[wanita-muslimah] How to Achieve a Lasting Peace
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/16/AR2009071603584.html?wpisrc=newsletterwpisrc=newsletter How to Achieve a Lasting Peace Stop Focusing on the Settlements Graffiti on a section of Israel's separation barrier last month. (By Bernat Armangue -- Associated Press) . By Ehud Olmert Friday, July 17, 2009 Israel's partnership with the United States is one of its greatest strategic assets. The United States provides Israel with crucial security and economic aid and invaluable political backing in the international arena. Amid the legitimate rapprochement President Obama has initiated with the Arab and Muslim world, it is important not to underestimate the multifaceted nature of U.S. relations with Israel, the only real Middle Eastern democracy whose founding principles are based on the Western values of liberty and freedom for all. During the tenure of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and my administration after that, we, together with President George W. Bush, boosted Israeli-U.S. relations at all levels and on most issues. This progress was based on deep and candid understandings, both written and oral. Throughout the second intifada, America provided unprecedented support for Israel's struggle against Palestinian terrorism and Israel's construction of the security barrier. Together, we envisioned the two-state solution as the only way to end the conflict by adopting and implementing the road map and its sequencing. By vast majorities, Congress endorsed President Bush's 2004 letter elaborating Israel's right to defend itself, by itself, against any threat and recognizing new realities on the ground in which the Jewish population centers in the West Bank would be an inseparable part of the state of Israel in any future permanent-status agreement. America acknowledged that the future Palestinian state would represent the solution to the Palestinian refugees, resettling them there and not in Israel. In November 2007, Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the Bush administration convened in Annapolis with the unified goal of solving all outstanding issues. Annapolis provided the framework for direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians toward bringing an end to the conflict and to all claims. Yet today, instead of a political process, the issue of settlement construction commands the agenda between the United States and Israel. This is a mistake that serves neither the process with the Palestinians nor relations between Israel and the Arab world. Moreover, it has the potential to greatly shake U.S.-Israeli relations. The settlements are a known issue of contention between Israel and the United States; although America has not supported their construction, it has, on some occasions, recognized the realities that have developed over 40 years. Sharon reached understandings with the U.S. administration regarding the growth and building of settlements, as part of the road map. The understandings included that: -- No new settlements would be constructed. -- No new land would be allocated or confiscated for settlement construction. -- Any construction in the settlements would be within current building lines. -- There would be no provision of economic incentives promoting settlement growth. -- The unauthorized outposts built after March 2001 would be dismantled (a commitment that Israel, regrettably, has not yet fulfilled). These understandings provided a working platform and, in my opinion, a proper balance to allow essential elements of stability and normality for Israelis living in settlements until their future would be determined in a permanent-status agreement. I adopted these understandings and followed them in close coordination with the Bush administration. Moreover, during the run-up to Annapolis and in meetings there, I elaborated to the U.S. administration and the Palestinian leadership that Israel would continue to build in the settlements in accordance with the above criteria. Let me be clear: Without those understandings, the Annapolis process would not have taken on any form. Therefore, the focus on settlement construction now is not useful. The insistence now on a complete freeze on settlement construction -- impossible to completely enforce -- will not promote Palestinian efforts to enhance security measures; the institution building that is so crucial for the development of a Palestinian state; better movement and access to the Palestinians; nor an improved economy in the West Bank. Nor will it weaken the Hamas government in Gaza. It will not bring greater security to Israel, help improve Israel's relations with the Arab world, strengthen a coalition of moderate Arab states or shift the strategic balance in the Middle East. Only a political process that demands courageous decisions from leaders on both sides will bring a solution to the issue of settlements. To this day, I
[wanita-muslimah] SBY's Speech on the Jakarta Bombings: Full Text
http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/sbys-speech-on-the-jakarta-bombings-full-text/318827 July 17, 2009 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono talks to Governor of Jakarta Fauzi Bowo at a hospital after visiting injured bombing victims on Friday. (Photo: Romeo Gacad, AFP) SBY's Speech on the Jakarta Bombings: Full Text A full translation of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's speech to the nation on the Jakarta bomb attacks, delivered at the Presidential Palace on Friday afternoon: Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Greetings to everyone, My fellow countrymen and women, to all Indonesians that I love, wherever you are. Today is a black dot in our history [as a nation]. Once again, there has been an attack or a bombing committed by terrorists in Jakarta. It is suspected to have been committed by a group of terrorists, although it may not necessarily be the same terrorism network that we have realized cause nothing but sufferings and troubles that all Indonesians have had to bear. This barbaric act has brought about innocent casualties as well. Therefore, on this opportunity, on behalf of the country and the government, and as a person, I would like to express my heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims. To all the victims, our thoughts and prayers are with you. My fellow countrymen and women, the inhuman and thoughtless bombing occurred just when our nation had held its presidential election and while the General Elections Commission (KPU) is still tallying the votes. It has greatly disrupted the security and peace of the country while people want a safe, peaceful and conducive situation. People want the conclusion of the 2009 General Elections to be the starting point for us to unite and rebuild our country for the sake of all Indonesian people. The bombing was committed when people were still concerned with political brouhaha at the elite level, also - as I have been noticing everyday - with provocative remarks that maintain heated and hostile circumstances, which is not the aspiration of the people who fulfilled their political duties a few weeks ago. My fellow countrymen and women, I believe almost all of us feel sympathy and sadness, and cry inside, as I do now. Indeed, there are few people who are laughing and screaming in delight, satisfying their maddening anger. These few people, heartless and careless for the destruction of our country from terrorism, do not care about the vast implications of their brutality toward our economy, business climate, tourism, image in the world and many other factors. Presently, my brothers and sisters, beside us, the government is performing emergency response measures to treat the victims of the bombing. An investigation is on the way as well. I have received a preliminary report of the ongoing investigation. After I read the report, I instructed the Chief of Police, the National Intelligence Agency and other related state institutions to conduct a proper and thorough investigation and to bring the perpetrators to justice. I believe, as we have discovered before, that the perpetrators and the people who masterminded this terror will be apprehended and we will prosecute them under the law. I have instructed law enforcers to prosecute anyone involved. Whoever he or she is, from whatever political rank and background. This morning, I have received many statements, or reminders, that made me theorize, or at least be concerned, that this terrorism is related to the result of the presidential election. I would respond like this - that we should not point our fingers, or blame someone without proof. All theories and speculations must be proven in court. Our country is a lawful country, as well as a democratic one. Therefore, the norms of law and democracy must be enacted properly. If someone is guilty under the law, then we could say that the person is guilty. I must say for the first time to all Indonesians that during the series of legislative and presidential elections in 2009, there were several intelligence reports that were gathered by law enforcers. Once again, this information has never been made public. The report showed a group of terrorists had practiced shooting at my picture, SBY's picture, as a target. Let me show you. This is a video recording of them practicing shooting. Two men are shooting with handguns. This is the target. And this is my picture, and they are aiming approximately at my face. This is the intelligence report, with video tape and pictures. It is not a slander, nor an issue. I received the report several moments ago. It is still related to the intelligence that acknowledged there is a plan to commit violence or actions against the law in relation to the election result. There was also a plan to occupy the office of the General Elections Commission when the result is to announced. There was a statement that there would be a revolution if SBY wins.
