and coated with mud, and in front of it, a round fireplace lined very carefully with the same clay used for the floor. Its bottom and sides were covered with a white lime mass. Evidence suggested that the floor and fireplace were repaired at some time during the tower’s existence. Considering the execution and the specific interior arrangement, the tower could have been more than just a defensive refuge; it may very well have served as a place of assembly and cult practices. A layer of burning 2-3cm thick preserving lumps of charcoal in and around the tower indicates that it was destroyed in a heavy conflagration.
Surprisingly, Tower 0 turned out to have been the second structure on the spot. The earliest construction was also about 5m in diameter but had walls thinner by half, only 0.50m thick. Its vestiges had been leveled to the ground in the construction of the successive Tower 0, but since it had been sunk in the ground, this part, consisting of a wall of big pebbles lining the inside of a round pit dug in the ground, has been preserved. Massive pebbles forming a kind of paving may have constituted the floor level of this construction.
Remains of regular walls of huge boulders found underlying this last Tower 01 suggest an even earlier architectural feature, which will be explored in the next season.
The neighborhood of the tower contained a number of round or oval house structures, sunken or aboveground. Round hearths in stone casings were scattered fairly regularly in the open areas between the houses. Round storage pits were also discovered. One such pit, lined with mud to protect against damp, was found filled with the skeletal remains of a whole auroch (?), obviously burned there. The earliest occupation, discovered in the southernmost trenches K-4/L-4, including a deep pit and a round house, can be dated even as early as the 12th century and attributed to the Epipaleolithic in the region.
The finds inventory complements the picture already formed of a complex and affluent community living on Tell Qaramel in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period. Not the least is this year’s discovery of a fragmentary figurine of dried clay representing a bird. Ornamented stone arrow straighteners, showing geometric designs, naturally represented and stylized images of snakes and human figures etc. are a regular component of the finds, as are stone querns, pounders, grinders, decorated bowls, axes, picks, polishing stones, awls, needles, miniature toilet vases etc.
The Tell from the road up from Qaramel
An aerial view, the excavation can be see as a long rectangle running up the slope
In the trench at Qaramel
At work from the site
Tell Qaramel is two thousand years older than Jericho and is known as the ‘place with five towers’ . The tell has been occupied since man began to settle into villages.
Before the excavations began, it was assumed that permanent sedentary settlements would occur only in combination with the first farming of cereals, and the first domestication and keeping of animals such as sheep and goats, marking the start of the Neolithic period, part of a transition between the proto-Neolithic and Pre-Pottery Neolithic A cultures
Discussion and photos of the towers
Collection of tools from the site
The site is best known for the remains of its towers which were built before domestication of animals and plants.
The first report on the site with photos of the site
Study of human remains found at TQ
A representation of what the settlement might have looked like in its earliest stages
One last media report by the Polish press
In the last season, the archaeologists examined the fourth tower – and discovered a fifth one. The diameters of both are over 6 metres, and their walls are 1.5 metres thick. “In the central parts of both towers with circular bases, and with walls partly set into the ground, there are huge hearths. We also found trapezium-shaped stone benches, which lead the dwellers of the settlement to the hearth from the north-western side, as well as from the south side – two parallel rows of vertically placed large stones, which formed the passage to the hearth for a person authorised to light and keep the fire” – Prof. Mazurowski explained.
“Before, it was assumed that the Neolithic culture spread from southern Levant, among others from Jericho. Now, it turns out that there was an equally ancient culture in the north, represented in Tell Qaramel. A series of elements of this culture are even older than those found in Palestine. Thus, in the Near East, the culture of the Old World has a more polycentric origin. The research in Tell Qaramel permits us to amend many deeply rooted beliefs about the Near East region and the transfer of this cultural model to Europe” – he added
Abu Mazen rejects Kerry’s agreement
January 5th, 2014By Jaime Ortega.
U.S. Secretary of State , John Kerry , does not yield to the general skepticism and doubts show by the Israeli and Palestinian leadership. Yesterday in Jerusalem, Kerry was looking forward to an affirmative answer to the framework agreement that should lead to the signing of a new peace treaty.
