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Israeli and Palestinian Metal Bands Go On Tour
http://intellihub.com/2013/07/22/israeli-and-palestinian-metal-bands-unite-for-all-is-one-tour/
Iraqi Abu Graib Prison Break
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/22/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE96L0RM20130722
Depleted Uranium Used by US Forces Blamed for Iraqi Cancer Rates & Birth Defects
http://rt.com/news/iraq-depleted-uranium-health-394/
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JG Vibes writes at Intellihub.com:
An Israeli band called Orphaned Land is joining forces with the Palestinian band Khalas for an 18 gig tour that will visit 6 different countries. The purpose of the tour is to promote peace and unity between the Palestinian and Israeli people. The bands will live together and share a tour bus.
Orphaned Land’s lead singer said quote, “We can’t change the world, but we can give an example of how coexistence is possible. Sharing a stage and sharing a bus is stronger than a thousand words. We’ll show how two people from different backgrounds who live in a conflict zone can perform together.”
Khalas’s lead guitarist added, quote,“We are metal brothers before everything.”
Orphaned Land devotedly speaks about the power of music to turn supposed enemies into friends by strongly encouraging collaborations with artists from different cultural and religious backgrounds.
On the “All is One” tour, for the very first time, you will see bands from Israel, Palestine, Jordan and France all together as one, proving that music can be a voice of hope that can bring people together.
Thanks to art, the internet, and social media, Peace activists in Palestine are teaming up with peace activists in Israel, the US, and Iran to spread messages of love and unity among people of all geographical locations…..regardless of what their politicians do.
The Palestine loves Israel and Israel loves Palestine campaigns started out as viral Facebook phenomena where Palestinians and Israelis would send messages of love to one another. Through their newfound connectedness, they reassure each other that the hateful rhetoric put forward by governments and media outlets are totally out of line with the true feelings of the average person. This is successful counter-propaganda.
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In other news, more than 10 years after Bush declared Mission Accomplished in Iraq, the daily reality shows that the war has *NOT* ended.
This week about 500 Iraqi prisoners were freed from the infamous Abu Ghraib torture facility after their friends launched a successful rescue mission.
Suicide bombers drove cars packed with explosives to the gates of the prison Sunday night and blasted their way into the compound, while gunmen attacked prison guards with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.
Other militants took up positions near the main road, prepared to pick off any attempt at reinforcements. Several militants wearing suicide vests entered the prison on foot to help free the inmates.
Ten prison guards and four freedom fighters were killed in the ensuing clashes, which continued until Monday morning. By that time, hundreds of inmates had succeeded in fleeing Abu Ghraib, the prison made notorious a decade ago by photographs showing abuse of prisoners by U.S. soldiers.
Another simultaneous attempt at a prison break about 12 miles north was unsuccessful. Sixteen soldiers and six militants were killed. Nearly 600 people have been killed in militant attacks across Iraq so far this month, according to monitoring group Iraq Body Count. This is a predictable consequence of meddlesome military adventurism. Anyone who says the war is over...is either lying, or isn’t paying attention.
Russian news outlet RT reported just yesterday that thanks to the US Military’s use of depleted uranium ammunition, cancer is now more common than the flu in the city of Najaf.
Lawyer, activist, and former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark said of the tactic, quote “Depleted-uranium weapons are an unacceptable threat to life, a violation of international law and an assault on human dignity.”
According to a Dutch report, at least 440,000kg of DU were used in Iraq, some ending up as DU dust, and some as corroding penetrators - leaving a still unknown number of sites with contaminated vehicles, buildings and soils.
The report read, Quote: “The exposure risks to civilians from the use of DU in populated areas have been compounded by the US’s persistent refusal to release the data that could have helped.”
The use of these weapons has resulted not just in skyrocketing cancer rates and birth defects in the civilian populations but also in soldiers who followed orders to use them.
The solution is to put down the guns and refuse to participate in evil.
Gandhi reminds us that Non-Cooperation with evil is as much a responsibility as cooperation with good. Do what you can to limit your participation in war. One easy step you can take toward that goal is to trade in bitcoins. Learn about bitcoin at http://WeUseCoins.com .
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