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Ledakan di Jakarta?
Ada berita : btw, biar lebih jelas, yg gw maksud setan kuning = orba jilid satu, setan biru = orba jilid sekarang, setan ijo = nurdin tob dan jaringannya. --- Janoko : Hm...engga habis pikir, didalam Orba itu juga banyak orang Islamnya yang jujur dan santun, koq bisa ya seseorang manusia yang mengaku Islam mengatakan saudaranya s..t n. Kasihan sekali. Janoko. Note : Janoko masih ndlongob ( mulut terbuka lebar ) membaca tulisan tersebut. -o0o- --- On Sat, 18/7/09, ritajkt rita...@yahoo.com wrote: From: ritajkt rita...@yahoo.com Subject: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Ledakan di Jakarta? To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 18 July, 2009, 12:24 PM iya mbak, itu posting kemarin yg gw komentarin, mohon maaf for the (black) humor in this grieving period... btw, biar lebih jelas, yg gw maksud setan kuning = orba jilid satu, setan biru = orba jilid sekarang, setan ijo = nurdin tob dan jaringannya. ikut belasungkawa, rita --- In wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com, Mia al...@... wrote: Bom bunuh diri itu sudah confirm, kan? Artinya motifnya kekerasan atas nama agama. Pak DWS bukannya bilang nggak make sense bom bunuh diri itu karena politik pilpres, atau yang lain bilang kasus freeport. Saya menambahkan kalau bunuh diri itu sudah confirm, motif lain gugur. Psikologisnya adalah, dalam human tragedy reaksi kita bisa macem2, justru karena pelakunya kita sendiri terhadap sesama, kita jatuh pada black humor. Saya kaget juga denger pidatonya pak SBY, tapi yah he is entitled to his own opinion, (yang sekaligus menunjukkan kualitasnya ternyata sampe di situ saja). Atas kejadian ini kalo nggak salah baca, rasanya kemarin reaksi kita di dunia nyata nggak seperti dulu, artinya tetep ada semacam keyakinan bahwa everything will be alright. Tapi yang mengagetkan bagi saya justru komentar beberapa pejabat, termasuk SBY, yang kemudian mengundang reaksi lain. Kesimpulan saya sbb: - Ummat Islam masih dalam tahap denial, dan itu mengeras dan menyusup kemana-mana. Ini memang masalahnya ummat Islam sedunia, dan kronis. - Militerism adalah masalah lokal Indonesia, dimana fraksi2 itu memainkan kartu Islam untuk kepentingan mereka. Ini termasuk masalah good governance, masalah lokal Indonesia. Say no to violence! salam Mia --- In wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com, ritajkt ritajkt@ wrote: Indonesia unite, ayo yang twitteran, let's join #Indonesiaunite# against terrorism! (tapi gw jg belum ngeh sih gimana caranya :)) Bener kata kawan-kawan semua, bener kata mas Ary, jangan jadi chaos dan kemakan sama terornya si teroris. Kita kudu tetep tenang dan melanjutkan aktivitas sambil terus waspada, kalo ada tetangga baru, harus cek asal usulnya dsb. Tapi bener juga kok sinyalemen Pak Irwan, buktinya hari ini gak ada yg sempet ngelanjutin nulis soal IFES dan KPU, padahal kemarin kan lagi enak-enaknya menelanjangi IFES yang ternyata kantornya cuman segede kamar gw (bayangkan, lembaga ini yg menguasai data Pemilu 170 juta rakyat indonesia!), gak ada layar-layar besar memonitor jutaan angka, tapi hanya ada dua laptop di ruang utamanya! Padahal pula, HARI INI, angka tabulasi TIBA-TIBA naik 300%, Ajaib! Tapi yang paling bener ya mas DWS menurut gw, soale dr awal gw curiga ini teroris pasti didukung kompetitornya setan merah yaitu setan biru,ijo, kuning...ups :(( with great pain and condolences, rita --- In wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com, Dwi Soegardi soegardi@ wrote: Lihat di CNN, menurut Polri ada dua orang suicide bombers ... Menyedihkan. Lebih sedih lagi, kalo untuk mengacaukan pemilu saja pake bom bunuh diri. (Menurut teori konspirasi SBY dan IrwanK :( On 7/17/09, sunny ambon@ wrote: Bom bunuh diri? - Original Message - From: donnie damana To: wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 4:36 AM Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Ledakan di Jakarta? teori gensetnya masih diragukan tuh... On Jul 17, 2009, at 9:33 AM, Ari Condro wrote: genset meleduk di ritz carlton (bukan bom) On 7/17/09, Dwi Soegardi soegardi@ wrote: http://www.nytimes. com/aponline/ 2009/07/16/ world/AP- AS-Indonesia- Explosions. html?_r=1 src=twttwt= nytimes Police: Bombs at Jakarta Hotels Kill 4 Foreigners http://megapolitan. kompas.com/ read/xml/ 2009/07/17/ 0901569/Tangis. Pilu.dan. Panik.Iringi. Ledakan.Marriott .dan.Ritz . Tangis Pilu dan Panik Iringi Ledakan Marriott dan Ritz Semoga rekan-rekan WM di Jakarta selamat .. Ada apa gerangan? -- salam, Ari [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Jawa Pos: Tidak Sekadar Menyaksikan Binatang Purba yang Tersisa
Jawa Pos Kamis, 16/07/2009 Ke Taman Nasional Komodo, Tidak Sekadar Menyaksikan Binatang Purba yang Tersisa (1) Warga Yakin Ora sebagai Saudara Kembar Sebagai tempat tujuan wisata, objek utama Taman Nasional Komodo (TNK) adalah komodo. Namun, sebenarnya banyak objek wisata lain yang bisa dinikmati. Salah satunya adalah Kampung Komodo. Warga nelayan di pantai timur Pulau Komodo itu bisa hidup berdampingan dengan reptil purba ganas tersebut. RUKIN FIRDA, Labuan Bajo Nama kampung dan binatang itu memang sama karena memiliki kisah yang berkaitan dan tidak terpisahkan. Lokasi kampung tersebut sekitar satu jam berjalan kaki menyusur pantai dari Loh (Teluk) Liang. Loh Liang adalah pintu masuk area Taman Nasional Komodo yang berada di Pulau Komodo. Speed boat dari dermaga Loh Liang bisa mencapai kampung tersebut dalam waktu 45 menit. Kampung bernama resmi Desa Komodo itu masuk wilayah Kecamatan Komodo, Kabupaten Manggarai Barat (Manggar), Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT). Desa yang terdiri atas Dusun 01 dan Dusun 02 itu dihuni 374 KK (kepala keluarga) yang meliputi 1.368 jiwa. Laki-lakinya 681 orang, perempuannya 687, papar Kepala Desa Komodo Haji Adam yang baru sekitar setahun menjabat. Warga setempat, terutama yang asli kelahiran kampung tersebut, yakin komodo adalah leluhur mereka. Sebelum manusia mendiami pulau itu, ceritanya, sudah ada binatang seperti itu dengan bentuk yang lebih menyeramkan dan ganas. Matanya liar, kulitnya kemerah-merahan, dan jari kakinya empat, tutur Adam. Yang dikenal sebagai komodo saat ini berjari lima pada tiap kakinya. Menurut legenda masyarakat kampung tersebut, komodo adalah salah satu di antara anak kembar Ompu (ibu) Majo, leluhur warga Kampung