Kerry today completed the third day of his umpteenth visit after he met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. After talking for eight hours on Thursday , the diplomat yesterday heard Abu Mazen intended to draft and straighten the negotiating process , numbed a few months after being resumed.
“The Palestinian side did not even look at this piece of worthless paper . ( … ) Restricts Palestinian sovereignty over Palestinian land ,” declares the PLO leader, Yasser Abed Rabbo referring to the point about guaranteed safety that the Israeli military presence in the West Bank of the Jordan Valley border has shown in the past few years.
Speaking to the newspaper Asharq Al Awsat ‘ chief negotiator Saeb Erekat says that after 20 meetings with Israel “differences were not reduced , but increased .”
The document sets the boundaries of Kerry ( as called Abu Mazen) as a negotiating basis and recognition of Israel as a Jewish state ( as Netanyahu demands ).
Kerry began the day meeting with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman. Back at the chancellery after being proven innocent in a corruption trial. Lieberman wants to open a new page with the U.S. and forget his bad relations with Hillary Clinton. Yesterday he praised ” the great efforts of Kerry to get an agreement ,” adding that ” any agreement between Israelis and Palestinians must include a solid foundation for Israel’s security and a stable economy for the Palestinians.”
In a dialogue with American students in Jerusalem , Kerry was sincere : ” I think you can get something important but will be very difficult for Netanyahu and Abu Mazen whom are aware of the consequences of a failure in the talks. ” . If the roadmap does not succeed , the negotiating table will rise again on April 29 , as marking the original term without any agreement .
Israel not looking forward for easy decisions
January 3rd, 2014
By Jaime Ortega.
After praising the figure of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon who is on the verge facing imminent death due to a severe impairment , the Secretary of State , John Kerry , began yesterday in Jerusalem a “difficult but not impossible ” mission to bring positions between Israelis and Palestinians.
Kerry arrives with the expected framework agreement that will guide them on the path of peace despite the lifeline of problems that have arisen lately.
Kerry does not have it easy as he could see no more land . At its first meeting , the head of the Israeli government , Benjamin Netanyahu , launched a strong criticism to the Palestinian President Abu Mazen. Kerry , however , did not change his address . “We carry five or six months of talks and we know the topics and parameters for peace . Soon come a time or perhaps its already arrived in that leaders must make tough decisions ,” he told Netanyahu.
The U.S. most influential mediator will work ” intensively in the coming days with both sides to reduce disparities and achieve a framework agreement to provide guidelines to face a final agreement . They require time and concessions from both sides .” Kerry himself reveals that the document includes all the crucial issues of the conflict : ” Borders , security, refugees, Jerusalem , mutual recognition and an end to conflict with other demands .”
Commitment to Peace
“I know you ‘re committed to peace , I know I ‘m committed to peace but unfortunately judging by the acts and declarations of the Palestinian leadership , there is growing doubts in Israel about whether the Palestinians are committed to peace ,” Netanyahu said at the reception hosted by Abu Mazen to the 26 Palestinian prisoners released on Tuesday said. “How can you say President Mahmoud Abbas [ Abu Mazen ] is against terrorism when two days ago he embraced terrorists and called them heroes ?. A scandal to praise murderers of innocent women and children ,” he added .
Annexation of the Jordan Valley
This Friday in his meeting with Kerry it will be the turn of Abu Mazen to respond to the allegations and present their own grievances against Netanyahu. Basically steadily against the building in the colonies or the desire to annex the Jordan Valley, east of the West Bank.
Kerry ‘s mission in Israel is overshadowed by the plight of Sharon. As on the night of January 4, 2006 , when a massive stroke left the country in suspense and perpetuated the head of government in a deep coma , Israelis on Thursday followed expectantly medical assessments on his delicate situation.
The official announcement of Tel Hashomer Hospital raised the concern of some people , but on the other hand, they have had eight years to get the idea of which was the death of one of his generals and influential and controversial leaders.
