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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (20076)	1/28/2007 9:10:00 PM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 32591

Interesting post! Whatever has happened to the US-India military alliance and US promise to help India with the latest nuclear technology? No doubt that promise was intended as a "threat" to the rising power of China. Is India accepting Russian aid and cooperation in nuclear technology because the US is too slow to act on its promise? Or because India is showing its mistrust and/or defiance of the US? Is Russia helping India because it hopes India might be induced to "share" with Russia the latest technology it gets from the US? .

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (20076)	2/1/2007 7:23:50 AM
From: Scoobah	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32591

Time for the English Aliyah to begin!: Study: Anti-Semitic attacks hit record level in Britain in 2006 By Reuters LONDON - Anti-Semitic attacks reached record levels in Britain last year and peaked during the conflict in Lebanon, a study showed Thursday. Race hate incidents - ranging from death threats to physical assault - rose by more than 30 percent to almost 600. "These are the worst figures we have had in the 23 years since we have been monitoring it," said Mark Gardner of the Community Security Trust, which advises Britain's estimated 300,000 Jews on safety issues. Advertisement "British Jews are stupidly blamed and randomly attacked over international tensions for which they bear no responsibility," Gardner said. British Jewish leaders say attacks have risen steadily since 2000, with British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks warning that "a tsunami of anti-Semitism" was sweeping across Europe. Gardner said last year's incidents peaked during the month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, adding the spike then was specifically anti-Semitic and not just anger with Israel. He said the trend was mirrored across Europe. "It happens in diaspora communities throughout Europe with any trigger like the Lebanon conflict," he told Reuters. "But it is quite difficult to compare with other countries as the sizes of the Jewish communities are quite different. The situation in France has improved slightly from the days when synagogues were being fire-bombed," he added. Gardner said four of the incidents last year were potentially life-threatening. A Jewish man was stabbed in London, others were beaten with metal bars and broken bottles. "I want to kill all Jews and my name is Hitler," one Arab shouted before punching an Orthodox Jew in the face at a London underground railway station and trying to push him off the platform. Gravestones were desecrated, synagogues daubed with slogans and hate mail sent to a Jewish member of parliament. Gardner said: "This is certainly not comparable with the 1930s or anything remotely like that. But anti-Semitism should be judged by the same standards as any other standards that British citizens enjoy." He said anti-Semitism rose when society faced underlying problems. "Britain is an excellent place to be a Jew but questions are being asked about what the future holds for future generations."