Israeli forces fired at the U.N. school in Gaza, where civilians took shelter.

ps. Olmert is Pinocchio,
h 2.10am in Gaza city, apaches are bombing with phospore….

By Vittorio Arrigoni
16 January 2009

Dante Alighieri could never have imagined circles as hellish as the wards of the damned in Jabalia’s hospitals. The laws of divine justice are turned on their head around here: the more innocent the victim, the less likely that they’ll be spared martyrdom through bombing. At Kamal Adwan and Al Auda hospitals, the ceramic tiles in the first aid units are always shiny. The cleaners are permanently busy wiping away the blood dripping copiously from the stretchers constantly carrying in the massacred bodies. Iyad Mutawwaq was walking in the street when a bomb tore open a building not far from him. He and other passers-by rushed over to try and bring some aid when a second bomb was dropped on the same building. It killed a father of 9, two brothers and another passer-by who had rushed over to help. The same story could be told over ten, or one hundred times. The perfect terrorist technique is being immaculately carried out by the Israeli army. You drop a bomb, wait for the first-aiders, then drop another bomb on the wounded and the first-aiders.

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PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY

As Gaza is under horrific attack, Fida Qishta and other volunteers are working to send stories and pictures out to the world. Fida breaks the siege virtually, every day, as a citizen journalist. This is crucially important now while the international press is denied access to Gaza. Please help us support this important work. We will supply cameras, tapes, and equipment. Please consider making a $5 donation now to Rachel’s Words. (Tax deductible info below.)

March 16th will be the 6th anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s death. Fida says the six-year-olds in Rafah have never experienced anything as terrifying as what is happening now. We’ll provide background information below, and additional links with many different ways to support Gaza. Please act now – but don’t forget Gaza when the current crisis is over.

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Gaza & Money: Afshin Rattansi and Max Keiser 2

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: The bond bubble is an accident waiting to happen

The bond vigilantes slumber. As the greatest sovereign bond bubble of all time rolls into 2009, investors are clinging to an implausible assumption that China and Japan will provide enough capital to keep the happy game going for ever.

Written by Caoimhe Butterly
16 January 2009

The morgues of Gaza’s hospitals are over-flowing. The bodies- in their blood-soaked white shrouds- cover the entire floor space of the Shifa’a hospital’s morgue. Some are intact, most horribly deformed, limbs twisted into unnatural positions, chest cavities exposed, heads blown off, skulls crushed in. Family members wait outside to identify and claim a brother, husband, father, mother, wife, child. Many of those who wait their turn have lost numerous family members and loved ones.

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