World Watch

Still want government healthcare? Let’s look at England.

28 July 2011 DOJgov.net Newswire

Obamacare has been called the road to government run healthcare, increased cost, rationing and (dare I say) de facto “death panels.”

But let’s see how it’s working in Great Britain according to the very credible British Newspaper, The Independent:

Hip replacements, cataract surgery and tonsil removal are among operations now being rationed in a bid to save the NHS (National Health Service) money.
Two-thirds of health trusts in England are rationing treatments for "non-urgent" conditions as part of the drive to reduce costs in the NHS by £20bn over the next four years.

One in three primary-care trusts (PCTs) has expanded the list of procedures it will restrict funding to in the past 12 months.
Examples of the rationing now being used include:

* Hip and knee replacements only being allowed where patients are in severe pain. Overweight patients will be made to lose weight before being considered for an operation.

* Cataract operations being withheld from patients until their sight problems "substantially" affect their ability to work. In America, this means that there will be no surgery until the person is legally blind.

* Patients with varicose veins only being operated on if they are suffering "chronic continuous pain", ulceration or bleeding. This means that unless the condition is life threatening, you get no medical help.

* Tonsillectomy (removing tonsils) only to be carried out in children if they have had seven bouts of tonsillitis in the previous year.

* Grommets to improve hearing in children only being inserted in "exceptional circumstances" and after monitoring for six months.

* Funding has also been cut in some areas for IVF (in vitro fertilization) treatment on the NHS.

These figures come from a survey conducted by health-service magazine GP, using the Freedom of Information Act. They show what happens when government runs medical care. Costs go out of control and cuts in services must be made.

Libya disabled children school hit in NATO strike. Obama's War getting Bloodier

30 April 2011TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Shattered glass litters the carpet at the Libyan Down's Syndrome Society, and dust covers pictures of grinning children that adorn the hallway, thrown into darkness by a NATO strike early on Saturday.

It was unclear what the target of the strike was, though Libyan officials said it was Muammar Gaddafi himself, who was giving a live television address at the time.

"They maybe wanted to hit the television. This is a non-military, non-governmental building," said Mohammed al-Mehdi, head of the civil societies council, which licenses and oversees civil groups in Libya.

The missile completely destroyed an adjoining office in the compound that houses the government's commission for children.

The force of the blast blew in windows and doors in the parent-funded school for children with Down's Syndrome and officials said it damaged an orphanage on the floor above.

Cairo Revelers Sexually Assault American Reporter. Is This How they Define Freedom of Expression?

15 February 2011 DOJgov.net Newswire

For two weeks, American liberals and even some conservative were caught up in what was billed as the Egyptian people’s cry for freedom. They pointed to the fact that there was no burning of American flags, but never delved further to discover that signs in Arabic were decidedly anti-American. They claimed that there was no Jew hatred, supplying only unintentional glimpses of the Jewish Stars painted across Mubarik’s photos.

Now we have another example of Arab “freedom of expression.” It seems that attractive female reporter Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a "60 Minutes." She and her team were surrounded by some 200 Egyptian revelers. Basking in their newly found freedom, they separated Lara Logan from her crew.

In the ensuing freedom loving gang bang, she was subjected to sustained sexual assault with the requisite misogynistic beatings, until a group of Egyptian women and 20 Egyptian soldiers broke things up.

This was done by the alleged “best” of Egyptians. They were the enlightened, educated, liberty lovers and it was done in a very public atmosphere right in the center of Cairo.

Are they really like us? Does the Arab street define freedom and respect for women in the same way we do in the West?

Egypt Torn Apart as Protesters Loot and Burn Cairo

30 Jan 2011 © DOJgov.net newswire

It began as a pro-Democracy protest but quickly morphed into a spree of looting and arson. The Egyptian Museum, home of the finest artifacts of their kind in the world was ransacked and vandalized. Private homes have been looted and burned. And all the while, the Muslim Brotherhood took pains to wait for their opportunity.