“We define his status as critical. He is in clear danger for his life. I am no prophet , but from the doctors to the children of Sharon , we are all aware that this is a major negative change ,” said the director of the hospital, Zeev Rothstein revealing that in recent days his patient has suffered a gradual deterioration in the functioning of several critical organs. Not only the kidneys but also on other systems in the body of a 85 year old man who since 2006 has seen almost no improvement.
So , on Thursday there was no talk of medical miracles but of how and where the state funeral will be. “I ‘m very fond of Arik . He a very strong person , a tough guy who has overcome difficult situations in this hospital ,” said Rothstein and clarified , though, that ” the feeling is very negative.” Meanwhile, Omri and Gilad , the two sons of former Israeli prime minister (2001-2006) , followed him next to his bed. Unlike. His children will now assume that death is imminent.
” Every Israeli wants to remind it’s people that Sharon was s a general or minister, or as statesman who ordered the withdrawal from Gaza. We prefer remember Arik as a person, unlike the image created in the media ,” says his friend and spokesman , Raanan Guisin , hours before the dismissal .
Another suicide bomb upsets Putin
January 1st, 2014
By Jaime Ortega.
Russians woke up on Monday surrounded with panic at the jihadist resurgence : another suicide bomber blew a trolleybus and claimed 16 lives in Volgograd, the same city where just 24 hours before an attack had caused 18 deaths in the train station. The government is preparing to deploy 40,000 troops and police to protect the Olympic city of Sochi.
Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his New Year message, broadcast from the city of Khabarovsk, said he will “vigorously fight against terrorists to annihilate them completely.” Also added that it will support “all those affected by these inhumane acts ” and rebuild “everything ” in his first public comments on the attacks .
Fear has been installed on the public transport system and the Russian people avoid it if they can. Again the terrorist attack in Volgograd was during rush hour and on a scenario riddled with civilians. Over 30 dead in two days is too much of a number to feel secure for the inhabitants of the old Stalingrad, which this year celebrated the 50th anniversary of his heroic victory over the Nazi siege.
People are afraid, stay at home waiting for the imminent and long Russian Christmas holiday saved them from their daily routines, which suddenly have become dangerous. And in Moscow psychosis remembers the killings, of the Metro in 2010.
This time , the target was a trolleybus. In addition to the 16 deaths , 23 people were injured. Although no group was vindicated last night for the last two attacks, strokes suggest another blow of Islamist terrorism in the North Caucasus . “You can ensure that the explosive device was activated by a suicide bomber, probably a man ,” said the deputy governor of the region, Valisi Galushkin.
It is the fourth terrorist attack in southern Russia in the last three months: a bus blew up in October in Volgograd, a car bomb exploded last Friday in a nearby town and on Sunday and Monday, public transport in the city woke dyed with blood. The connection between the recent attacks seems clear: ” The fact that the shrapnel of both devices has an identical version confirms that both actions are related to each other ,” said Galushkin. The Russian government yesterday appealed for international solidarity against a terrorist enemy “that can only be defeated together.”
With these attacks Putin looks to revive his worst enemy in the most delicate moment. Among the measures to be set to protect the Olympic Games in Sochi would be creating spectator passes, that will be needed to get around the area and allow the Russian government to collect data on passports from visitors, whose identities will be checked before arrival. The area is already fully militarized , there is no freedom of movement and demonstrations are prohibited .
A challenge for Putin
Volgograd is the largest city in southern Russia entity , a region where the next February plucks Winter Olympics in Sochi, located on the Black Sea. The main leader of the terrorists, the self-proclaimed emir of the Caucasus Doku Umarov , had threatened last July celebration of the Olympic Games , which are the big bet of the Kremlin this year to project the image of modern Russia and abroad. In that video a threatening Umarov claimed against the great sporting event to be held “on the bones of many Muslims killed.” The terrorist leader, who was wrongly declared dead by the Chechen authorities a few weeks ago, concerned burials fighters against the Russian Empire in the nineteenth century, which have built sports facilities. But the main motivation for terrorists to put Sochi on the target is to challenge the power of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin chief met with the head of the secret service, Alexander Bortnikov, and issued instructions to a committee which coordinates the fight against terrorism. The goal is to ” strengthen security in Russia and specifically in the Volgograd region.” After 18 months in which reigned a flimsy moratorium of jihadists, the radicals have launched a lethal attack.