Komodo. Kembaran lainnya adalah Epa yang berwujud manusia perempuan. Yang berbentuk binatang itu berkelamin laki-laki dan dipanggil sebai, tambah Adam. Sebai dalam bahasa lokal berarti sebelah atau kembaran. Karena itu, warga Kampung Komodo lebih mengenal binatang itu dengan sebutan sebai atau ora. Nama ora diberikan oleh para pendatang yang ketika baru menginjakkan kaki di pulau tersebut disambut binatang itu dengan posisi mendongak. Dari kejauhan terlihat seperti orang yang sedang berdiri. Mereka lantas menyebutnya ora yang maksudnya seperti orang, kata Adam, yang pernah kuliah di sebuah perguruan tinggi di Kupang, NTT, itu. Nama Komodo berasal dari Modo, etnis yang pertama mendiami kampung tersebut. Modo adalah etnis yang suka berpindah-pindah karena tidak disukai warga etnis lain yang bertetangga dengan mereka. Modo, menurut Adam, bermakna mudah. Kata itu menggambarkan karakteristik etnis tersebut yang terkesan seenaknya sendiri. Mereka, misalnya, dengan seenaknya sendiri mengambil milik orang lain. Mereka juga tidak bersahabat. Makanya, banyak yang tidak suka sehingga mereka harus berpindah-pindah, tambah Adam. Setelah beberapa kali berpindah tempat terakhir di Sape, Bima, Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) mereka menetap di pulau tersebut. Lantas, pulau itu pun dikenal dengan nama Komodo. Ko berarti tempat. Jadi, Komodo bermakna tempat etnis Modo tinggal, katanya. Keyakinan bahwa ora adalah saudara kembar warga Kampung Komodo juga disebabkan adanya kedekatan emosional di antara mereka. Warga Komodo sepertinya tidak bisa dipisahkan dari binatang tersebut. Ketika Pulau Komodo ditetapkan sebagai taman nasional pada 1980, muncul rencana untuk merelokasi warga Kampung Komodo ke Sape di Bima, Nusa Tenggara Barat. Warga menolak rencana tersebut. Mengapa harus pindah dari sini. Di sini tempat kami mencari ikan. Orang Sape, Labuan Bajo, bahkan Makassar juga mencari ikan di sini. Kalau dipindah, di mana kami mencari ikan? kata Rafiah, istri nelayan setempat. Di tengah rencana dan penolakan itu, ora seperti menghilang. Tidak seekor pun terlihat muncul. Padahal, biasanya mereka berkeliaran di halaman rumah warga. Ora baru kembali terlihat setelah rencana relokasi itu dibatalkan dan warga Kampung Komodo tetap tinggal di desa mereka sampai sekarang. Adalah hal biasa melihat ora berkeliaran di antara rumah-rumah di Kampung Komodo. Juga di halaman satu-satunya sekolah di kampung tersebut, ketika anak-anak sekolah bermain di waktu jam istirahat. Tidak ada ketakutan pada anak-anak kampung komodo terhadap binatang itu. Padahal, masing-masing sudah diingatkan orang tuanya agar tidak terlalu dekat dan berhati-hati terhadap binatang itu. Cukup kita halau lemparan batu kecil, kata Riswan, bocah kelas V SD Negeri Komodo, yang tahun ini naik ke kelas VI. Meski pernah terjadi seorang anak diterkam komodo, warga setempat pun tetap berniat untuk tidak meninggalkan pulau itu. Anak tersebut diterkam saat buang air besar di pinggir hutan, menghadap pantai. Dia tidak melihat ketika ada komodo di belakangnya, tutur Adam. Komodo tersebut diduga tergoda bau kotoran bocah itu yang bisa jadi mirip bangkai. Penciuman komodo memang peka terhadap darah dan bangkai. Secara umum, warga Kampung Komodo jauh
[wanita-muslimah] Bom di Jakarta
Saya heran dengan orang yang melakukan pengeboman ini, apa sih maunya. Kalau memang tidak suka dengan pemerintahan Indonesia kenapa hotel yang harus dibom. Kalau begini masyarakat yang tidak bersalah yang kena dan orang2 Indonesia sendiri yang jadi korbannya. Wahai para teroris, bertobatlah dan jangan berbuat kejahatan lagi. Semoga keluarga korban pengeboman ini tabah menerima cobaan ini. Dan saya berharap kawan2 yang ikut dalam milis ini bila memberi komentar hendaknya bertutur kata yang sopanlah. Milis ini kan islami dan islam itukan agama yang rahmatan lil alamin. Bagi yang tidak sependapat dengan isi milis ya berikanlah pendapat atau komentar yang baik, jangan mencaci maki. Semoga kita menjadi orang2 yang disayang Allah. Amn
[wanita-muslimah] Jakarta blasts: JI leader suspected
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/07/200971813225334836.html Saturday, July 18, 2009 19:16 Mecca time, 16:16 GMT Jakarta blasts: JI leader suspected Noordin Top is wanted in connection with several bomb attacks in Indonesia [File, EPA] A former leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, the armed Islamist group, is suspected by security officials of being behind the suicide bombings on two hotels in Indonesia that have left nine people dead. Yesterday's attacks on the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotel were 100 per cent handled and controlled by Noordin Mohammed Top, Surya Dharma, the former head of Indonesia's anti-terror intelligence force, said on Saturday. Five foreign nationals - three Australians, a New Zealander and a Singaporean - were among the nine dead in Friday's bombings. More than 50 people were injured. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, he said there was evidence pointing to Malaysian-born Top being behind the attacks. Dharma tracked Noordin for six years until his intelligence unit was dismantled by the Indonesian government. Civilians targeted Ansyaad Mbai, Indonesia's security ministry's anti-terror desk chief, also blamed Noordin, whose group broke-away from Jemaah Islamiyah after an alleged falling out with the group's leadership over the targeting of civilians. In depth Video: Witness to Jakarta bombing Video: Jakarta blast caught on tape Indonesia's war on Jemaah Islamiyah Survivors describe blast panic President vows to catch bombers Timeline: Indonesia bombings There are strong indications that Noordin Top's group is behind the attacks because the bombs were hand-made and the tactic was suicide bombings, Mbai said, adding they have been methods used by Top in the past. The suicide bombings at the hotels in the Indonesia capital are the fourth attacks allegedly masterminded by Noordin in the country. He is thought to have been behind the attacks on the Jakarta Marriott in 2003, the Australian embassy in 2004 and on a series of restaurants in Bali in 2005 in which more than 20 people were killed. Sidney Jones, of the International Crisis Group, told Al Jazeera that one of the prime suspects has to be Noordin Top. The police were actively looking for him just last week in a town in central Java where