The Muslim Brotherhood began in the early 1920’s. Its stated goal is to create a world Islamic Caliphate where non Muslims are offered the choice of subjugation, conversion or death. Their motto is “by subterfuge if possible, by violence if necessary.” On some level, every Muslim terrorist organization has ties to “The Brotherhood.” Other affiliated groups participated in Obama's White House Ramadan Celebration in 2010.

While we don’t know how this will all play out, it seems to be going the way of all too many revolutions we’ve seen throughout history. It was like that with the French Revolution. It was certainly like that with the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

According to the liberal Pew Research Institute survey of 2010, well over 60% of Egyptians want to live under Sharia law and do not care that it is the antithesis of democracy. Many of the more educated cry for democracy but don't seem to have any idea what is necessary to establish one. They've never had it in their multi thousand year history.

Many chant “Allahu Akbar” and “Islam is the solution.” Most believe in the chopping off of hands for offenses. They believe adultery should be punished by death by stoning. They believe that non-Muslims and women should be relegated to subservient status. They believe that a convert from Islam to another faith, should receive the death penalty. If over 60% of Egypt's population holds these views, the democratic dream of the idealistic minority will degenerate into a "one man one vote.... once," Islamist state.

As an interesting aside, a recent liberal Pew study found that some 60% of Muslims in Detroit, a city with the largest Muslim population in America, believe that Muslim nations should live under a Sharia tyranny.

Protests like this begin with an uprising of idealism, mostly by the young and educated. Since they lack a political infrastructure and organizational sophistication, their movement is taken over by those who do. In the case of Iran, the dream of democracy was replaced by the tyranny of the Mullahs who quietly waited for their chance. It might be the same in Egypt if things get out of control. And the latest news is that the Muslim Brotherhood is on the move.

More information as it unfolds.

Muslims in Nigeria Conduct Murder Spree Against Christians on Christmas Day

25 December 2011 Reuters

Islamist militant group Boko Haram said it planted bombs that exploded on Christmas Day at churches in Nigeria, one of which killed at least 27 people on the outskirts of the capital.

Boko Haram, which wants to impose Islamic sharia law across the country split roughly equally between Christians and Muslims, has escalated its tactics this year and increased the sophistication of the explosives it uses.

St Theresa's Catholic Church in Madala, an Abuja satellite town about 40 km from the centre of the capital, was packed out when the powerful bomb exploded during a Christmas service.

"We were in the church with my family when we heard the explosion. I just ran out," Timothy Onyekwere told Reuters. "Now I don't even know where my children or my wife are. I don't know how many were killed but there were many dead."

Boko Haram -- which in the Hausa language spoken in northern Nigeria means "Western education is sinful" -- is loosely modeled on the Taliban movement in Afghanistan.

Obama Drags America into Targeting Children, killing Gadahafi's Youngest son and his Three Grandchildren

30 April AP TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli on Saturday, but his youngest son and three grandchildren under the age of 12 were killed, a government spokesman said.

The strike, which came hours after Gadhafi called for a cease-fire and negotiations in what rebels called a publicity stunt, marked an escalation of efforts to prevent the Libyan regime from regaining momentum.

The commander of the NATO operation, Canadian Lt. Gen. Charles Bouchard, said he was aware of unconfirmed reports that some Gadhafi family members may have been killed and he regretted “all loss of life, specially the innocent civilians being harmed as a result of the ongoing conflict.”

Seif al-Arab Gadhafi, 29, was the youngest son of Gadhafi and brother of the better known Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, who had been touted as a reformist before the uprising began in mid-February. The younger Gadhafi had spent much of his time in Germany in recent years.

Arab Muslims Slaughter 3 month old Baby in the name of Jihad

13 March 2011 © DOJgov.net Newswire

Days after the very liberal Israeli court system ordered dropping of anti-terrorist roadblocks because they created “inconvenience” for Arab Muslims, five members of an Israeli family were slaughtered through stabbing and having their throats slit in their home. One of them was a 3 month old baby, stabbed twice in the heart.