The bomb exploded inside a trolleybus inside the public transport system in the city as it passes through the outdoor market of the Dzerzhinsky district. The vehicle was destroyed as a result of the explosion, which occurred at 08.10 local time. Some Russian media claimed that the author of the massacre is Pavel Pechyonkin , originating in the Mari region.
According to ‘ Voice of Russia ‘ , he joined the resistance forces in 2012. Was 32 and used to work as a paramedic until the spring of last year when he adopted the Islamic name of Ansar ar – Rusi and started fighting in Dagestan. If he is, it would be a man of Slavic origin, which is a worrying development for the Kremlin, which looks in discontent and marginalization in some regions where Russians have problems pushing some radical groups .
Suicide bomber kills at least 16 in Volgograd
December 29th, 2013
By Jaime Ortega.
Although the Russian authorities have tightened security in the south , yesterday’s attack does not surprise anyone . The Chechen Islamist leader Doku Umarov , who since 2007 raises the struggle to create a ‘ Caucasus Emirate ‘ and impose Islamic law , or sharia , called this summer to take the “war” to the center of Russia and derail at all costs the Kremlin Olympic bid .
Volgograd , which is also one of the cities that will host the matches of the World Cup to be held in Russia in 2018, is just 700 kilometers from Sochi. It’s considered a ‘Jewel resort’ in Russia where the first Olympics started before the fall of the USSR.
Last October another ‘ black widow ‘ Asiyalova – Naida , also from Dagestan and just 30 -years was blown up in a bus on the outskirts of Volgograd. Six people died and 37 were injured. Only three days ago, a car bomb exploded in Pyatigorsk, 250 kilometers from Sochi, killing three people . And a man was arrested in November with an explosives belt in the Stavropol. But yesterday’s attack is the deadliest since 36 people were killed in 2011 in a bombing at Moscow Domodedovo airport .
The explosion took place at around 12.45 local time, someone called the police to go through the metal detector installed at the entrance on the station. ” Sounded the alarm detector . A policeman started to review it personally . At that time, the bomb exploded ,” a police spokesman told Interfax.
Research Sources attributed all day yesterday to find the perpetrating woman whose head was found and sent for DNA analysis . Researchers believe that this is Oksana Aslanova . But then, other sources said that the person who sparked the suspicions of the agents was a man, apparently accompanied a girl .
More people than usual
The bomb exploded before crossing the hall of the building, said Vladimir Markin , spokesman for the Investigation Committee . This saved many lives. At that hour , the train station in Volgograd was filled by dozens of people huddled next to the baggage control, as witnesses said in Russian television Rossija -24.
“Because of the New Year holidays were many more people than usual and carrying more luggage than usual ,” said the owner of a nearby kiosk, Irina Kirilova , who suffered no injury. Fifty people were treated by doctors and 27 remained hospitalized last night with serious injuries.
The terrorist leader Umarov accuses President Vladimir Putin to promote a “bloody occupation policy ” in the North Caucasus. He denounced the Kremlin , international terrorist groups like Al Qaeda involved in financing the Islamists . Experts and analyst Mark Galeotti say today ” the Caucasus Emirate is a fiction ” and that Umarov is not centralized to control any commands . But reproduces the model of Al Qaeda and incites his posts to autonomous groups, gradually expanding its range northward.
Defenseless cities after fortifying Sochi
The National Anti-Terrorist Committee said the International Olympic Committee repeatedly assured that athletes and guests will not run any danger. But the fortification Sochi inevitably leaves more defenseless cities such as Volgograd. Yesterday’s attack can force the Kremlin to rethink some lines of his strategy, as terrorists have shown that the threat to nearby cities is troubling. Moscow fears that radical advantage will increase their influence in regions of strong Muslim presence nestled within the Russian Federation and Tatarstan. In the capital, the city of Kazan, many moderate clerics have been injured or killed.