they found explosives similar to those used in the hotels [attacks], she said. Maximum devastation They have been close on the trail of some of these people in the past and I am sure we will see a wave of arrests in the aftermath of this bombing. The equipment found in the raid last week on an Islamic boarding school in Central Java, carried out as part of the hunt for Noordin, was said by police to be the same as those used in Friday's attack. The bombs are thought to have been brought fully assembled into the hotels, despite airport-style security measures and were packed with nails, ball-bearings, nuts and bolts to maximise the devastation. Police said the bombs were identical to ones previously used in Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) attacks, but the group has denied involvement in the recent attacks. Foreigners killed Jibril, a long-time member of JI, told Al Jazeera that his organisation was not involved in the attacks. JI is an organisation with a very clear goal - we don't fight against an enemy who is not targeting Muslims, he told Al Jazeera. Indonesia is not a country attacking Muslims, so we don't commit attacks here. Investigators are sifting through body parts and other forensic evidence, attempting to identify the bombers involved in the attacks. Police say there were three suicide bombers involved in the attack, and DNA evidence, including a severed head, are under examination. The bombers are said to have posed as guests at the hotels, checking in two days before the attacks. Security increased Security video from the hotel shows a man with a suitcase and backpack entering the hotel restaurant shortly before an explosion. Police have not confirmed whether the man is a suspect. Over 50 people, many of them foreigners, were wounded in the attack [AFP] Speaking to Al Jazeera, the head of security at the Marriott said: We had two security officers who saw this man ... carrying a big back pack on [his front]. [When questioned] he said I'm going to see my boss ... [but] couldn't come up with the name and he just kept walking. He moved forward five metres and the bomb detonated. General Bambang Hendarso Danuri, Indonesia's national police chief, called on hotels and shopping malls across
[wanita-muslimah] Clear calls from the NAM
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/956/fr1.htm 16 - 22 July 2009 Issue No. 956 Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Clear calls from the NAM The leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement called for guarantees of peace and security, the end of economic injustice and improved bilateral ties at their summit meeting held in Sharm El-Sheikh this week, reports Dina Ezzat Click to view caption Cuban President Raul Castro, Mubarak and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon at the NAM Summit -- The 15th summit meeting of the Non- Aligned Movement (NAM), held in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh this week, saw the leaders of the 118-member organisation meeting for two days of discussions during which issues of particular interest to this grouping of mostly developing countries were discussed, including threats to global peace and stability, an end to global economic injustice and improved bilateral ties. The prime ministers of India and Pakistan, Manmohan Singh and Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, are to meet today on the fringes of the meeting to discuss the tensions that have existed between the neighbouring countries since the Mumbai attacks last November, which were blamed by the Indian authorities on Pakistan. However, this bilateral meeting is only one of many convening on the fringes of the NAM summit. Many member countries of the organisation are divided by significant political disagreements, and on the eve of this week's summit, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit and his Iranian counterpart Menochaher Mutaki met briefly in what was being seen as a significant encounter in view of the sometimes barely masked hostility between Egypt and Iran. Egypt currently holds the rotating presidency of the NAM, taking over from the outgoing president, Cuba. In 2012, Egypt will pass on the presidency of the organisation to Iran, making it crucial that Egypt and Iran are able to cooperate on important issues. Yet, for many diplomats attending the summit, which opened yesterday and is scheduled to close today, there may be few gains from the two days of meetings of this organisation that is sometimes seen as a hangover from the decades immediately following World War II. However, if the NAM still has a function in today's world it may be that this is related to its ability to bring leaders who might otherwise be at loggerheads with each other together in an atmosphere of generally shared values. Coordinating positions among like-minded states within this body of nations is a key objective of the regular summit meetings, and, as President Hosni Mubarak noted in his opening speech at the meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh yesterday, it was important that the member states of the NAM coordinate their policies on serious challenges to peace and stability, including terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the current financial crisis and climate change. It was only through such cooperation, Mubarak said, that developing countries could have a real say in global decision-making on issues including world trade and the global environment. As Cuban leader Raoul Castro, also at the summit, noted, if the developing countries fail to take advantage of the umbrella provided by the NAM and other similar organisations, then they had better be prepared to pay the bill for global decisions tailored to fit the interests of developed countries. Despite the NAM's sometimes venerable aspect, the organisation remains relevant in today's world, though perhaps in a different way to its heyday in the 1950s and 60s. This explains why membership of the organisation has steadily increased from fewer than 39 member states in 1961 to over 100 today. Present members of the NAM include 53 African countries, 38 countries from Asia and 28 from Latin America. The secretary- general of the UN and the secretary-general of the Arab League both attended this week's NAM summit meeting. In a statement to the summit, UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-Moon appealed to members of the NAM to patch up any differences that may exist among member states, in order that they may be better equipped to deal with the present international financial crisis and the dangers of climate change. In his speech to the summit, Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa called for greater cooperation among NAM member states to help remedy the kinds of global injustice that have often forced developing nations to pay a heavy bill for policies that serve the interests of developed countries. The Palestinian cause was also a key issue in many of the statements made during the opening session of the summit. Mubarak, Castro and other speakers all stressed the need for a fair and comprehensive settlement of the