Their 12-year-old daughter who returned home from a friend’s house discovered the bodies. According to police, the suspects broke into the house armed with knives, stabbing and slitting the throats of the mother, father and three children, aged 11, 4 and a three-month-old baby. Two infants, aged 2 and 4, survived the attack by escaping to their neighbors.

The Military wing of Fata, recipient of hundreds of millions in American aid and arms, originally claimed responsibility. They later backed off as the true sadistic horror of the terrorist slaughter became apparent.

The America Hating Muslim Brotherhood Makes its Move in Egypt

31 Jan 2011 © DOJgov.net newswire

As has happened before in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, radical Islamist forces are making their move to join protests, take them over and gain control of Egypt.

The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition group, is in talks with other anti-government figures to form a national unity government without President Hosni Mubarak or anyone affiliated with him.

The Muslim Brotherhood is officially banned from running for elections in parliament. They were established in the early 1920’s and believe in an Islamic World Caliphate “by subterfuge if possible, by violence if necessary.”

They were extremely violent until Mubarack took power in Egypt after the Brotherhood assassinated Anwar Sadat for signing a peace treaty with Israel. He clamped down on them and they have been working to superficially redefine their image out of fear of arrest. None the less, their goals have never changed.

Taking up the banner of the Brotherhood is Mohammed El Baradei - the former UN nuclear watchdog chief. El Baradei is the darling of Iran. For years, he ran interference for them in the United Nations, covering for their nuclear program.

As part of the Jimmy Carter deal between Israel and Egypt in 1979, the Egyptians have been receiving tens of billions in military aid. If the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist organizations take power, their next move will be to undercut the oil producing nations of the Persian Gulf and control the world through strangulation of energy resources. Their stated goal is “first Asia, then Europe, then America.”

During his trip to Egypt in 2009, Barack Obama was the first American President to meet with Egypt’s Muslim brotherhood. In 2010, Obama hosted several of their affiliated organizations in his White House Ramadan celebration, indicating sympathy for an organization whose goal is to transform America into an Islamist tyranny.

Obama has publicly rebuked the head of Egypt, something even Jimmy Carter failed to do as he worked behind the scenes to oust the Shah of Iran and usher in, rule by extremist Islamic clergy.

In a 2010 study by the liberal Pew Research Institute, over 60% of Egypt’s population supports establishment of an Islamist state under Sharia Law.

Islamist Friendly Barack Obama Slams Israel but gives Iran a Pass at UN

30 May 2010 AFP

Washington's unprecedented backing for a UN resolution for a nuclear-free Middle East that singles out Israel has both angered and deeply worried the Jewish state although officials are cagey about openly criticizing their biggest ally.

The resolution adopted by the United Nations on Friday calls on Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and urges it to open its facilities to inspection.

It also calls for a regional conference in 2012 to advance the goal of a nuclear-free Middle East.

Israel is widely believed to be the only nuclear power in the Middle East, with around 200 warheads, but has maintained a policy of deliberate ambiguity about its capabilities since the mid-1960s.

The document, which singles out Israel but makes no mention of Iran's controversial nuclear program, drew a furious reaction from the Jewish state who decried it as "deeply flawed and hypocritical."

But it was US backing for the resolution which has caused the most consternation among Israeli officials and commentators, who interpreted the move as "a resounding slap around the face" which has dealt a very public blow to Israel's long-accepted policy of nuclear ambiguity.

Publicly, the Israel government has not criticized the US position but privately, officials expressed deep disappointment over the resolution, which Washington backed despite intensive Israeli efforts to block it.

According to the top-selling Yediot Aharonot daily, the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was "furious with the Obama administration for having failed to prevent the resolution from passing... and for choosing to support it."

"The American support for the resolution, after decades in which it supported Israel on this issue, came as a complete surprise," the paper said.

"In the secret talks that Netanyahu held with Obama's men... Israel was promised that the resolution would not focus on Israel and that if it did, the Americans would vote against."