And the local Islamic branch, Hanafi , is constantly challenged by the Salafists , coming from the Caucasus through immigration and, according to sources have alleged Russian secret services , with funding of geopolitical rivals like Saudi Arabia. The Salafists, who have just institutional infrastructure within Russia , have proved very adept at regional nationalists to ally with Tatars against the common enemy : the Kremlin. They have also infiltrated mosques in cities such as Orenburg, south of the country to capitalize on the discontent of many young Russians. The U.S. exit from Afghanistan is another headache for the Kremlin, since destabilization in the region can flourish on its borders jihad republics like Tajikistan.
Erdogan deals with corruption
December 29th, 2013
By Jaime Ortega.
Although the threat of any military coup riots seems distant , the Army , with many critics of Erdogan in their ranks, has not hidden the anger with the Turkish government on the drift of recent days . The Turkish armed forces have been posting on its website statements promising to ” monitor closely all developments [on corruption ] for our corporate identity and legal position of our members .”
Former Admiral Türker Ertürk , who spent 31 years in the Navy before resigning for any ” psychological pressure ” , explained yesterday WORLDWIDE what the army really feels about such problems. ” Only the military leadership is faithful to the Government. Bases , which remain ideologically nationalist and secular , are unhappy with Prime Minister [avowed Islamist ]” .
The text of the armed forces tried to calm the tension insinuating any discomfort . This same explanation is apparent from a casual conversation between Tayyip Erdogan and Chief of General Staff Necdet Özel , published yesterday by the newspaper ‘ Türkiye ‘ . According to the newspaper , Özel maintained its commitment to not interfere in politics. But once he realized the uneasiness of some troops , unlike previous cases against them , this time the government will do everything they can to avoid defendants.
Ankara ‘s response to the operation of Corruption December 17 , with 24 arrests and three ministers forced to resign , was to deal with police headquarters in Istanbul and relieve hundreds of agents. The next step ,was a rule forcing agents to notify the administration of any investigation. So it torpedoed an attempt by the prosecutor Muammer Akkas to investigate a new corrupted frame this week.
The decision of the Constitutional Court on Friday to knock this rule also criticized by the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors , has angered Erdogan. “I should judge ,” the prime minister in a mass rally in Manisa said yesterday. The Turkish leader insists that there is an “international conspiracy” group ready to” upset our spectacular economic growth ” aired after the scandals.
” Erdogan can not try to manipulate the Justice ,” noted Epözdemir Firat , president of the Association of Lawyers Libertarians on government efforts to contain fiscal policies. Some stakes criticize the soldiers who did not occur last year during the investigations into the Ergenekon and Sledgehammer cases , which served to purge the government and secular nationalist military coup to marrow deep state .
With the old uniformed prison system , ” one can only hope that the military alongside with the prime minister will get public support. But no institutional action ” Burak Bekdil noted an expert on defense . The Turkish armed forces got three bloody coups -1960 , 1970 and 1981 – and forced a change of government in 1997 . As journalist Ahmet Sik recalls , cleric Fetullah Gülen then supported the Army.
Gülen Hizmet lead the Islamic brotherhood that Erdogan participated for a decade, has been an ally in his attempt to disable the coup . Meanwhile, it has boosted its members to key positions in the state from where they have declared war on the government. A picture that blurs the Turkish economic miracle , yesterday to bring down the Turkish lira equivalent to a record three for a euro, and sowing distrust among foreign crucial investors.
South Sudan’s civilians fear ethic cleansing
December 25th, 2013
By Jaime Ortega.
Escalating violence in South Sudan , has already claimed hundreds of victims and threatens to turn what was supposed to be a power struggle into an intertribal conflict that could have dangerous consequences for the African country. As fighting between the army loyal flare up to President Salva Kiir, Dinka , and rebels support to former Vice President Riek Machar, accusations of ethnic cleansing begin to come to light .