[wanita-muslimah] An Unfinished Revolution
Nicaragua An Unfinished Revolution click http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/2009/07/2009717143152209821 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] A new NAM
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/956/in2.htm 16 - 22 July 2009 Issue No. 956 Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 A new NAM Where is the Non-Aligned Movement going, asks Tarek El-Sheikh Two years ago to be exact, the storms and thunder of the neocons were engulfing the world and then US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice told India to forget about the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). She told the US-India Business Council that NAM, which India led, has lost its meaning and India should move beyond old ways of thinking and build on the future of Indo-US relations. Rice said NAM might have made sense during the Cold War, but she asked what it meant when people of every race and culture were embracing political and economic liberty. NAM is an international organisation of 118 states which consider themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. India was a main founding member of the movement along with Egypt and the former Yugoslavia. The Indian government reacted to Rice's comments equivocally. There is no apparent contradiction in expanding cooperation and democracy in the world and the Non-Aligned Movement, said then external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee. With the preparations underway for the 15th NAM Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh 11-16 July, Indian VP Hamed Ansary stressed that the organisation was as vital as ever: The basic agenda remains the same. We need a more equitable relationship between the developed and developing countries, though he added, the issues we were talking about in the 1950s and 60s are not the issues we are talking about today. Ministry of External Affairs Secretary N Ravi said: NAM member countries have had varied experiences and have the opportunity to use them to build a framework for closer cooperation on the level of South-South. Today's world is very intensely interconnected, travel has become extremely common. Defence analyst Arvvind Gupta calls for NAM to be less confrontational and for it to help usher in a new world order addressing climate change, water and food security and justice. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Father Still Searching for Son After Blast
http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/father-still-searching-for-son-after-blast/318939 July 18, 2009 Muninggar Sri Saraswati Father Still Searching for Son After Blast Victor Mokodompis, 65, could not hide his disappointment on Saturday when he still could not get any information about the whereabouts of his son, Evert Mokodompis, who was working at the JW Marriott Hotel on Friday when it was struck by a suicide bomber. I've visited five hospitals to find him... or his body, he told reporters at Sukanto Police Hospital in East Jakarta. Victor said that the hotel management said Evert, 33, was among the victims. Evert worked at the hotel's buffet in the restaurant where the bombing took place. But Victor still has no certainty about his son's fate. I still have no information about him, he said. Evert escaped a bomb attack at the same hotel in 2003 because he had a day off work when the blast took place. Searching the hospital was the father's last hope, as some bodies are still being identified. We can not determine when the identification process will finish. It depends on the conditions of the corpses and the body parts, said Brig. Gen. Edi SP, the head of the National Police medical and health unit. Edi called on families, relatives and friends of the victims to help with identifying the corpses to speed up the process. They usually know small details such as scars or tattoos, he said. Brig. Gen. Aidi Rawas, the hospital director, said that the identification process could take up to three months. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Left is wrong on Iran
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/956/op5.htm 16 - 22 July 2009 Issue No. 956 Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Left is wrong on Iran Who are and who promoted these leftist intellectuals who question the social uprising of the people in Iran, asks Hamid Dabashi* When a political groundswell like the Iranian presidential election of June 2009 and its aftermath happen, the excitement and drama of the moment expose not just our highest hopes but also our deepest fault lines, most troubling moral flaws, and the dangerous political precipice we face. Over the decades I have learned not to expect much from what passes for the left in North America and/or Western Europe when it comes to the politics of what their colonial ancestry has called the Middle East. But I do expect much more when it comes to our own progressive intellectuals -- Arabs, Muslims, South Asians, Africans and Latin Americans. This is not a racial bifurcation, but a regional typology along the colonial divide. By and large this expectation is apt and more often than not met. The best case in point is the comparison between what Azmi Bishara has offered about the recent uprising in Iran and what Slavoj Zizek felt obligated to write. Whereas Bishara's piece (with aspects of which I have had reason to disagree) is predicated on a detailed awareness of the Iranian scene, accumulated over the last 30 years of the Islamic Republic and even