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Tibetan News Site and Blog Host Shut Down
Dechen Pemba of High Peaks Pure Earth provides background on the site and its earlier closures at Global Voices Online:For all Tibet related news, blogs and cultural activities, TibetCul was an invaluable resource and source of information. Their database of profiles of prominent Tibetans were a thorough and well-organised “who’s who” of Tibet today and included useful information, for example when high profile Tibetan businessman Dorje Tashi was sentenced to life in prison and there was little biographical information online otherwise, the translations site High Peaks Pure Earth translated Dorje Tashi’s profile into English.
TibetCul also hosted a great number of blogs by well-known as well as unknown Tibetans, most of the users were young student types in the urban areas in Tibet and all over the PRC. Famous Tibetan personalities who kept TibetCul blogs were the girl group Ajia, film director Pema Tseden, rock band Namchag, music group from Amdo, Yudrug, poet Adong Paldothar and of course the founder Wangchuk Tseten himself, amongst numerous others.
Occupying a unique space and platform for Tibetans online in the PRC, TibetCul has always had to find a balance between encouraging Tibetan expression whilst toeing the official line. Although materials published by individuals on their TibetCul blogs could sometimes be highly political, TibetCul seldom tolerated all out political discussions and would often delete posts quickly or suspend bloggers accounts.
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Apparently, the Libyan coalition of the willing isn't really a military coalition so much as a public relations coalition. Obama is seemingly only semi-involved, making rousing speeches from Rio and affecting a secondary role while Sarkozy and Cameron take the lead, the US is firmly in charge. That's an improvement from the defiant go-it-alone posture of the Bush years, but I doubt that anyone will be fooled for long unfortunately.
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Arab League questions Libya bombardment
The Arab League questions the assault by Allied forces on Libya and criticizes "the bombardment of more civilians."
"What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone, and what we want is the protection of civilians and not the bombardment of more civilians," Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said, according to Egypt's state news agency.
A Libyan health official told Reuters the strikes have killed 64 people, but he had no proof of that.
Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said no civilians have been killed by the bombardment, reports Al Jazeera.
Allied forces intensified their assault on Libya Sunday, using air and sea attacks to not only enforce a no-fly zone but also halt Gaddafi's control on the ground.
Loud explosions rocked the capital, Tripoli, late Sunday, and a missile strike by Allied forces hit Gaddafi's compound and destroyed a building used as a command center, BBC reports
The Arab League questions the assault by Allied forces on Libya and criticizes "the bombardment of more civilians."
"What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone, and what we want is the protection of civilians and not the bombardment of more civilians," Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said, according to Egypt's state news agency.
A Libyan health official told Reuters the strikes have killed 64 people, but he had no proof of that.
Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said no civilians have been killed by the bombardment, reports Al Jazeera.
Allied forces intensified their assault on Libya Sunday, using air and sea attacks to not only enforce a no-fly zone but also halt Gaddafi's control on the ground.
Loud explosions rocked the capital, Tripoli, late Sunday, and a missile strike by Allied forces hit Gaddafi's compound and destroyed a building used as a command center, BBC reports
"What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone, and what we want is the protection of civilians and not the bombardment of more civilians," Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said, according to Egypt's state news agency.
A Libyan health official told Reuters the strikes have killed 64 people, but he had no proof of that.
Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said no civilians have been killed by the bombardment, reports Al Jazeera.
Allied forces intensified their assault on Libya Sunday, using air and sea attacks to not only enforce a no-fly zone but also halt Gaddafi's control on the ground.
Loud explosions rocked the capital, Tripoli, late Sunday, and a missile strike by Allied forces hit Gaddafi's compound and destroyed a building used as a command center, BBC reports
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Missile hits Gaddafi compound in Tripoli
Building in military centre is destroyed as coalition forces target facilities used by Libyan leader across Tripoli.
( It's been a few years since a U.S. missile hit Gaddafi's home )
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The whole notion of Obama waiting to get the Arab League, but also the UNSC, to sign on to a no-fly zone was actually about having an international military coalition so Arabs would have real skin in the game. Instead we’ve got some mouth piece organization who nodded their approval without any military involvement, which has now led to a statement separating Arab nations from the U.S.-led mission in Libya, while blaming “international strikes” for hitting civilians. Amr Moussa also doesn’t want them to be part of a NATO umbrella, you know, because that’s sensitive. Gates saying there is “some sensitivity on the part of the Arab League to being seen to be operating under a NATO umbrella.”Who could have guessed this would happen?
Once again the United States is fighting inside a Muslim country in yet another undeclared war.
Can we just abolish Congress instead of pretending they do anything meaningful?
And while we’re at it just merge the big two political parties, because it’s not like Pres. Obama is actually going to pay any price from Democrats for getting suckered into a no-fly zone bombardment that’s got the U.S. once again out front footing the carnage and the bill, with the mission a mish-mash of muscle flexing.
Ralph Nader suggests Pres. Obama should be impeached for “war crimes.” The notion that Democrats would ever stand up to Barack Obama is such a hilarious suggestion I just about fell off my chair laughing. The media would never allow it. Progressives don’t care that he sold out Democratic Party principles so why would they care he’s now been revealed to be your garden variety conservative on matters of war and peace, too.
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