Several witnesses have reported that more than 200 people from the Nuer ethnic group have been shot by security forces in the town of Juba , the capital. According to the BBC , a survivor of the massacre said the detainees were taken to a police stations located in one of the largest suburbs of Juba and for two days the soldiers fired repeatedly through the cell windows , virtually killing all who were crammed into the venue.
The UN reported yesterday the appearance of a mass grave containing 75 bodies in the State of Unity, allegedly by soldiers of People’s Liberation Army , in addition to two others found in Juba after the ethnic massacre.
The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, urged both parties to protect civilians and warned that political and military leaders of the country will be held responsible for the crimes. ” We have documented these days extrajudicial and mass executions individuals who are considered as objectives on the basis of ethnicity , ” Pillay said in a statement.
Other reports suggest numerous shootings in several Nuer areas were carried out by members of the Dinka ethnic group , who are the majority in South Sudan . If true, the worst fears of the international community have come true, which so far tried every means that the conflict resulting in an open civil war would be avoided
To prevent the situation will again spread like wild fire, the United National Secretary General , Ban Ki -moon asked the Security Council to authorize sending another 5,500 peacekeepers, to join the 6,700 already deployed in the African territory that so far have been overtaken by the violence of the fighting and large tracts of land to cover.
Nevertheless , and at least in front of the cameras , the two leaders appear ready to begin negotiations to reach an agreement , but the agreement will not be easy . The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir , promised before the U.S. special envoy , Donald Booth, ” to engage with Riek Machar to end the crisis without preconditions as soon as he accepts his terms [ the negotiating table ] ” .
However, Machar has already put several conditions on the table , especially the release of several of those arrested for the alleged attempted coup that occurred last week.
“My message [ to international negotiators ] was that Salva Kiir releases my comrades and these are evacuated to Addis Ababa so we can then start talking immediately, as they will be responsible for carrying out the dialogue,” Machar said in a telephone interview with Reuters .
Although there has been no official response to such demands, Kiir ‘s stance seems adamant about the release of alleged coup plotters.
In a speech to Parliament , the president acknowledged for the first time the rebels have controlled the states of Jonglei , the birthplace of the Nuer , and Unity, which concentrates the largest oil reserves in the country. However, he did not mention the possibility of releasing detainees. Kiir says , that none of the detainees ” will be tortured or ill-treated . Shall be retained and brought to justice as soon as possible.”
Meanwhile , fighting between the army and the rebels has already spread to five of the ten states. The United Nations says at least 81,000 people have fled their homes and about 45,000 have sought refuge on the basis that the peacekeepers will join Juba , Bor and Bentiu .
The main concern is the lack of food and poor hygiene that could lead to a dangerous epidemic of cholera or other infectious diseases.
All non-essential personnel , both UN and numerous humanitarian organizations working in South Sudan, have been relocated from all corners of the country to Juba so the distribution of food and medical care is presented, as one of the biggest challenges in giving coverage to the civilian population.
China reveals hypersonic war plane
December 18th, 2013Posted by Alton Parrish.
Credit: ©Science China Press
Air-breathing hypersonic vehicles has been much concerned by United States and other developed countries since the mid-20th century, and a series of research projects has been proposed since 1980s. The completely integrated design of the airframe and propulsion system is generally adopted for the air-breathing hypersonic vehicles, however, as both the aerodynamic performance for the airframe and the engine intake/exhaust requirements shall be taken into account simultaneously, the design difficulty increased dramatically. The current aerodynamic design for hypersonic vehicles is mainly for the demonstration vehicles which focused on minimizing resistance and the optimal matching between airframe and engine, and the forebody and engine inlet integrated design is the key issues for the configuration design.
The current air-breathing hypersonic vehicles can be mainly divided into two categories according to the different inlet layouts, i.e. with nose inlet and with ventral inlet. The hypersonic vehicle with nose inlet layout, such as the U.S. HyFly hypersonic demonstration vehicle, can efficiently achieve uniformly distributed airflow with high total pressure recovery coefficient for the engine by decreasing the interference of airframe to the maximum extent.