before, Zizek's (the conclusion of which I completely disagree with) is entirely spontaneous and impressionistic, predicated on as much knowledge about Iran as I have about the mineral composition of the planet Jupiter. The examples can be multiplied by many, when we add to what Azmi Bishara has written pieces by Mustafa El-Labbad and Galal Nassar, for example, and compare them to the confounded blindness of Paul Craig Roberts, Anthony DiMaggio, Michael Veiluva, James Petras, Jeremy Hammond, Eric Margolis, and many others. While people closest to the Iranian scene write from a position of critical intimacy, and with a healthy dose of disagreement, those farthest from it write with an almost unanimous exposure of their constitutional ignorance, not having the foggiest idea what has happened in that country over the last 30 years, let alone the last 200 years, and then having the barefaced chutzpah to pontificate one thing or another -- or worse, to take more than 70 million human beings as stooges of the CIA and puppets of the Saudis. Let me begin by stating categorically that in principle I share the fundamental political premise of the left, its weariness of US imperial machination, of major North American and Western European media (but by no means all of them) by and large missing the point on what is happening around the globe, or even worse seeing things from the vantage point of their governmental cues, which they scarcely question. It has been but a few months since we have come out of the nightmare of the Bush presidency, or the combined chicaneries of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and John Ashcroft, or of the continued calamities of the war on terror. Iran is still under the threat of a military strike by Israel, or at least more severe economic sanctions, similar to those that are responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis during the Clinton administration. Iraq and Afghanistan are burning, Gaza is in utter desolation, Northern Pakistan is in deep humanitarian crisis, and Israel is stealing more Palestinian lands every day. With all his promises and pomp and ceremonies, President Obama is yet to show in any significant and tangible way his change of course in the region from that of the previous administration. The US Congress, prompted by AIPAC (the American Israel Political Affairs Committee), pro-war vigilantes lurking in the halls of power in Washington DC, and Israeli warlords and their propaganda machinery in the US, are all excited about the events in Iran and are doing their damnedest to turn them to their advantage. The left, indeed, has reason to worry. But having principled positions on geopolitics is one thing, being blind and deaf to a massive social movement is something entirely different, as being impervious to the flagrant charlatanism of an upstart demagogue like Ahmadinejad. The sign and the task of a progressive and agile intelligence is to hold on to core principles and seek to incorporate mass social uprising into its modus operandi. My concern here is not with that retrograde strand in the North American or Western European left that is siding with Ahmadinejad and against the masses of millions of Iranians daring the draconian security apparatus of the Islamic Republic. They are a lost cause, and frankly no one could care less what they think of the world. What does concern me is when an
[wanita-muslimah] Violence flares anew in Tehran
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4section=0article=124668d=18m=7y=2009pix=world.jpgcategory=World Saturday 18 July 2009 (25 Rajab 1430) Violence flares anew in Tehran Agencies TEHRAN: In apparent defiance of Iran's supreme leader, former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani declared the Islamic Republic in crisis after a disputed election, and tens of thousands of protesters used Friday prayers to stage the biggest show of dissent for weeks. Clashes erupted in central Tehran between police and followers of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who still contests official results that showed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been re-elected by a wide margin. Police fired tear gas and beat supporters of Mousavi in Keshavarz Boulevard, a witness said, adding that protesters were carrying hundreds of green banners - Mousavi's campaign color - and chanting Ahmadinejad, resign, resign. One witness said policemen smashed the windows of several cars whose drivers were sounding their horns, a tactic adopted by protesters. In his sermon broadcast live on radio nationwide, Rafsanjani said many Iranians had doubts about the official result of the June 12 vote. I hope with this sermon we can pass through this period of hardships that can be called a crisis, said the influential politician, leading prayers for the first time since the poll. Rafsanjani did not go as far as Mousavi and reformist candidate Mehdi Karoubi in denouncing the conduct of the vote, but his remarks still posed a clear challenge to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has upheld the election result and accused foreign powers of fomenting the unrest. Some religious leaders also support Ahmadinejad, but others, including Grand Ayatollahs Yusof Saanei and Hossein Ali Montazeri, have criticized the authorities. Rafsanjani, who heads the Assembly of Experts - a powerful body that can in theory dismiss the supreme leader - attacked the way authorities had handled the poll and its aftermath. When people are not in the scene and their votes are not there, that government is not Islamic, he said, referring to opposition charges of vote-rigging. Today is a bitter day. Rafsanjani also demanded the immediate release of people detained in the unrest and called for press curbs to be relaxed. Some of his own relatives, including his daughter Faezeh, were arrested briefly for joining pro-Mousavi rallies. Karoubi came under attack from men in plainclothes on his way to the prayers, according to his son Hossein and Fars news agency. Among those arrested was leading lawyer and women's rights campaigner Shadi Sadr. Shadi called me from an unknown location and said she was arrested by plainclothes officials who forcefully got her into a car, Hossein Nilchian, her husband, said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[wanita-muslimah] Re: Ledakan di Jakarta?
