1…………> 911 Recap: 15 years later
911 co-conspirator Ammar Al-Baluchi, who is accused of assisting the suspected perpetrators of the September 11 attacks, continues to be tortured even after receiving degrading treatment for more than three years at various CIA “black sites,” Nils Melzer, UN special rapporteur on torture charged in recent report.
“Mr. al-Baluchi has been held in isolation at a severely restricted-access facility at Guantanamo Bay for more than a decade. In addition to the long-term effects of past torture, noise and vibrations are reportedly still being used against him, resulting in constant sleep deprivation and related physical and mental disorders, for which he allegedly does not receive adequate medical attention,” Mr. Melzer said continued, urging the United States to end its torture of detainees held at the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
The interesting question Mr. Melzer needs to answer is who has ever mentioned the 250,000 NY Yorkers who still suffer sleepless nights and nightmares, decades after the terror that struck their peaceful city, including my then 20 years old son who had PTSD and irregular heart beat for over 10 years.
2…………> Welcome To Camel Hospital: Dubai
If you and your personal camels are completely drawn out and exhausted by traveling through the hot, dry and endless Middle East deserts, help is on the way: A new $10.9 million camel hospital has been opened in Dubai with state-of-the-art equipment especially made for them.
Director of the hospital Mohamed Al Bulooshi said “There are a lot of equine hospitals because horses have existed for centuries as have their races but for camels, no.”
3…………> New Cult Of Personality: Xi Institutes
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has approved the establishment of 10 research institutes to study and interpret Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
Xi Jinping “Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” was introduced at the 19th CPC National Congress in October and listed as a part of the guiding ideology for the CPC in its amended Constitution.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-12/14/c_136826404.htm
4…………> Ready For Exodus: China
Multiple refugee camps capable of holding large numbers of asylum seekers fleeing potential disaster on the Korean Peninsula are to start popping up in Chinese county bordering North Korea, according to the blogging site Weibo.
A leaked telecommunications report details plans for five refugee camps on the border.
“As the situation on the North Korean border intensifies, the Changbai County Government[on the border with North Korea] is preparing to build five refugee camps,” the document memo reads.
“As required of Changbai County Government, the local China Mobile branch will be responsible for ensuring the full functionality of mobile signals and communication networks in the region.”
5…………> Salma’s Personal Monster: Weinsten
Absolutely gorgeous Hollywood star Salma Hayek did not manage to escape the charms of Harvey Weinstein, in fact her refusals of massages, showers and sex enraged him during the many films she made for him.
“For years, he was my monster. I don’t think he hated anything more than the word ‘no’. He would turn up at [my] door at all hours of the night, hotel after hotel, location after location,” Hayek said in her account of Weinstein’s alleged abuse and harassment.
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