Since numerical simulation has become a powerful tool of aerodynamic performance analysis, some typical configurations of forebodies and the whole airplanes with different wing leading edges are evaluated by CFD. The results for forebodies analysis show that large air mass flow, high lift-to-drag ratio, and uniformly distributed flowfield at the inlet cross section can be assured simultaneously. The results of the whole airplanes analysis show that high lift-to-drag ratio depends on the shape of the wing leading edge to a large extent.
Further work for the design of the engine inlet and the optimization design of wing leading edge will be carried out based on this study. As the forebody with double waverider-based surfaces retains advantages of the waverider, such as high mass flow, high lift-to-drag ratio, etc., the existing ventral inlet design experience can be useful for the inlet design. In addition, the optimization of the wing leading edge shall focus on the cruise flight condition, and the target shall be the reduction of wave drag and efficient capture of the high pressure caused by side compression.
This research project was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of Chin
Ukraine in the ropes
December 18th, 2013
By Jaime Ortega.
Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich, having slammed the door to the European Union and the streets of Kiev clamoring to leave the political scene , expected an incentive of Moscow. Vladimir Putin , who met yesterday in Moscow , still craves to incorporate Ukraine into the shopping cart that is driving Russia along with other republics of the former USSR . Yesterday he set to offer a resonant price : to invest 10.900 million Euros in bonds of Ukrainian debt and reduce by one third the price of gas it sells to Ukraine. There are reforms that many Ukrainians ask, to give the country a new international framework . But it may be enough to get of the mud and give Yanukovich oxygen to an economy close on the brink of bankruptcy.
” Given the problems of the Ukrainian economy , the Russian government decided to put a portion of their reserves in Ukrainian bonds,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin , in his meeting with Yanukovich. When the Ukrainian leader decided to stay at the last minute negotiations with Brussels to become part of their free trade area did not seem to consider that the public would rise up in protest occupying the center of the capital, where thousands of people have been for four weeks between barricades protesting .
But the Russian option would incorporate more short-term revenues and less unpopular sacrifices. Putin yesterday pulled his strategy , remembering that the agreement ” is not subject to any condition , or a rise or a fall , or the freezing of social programs , from pensions , scholarships or expenditure ” in clear reference to the conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund to grant a loan to Kiev to replace their battered stocks .
Relationship with Russia
The new money is most urgent for Kiev, but won’t last forever . But the reduction in the gas by almost a third is a luxury Moscow granted only to its allies , which are installed in a dynamic of lower prices that nobody wants to leave .
So Putin , who aspires to go further in its ties with Ukraine , also announced that state-owned companies from Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement to lower gas prices exported to Moscow Kiev. ” Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom have signed an amendment allowing Gazprom to sell gas to Ukraine at $ 268.50 per 1,000 cubic meters. As you know, the price is now around $ 400,” he said .
That little bargain was one of the objectives of the Ukrainians, who have important metallurgical industry, consuming constant gas and are approaching the dead of winter.
But Putin will not include Ukraine in their plan until they feel Ukraine’s accession to the Customs Union led by Moscow works, to become a replica of the old European Economic Community which also includes Belarus and Kazakhstan . This step is difficult to turn back too, but the greatest concern to the Ukrainian opposition , whose main link – besides revulsion Yanukovich is its pro – EU stance. Both alliances at the same time are not possible.
The teams of both leaders assured that the matter of the Customs Union would not be raised during the negotiations. “I want to reassure everyone , we have not talked about Ukraine’s accession to the Customs Union ,” Putin went on to say . But there is a foretaste of what could be this commercial brotherhood. Both countries also signed a series of documents that outline a new bilateral relationship. These include an agreement to lift the ” trade barriers ” between the two during the coming year . As he had put himself in the Kremlin Kiev ‘s flirtation with Brussels this year.