kok ndak protes sama istilah red devils/setan merah? Emang emyu = tidak ada yg jujur dan santun? Kok ndak konsisten yah protesnya? --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, jano ko ko_j...@... wrote: Ada berita : btw, biar lebih jelas, yg gw maksud setan kuning = orba jilid satu, setan biru = orba jilid sekarang, setan ijo = nurdin tob dan jaringannya. --- Janoko : Hm...engga habis pikir, didalam Orba itu juga banyak orang Islamnya yang jujur dan santun, koq bisa ya seseorang manusia yang mengaku Islam mengatakan saudaranya s..t n. Kasihan sekali. Janoko. Note : Janoko masih ndlongob ( mulut terbuka lebar ) membaca tulisan tersebut. -o0o- --- On Sat, 18/7/09, ritajkt rita...@... wrote: From: ritajkt rita...@... Subject: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Ledakan di Jakarta? To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, 18 July, 2009, 12:24 PM iya mbak, itu posting kemarin yg gw komentarin, mohon maaf for the (black) humor in this grieving period... btw, biar lebih jelas, yg gw maksud setan kuning = orba jilid satu, setan biru = orba jilid sekarang, setan ijo = nurdin tob dan jaringannya. ikut belasungkawa, rita --- In wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com, Mia aldiy@ wrote: Bom bunuh diri itu sudah confirm, kan? Artinya motifnya kekerasan atas nama agama. Pak DWS bukannya bilang nggak make sense bom bunuh diri itu karena politik pilpres, atau yang lain bilang kasus freeport. Saya menambahkan kalau bunuh diri itu sudah confirm, motif lain gugur. Psikologisnya adalah, dalam human tragedy reaksi kita bisa macem2, justru karena pelakunya kita sendiri terhadap sesama, kita jatuh pada black humor. Saya kaget juga denger pidatonya pak SBY, tapi yah he is entitled to his own opinion, (yang sekaligus menunjukkan kualitasnya ternyata sampe di situ saja). Atas kejadian ini kalo nggak salah baca, rasanya kemarin reaksi kita di dunia nyata nggak seperti dulu, artinya tetep ada semacam keyakinan bahwa everything will be alright. Tapi yang mengagetkan bagi saya justru komentar beberapa pejabat, termasuk SBY, yang kemudian mengundang reaksi lain. Kesimpulan saya sbb: - Ummat Islam masih dalam tahap denial, dan itu mengeras dan menyusup kemana-mana. Ini memang masalahnya ummat Islam sedunia, dan kronis. - Militerism adalah masalah lokal Indonesia, dimana fraksi2 itu memainkan kartu Islam untuk kepentingan mereka. Ini termasuk masalah good governance, masalah lokal Indonesia. Say no to violence! salam Mia --- In wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com, ritajkt ritajkt@ wrote: Indonesia unite, ayo yang twitteran, let's join #Indonesiaunite# against terrorism! (tapi gw jg belum ngeh sih gimana caranya :)) Bener kata kawan-kawan semua, bener kata mas Ary, jangan jadi chaos dan kemakan sama terornya si teroris. Kita kudu tetep tenang dan melanjutkan aktivitas sambil terus waspada, kalo ada tetangga baru, harus cek asal usulnya dsb. Tapi bener juga kok sinyalemen Pak Irwan, buktinya hari ini gak ada yg sempet ngelanjutin nulis soal IFES dan KPU, padahal kemarin kan lagi enak-enaknya menelanjangi IFES yang ternyata kantornya cuman segede kamar gw (bayangkan, lembaga ini yg menguasai data Pemilu 170 juta rakyat indonesia!), gak ada layar-layar besar memonitor jutaan angka, tapi hanya ada dua laptop di ruang utamanya! Padahal pula, HARI INI, angka tabulasi TIBA-TIBA naik 300%, Ajaib! Tapi yang paling bener ya mas DWS menurut gw, soale dr awal gw curiga ini teroris pasti didukung kompetitornya setan merah yaitu setan biru,ijo, kuning...ups :(( with great pain and condolences, rita --- In wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com, Dwi Soegardi soegardi@ wrote: Lihat di CNN, menurut Polri ada dua orang suicide bombers ... Menyedihkan. Lebih sedih lagi, kalo untuk mengacaukan pemilu saja pake bom bunuh diri. (Menurut teori konspirasi SBY dan IrwanK :( On 7/17/09, sunny ambon@ wrote: Bom bunuh diri? - Original Message - From: donnie damana To: wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 4:36 AM Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Ledakan di Jakarta? teori gensetnya masih diragukan tuh... On Jul 17, 2009, at 9:33 AM, Ari Condro wrote: genset meleduk di ritz carlton (bukan bom) On 7/17/09, Dwi Soegardi soegardi@ wrote: http://www.nytimes. com/aponline/ 2009/07/16/ world/AP- AS-Indonesia- Explosions. html?_r=1 src=twttwt= nytimes Police: Bombs at Jakarta Hotels Kill 4 Foreigners http://megapolitan. kompas.com/
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Ledakan di Jakarta?
hanya feeling om...put melihat dari kacamata seorang anak kecil aja BIN semakin digenjot setelah kasus Freeport (dan jelas itu bukan bom bunuh diri) kasus JW marriot hanya pengalihan sesaat untuk melupakan masyarakat dunia tentang freeport dan reputasi-reputasi lain BIN kita. I dont know its true or not. Menurut putri sih teroris tidak akan melakukan serangan di tempat yang sama apalagi jaraknya sangat berdekatan dan dalam waktu yang dekat kelihatan sangat kanak-kanak menurut putri seperti seorang anak yang kehilangan mainannya dan menyerang apa saja di dekatnya jelas kasus ini politis banget. ilfiil juga sih ingat perkataan bapak SBY di televisi, tapi put fikir ada benarnya isu...sekecil apapun itu kalau dalam keadaan genting bakal ditanggapi serius... yeah...ini sekali lagi menurut putri jelas ini bukan kerjaan JI, Al Qaidah atau siapa yang mereka anggap teroris selama ini :putri --- On Fri, 7/17/09, Wikan Danar Sunindyo wikan.da...@gmail.com wrote: From: Wikan Danar Sunindyo wikan.da...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Ledakan di Jakarta? To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 8:44 AM gak ada hubungannya kenapa putri bisa berpikir seperti itu? salam, -- wikan 2009/7/17 izzuddin al qassam wanitaacehtangguh@ yahoo.com: nggak tau kenapa put berfikir ini ada hubungannya sama kasus penembakan di freeport yang masih diusut BIN menurut om-om disini gimana? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Ledakan di Jakarta?