Michelle Bachelet wins election with high abstention rate
December 15th, 2013
By Jaime Ortega.
Michelle Bachelet has once again made history by winning the polls for a second term . With 100% of polling stations , the center-left leader had won 62.1% of the vote, compared to 37.8 % of its rival, Evelyn Matthei . Many voters however were absent.
To paraphrase a very typical expression said in the Andean country , ” voters are not even there” reflects the general voters projection. Of the 13. 5 million citizens eligible to vote , turnout only to 5.2 million, up 40 %. In fact, throughout the day the polling vote scene was boring, empty rooms and spontaneous votiers were encouraged to exercise their right to vote repeated by applauses .
Chileans , preferred to go to the beach or pool , or even holiday shopping before voting , now that is no longer required. The political skepticism and voluntary voting dominating the country was to blame for such high abstention .
Many analysts stressed that part of citizen apathy could also be attributed to the fact that Michelle Bachelet ‘s victory was so sung . Popular politics will preside Chile since March 2014 until 2018 , becoming the first case of re-election for a second term from Alessandri Palma ( 1920-1925 and 1932-1938 ) .
‘ These are the rules of democracy and the winner wins with these rules , ” said Bachelet
Over 13 million Chileans were called to the polls. And for the first time , voting was voluntary with the new law passed last year. Abstention was the highest of the Chilean democratic history . But Bachelet delivered its last vote 10 in the morning , was emphatic about the legitimacy of the outcome, regardless of the level of abstention. “It is clear that in all countries there are, voluntary voting is lower. But how clear is clear: these are the rules of democracy and the winner wins with this rule . ”
” The legitimacy of the election given the current rules of democracy. From skepticism changes need not to occur , ” said the candidate of the New Majority . Likewise the Senate President Jorge Pizarro said: “What I do not like is that they are trying to delegitimize the win. The difference of votes has been substantial and that reaffirms Bachelet ‘s triumph . ” But the truth is that since the government rushed to make clear that participation was voluntary it does not undermine the result.
However, Bachelet ‘s coalition raised to reintroduce compulsory voting . And had just closed the polls , debate flared between the Chilean political class. Former Socialist President Ricardo Lagos , who was a supporter of voluntary voting before , acknowledged that he had changed his mind and called for a return to compulsory voting . “It is a right but , basically , it is an obligation .”
Something similar was said by the student leader Camila Vallejo elected member of the Communist Party. “It is normal that there few people come , so I am in favor of automatic enrollment , voluntary and compulsory voting desincripción. ” he said.
Bachelet will have a tough term ahead , as many of the proposals that she championed during her campaign, and drawing up a new constitution , require large majorities in Parliament that it lacks. The current electoral system pushes the parties to form coalitions of center-left and center-right and at the same time distorts the representativeness of each coalition. During the campaign, Bachelet rival , the leader of the center-right Alliance , Evelyn Matthei , has made it clear she does not want to subject the country to the political and social earthquake that would draft a new constitution . And yet , this is the main flag of the president-elect , since it also depends on other political , economic and social reforms depth as promised.
The more demands requested by citizens, according to polls, is a public free and quality education. Also in the social field , the former director of UN Women coalition has promised therapeutic abortion and marriage for same-sex . And she wants to change the tax law to ensure free education , among other measures.
Election day yesterday was marked by anecdotes, like the one lived in Isla Robinson Crusoe islands of Juan Fernández , 1,000 kilometers from the mainland in the Pacific Ocean where they found a table were no ballots arrived and had to ask them to send another nearby .
But it was the outgoing president , Sebastián Piñera , who starred the most commented story, which first turned bad their ballot and then walked away, forgetting his ID , sparking jokes on social media .
Minutes after learning of the victory of the new president Pinera congratulated Michelle Bachelet by telephone , as time passed all brands of Chilean television. The candidate of the Alliance , Evelyn Matthei had no trouble recognizing his defeat : ” Michelle Bachelet will be the next president of Chile I wish you every success in the next government, Nobody who loves Chile may wish otherwise