kok ndak protes sama istilah red devils/setan merah? Emang emyu = tidak ada yg jujur dan santun? Kok ndak konsisten yah protesnya? --- Janoko : Mulut janoko makin besar ndlongobnya dan kepala janoko makin mengeras. Salam bingun. -o0o- --- On Sun, 19/7/09, ritajkt rita...@yahoo.com wrote: From: ritajkt rita...@yahoo.com Subject: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Ledakan di Jakarta? To: wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, 19 July, 2009, 8:59 AM kok ndak protes sama istilah red devils/setan merah? Emang emyu = tidak ada yg jujur dan santun? Kok ndak konsisten yah protesnya? --- In wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com, jano ko ko_j...@... wrote: Ada berita : btw, biar lebih jelas, yg gw maksud setan kuning = orba jilid satu, setan biru = orba jilid sekarang, setan ijo = nurdin tob dan jaringannya. --- Janoko : Hm...engga habis pikir, didalam Orba itu juga banyak orang Islamnya yang jujur dan santun, koq bisa ya seseorang manusia yang mengaku Islam mengatakan saudaranya s..t n. Kasihan sekali. Janoko. Note : Janoko masih ndlongob ( mulut terbuka lebar ) membaca tulisan tersebut. -o0o- --- On Sat, 18/7/09, ritajkt rita...@... wrote: From: ritajkt rita...@... Subject: [wanita-muslimah] Re: Ledakan di Jakarta? To: wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com Date: Saturday, 18 July, 2009, 12:24 PM iya mbak, itu posting kemarin yg gw komentarin, mohon maaf for the (black) humor in this grieving period... btw, biar lebih jelas, yg gw maksud setan kuning = orba jilid satu, setan biru = orba jilid sekarang, setan ijo = nurdin tob dan jaringannya. ikut belasungkawa, rita --- In wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com, Mia aldiy@ wrote: Bom bunuh diri itu sudah confirm, kan? Artinya motifnya kekerasan atas nama agama. Pak DWS bukannya bilang nggak make sense bom bunuh diri itu karena politik pilpres, atau yang lain bilang kasus freeport. Saya menambahkan kalau bunuh diri itu sudah confirm, motif lain gugur. Psikologisnya adalah, dalam human tragedy reaksi kita bisa macem2, justru karena pelakunya kita sendiri terhadap sesama, kita jatuh pada black humor. Saya kaget juga denger pidatonya pak SBY, tapi yah he is entitled to his own opinion, (yang sekaligus menunjukkan kualitasnya ternyata sampe di situ saja). Atas kejadian ini kalo nggak salah baca, rasanya kemarin reaksi kita di dunia nyata nggak seperti dulu, artinya tetep ada semacam keyakinan bahwa everything will be alright. Tapi yang mengagetkan bagi saya justru komentar beberapa pejabat, termasuk SBY, yang kemudian mengundang reaksi lain. Kesimpulan saya sbb: - Ummat Islam masih dalam tahap denial, dan itu mengeras dan menyusup kemana-mana. Ini memang masalahnya ummat Islam sedunia, dan kronis. - Militerism adalah masalah lokal Indonesia, dimana fraksi2 itu memainkan kartu Islam untuk kepentingan mereka. Ini termasuk masalah good governance, masalah lokal Indonesia. Say no to violence! salam Mia --- In wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com, ritajkt ritajkt@ wrote: Indonesia unite, ayo yang twitteran, let's join #Indonesiaunite# against terrorism! (tapi gw jg belum ngeh sih gimana caranya :)) Bener kata kawan-kawan semua, bener kata mas Ary, jangan jadi chaos dan kemakan sama terornya si teroris. Kita kudu tetep tenang dan melanjutkan aktivitas sambil terus waspada, kalo ada tetangga baru, harus cek asal usulnya dsb. Tapi bener juga kok sinyalemen Pak Irwan, buktinya hari ini gak ada yg sempet ngelanjutin nulis soal IFES dan KPU, padahal kemarin kan lagi enak-enaknya menelanjangi IFES yang ternyata kantornya cuman segede kamar gw (bayangkan, lembaga ini yg menguasai data Pemilu 170 juta rakyat indonesia!), gak ada layar-layar besar memonitor jutaan angka, tapi hanya ada dua laptop di ruang utamanya! Padahal pula, HARI INI, angka tabulasi TIBA-TIBA naik 300%, Ajaib! Tapi yang paling bener ya mas DWS menurut gw, soale dr awal gw curiga ini teroris pasti didukung kompetitornya setan merah yaitu setan biru,ijo, kuning...ups :(( with great pain and condolences, rita --- In wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com, Dwi Soegardi soegardi@ wrote: Lihat di CNN, menurut Polri ada dua orang suicide bombers ... Menyedihkan. Lebih sedih lagi, kalo untuk mengacaukan pemilu saja pake bom bunuh diri. (Menurut teori konspirasi SBY dan IrwanK :( On 7/17/09, sunny ambon@ wrote: Bom bunuh diri? - Original Message - From: donnie damana To: wanita-muslimah@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 4:36 AM Subject: Re: [wanita-muslimah] Ledakan di Jakarta? teori gensetnya masih diragukan tuh... On Jul
