The Kelly affair A haunted man But why did Kelly have to die? Asks the Observer, UK in an exclusive Report about the mysterious death or a biological weapons scientist
Sunday July 20, 2003 The Observer
No one at the Waggon and Horses pub opposite Dr David Kelly's house in the quiet Oxfordshire village of Southmoor saw Britain's leading expert on biological weapons go out at 3pm last Thursday, although they knew him by sight.He stopped in for a drink there occasionally, but was more likely to go to the nearby Hind's Head, where he was a member of the pub cribbage team and where he sometimes ate with his wife, Janice. Even there, though, he was hardly a drinker, sipping a mineral water while others downed pints. Paul Weaver, a local farmer, did see him, however. He greeted Kelly as he strode through the fields north of the A420 close to his home, but there was nothing to indicate he was troubled. 'He smiled and said hello,' Weaver recalled. Kelly's route was a familiar one to the keen rambler, cutting across the gentle rolling countryside of fields and copses that lay between his home village and Longworth, two miles away. It would have taken him at least an hour to walk across the fields, sodden after rain. But in Longworth, too, he passed unnoticed as he tramped through the pretty village that sits on a the crest of a hill. Full Report
Dr Kelly confirmed dead raq intelligence, Report from Channel4 News
Police have confirmed that the body of a man found in the Oxfordshire countryside was that of the scientist caught up in an explosive row between the Government and the BBC over Iraq's weapons capability.David Kelly committed suicide - just days after enduring a grilling from MPs on the foreign affairs committee about his role in a BBC report alleging that 10 Downing Street had `sexed up' an intelligence dossier on Saddam's weapons of mass destruction programme. Full Report
Suicide theory - to silence others from speaking Out?
LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he would take full responsibility if an inquiry finds the government contributed to the suicide of scientist David Kelly - identified Sunday by the British Broadcasting Corp. as its main source in accusing the government of hyping weapons evidence to justify war in Iraq, the Associated Press Reported. LONDON (AP) - Prime Minister Tony Blair said he would take full responsibility if an inquiry finds the government contributed to the suicide of scientist David Kelly - identified Sunday by the British Broadcasting Corp. as its main source in accusing the government of hyping weapons evidence to justify war in Iraq. Full Report
Gulf War Vet admits setting oil-well fires under U N command
DURING the past six years, the American Gulf War Veterans Association has received numerous reports from veterans [as has this website] stating that US forces were responsible for the setting of the oil well fires at the end of the Gulf War. One veteran has now stepped forward and given a detailed account of how he and others in special teams, moved forward of the front, behind enemy lines ahead of US forces, set explosive and incendiary charges on the well heads, and remained hidden until after the charges were remotely detonated and US forces advanced beyond their position. Full Report
U.S. Troops Fix Bayonets Against Iraqi Crowd
NAJAF, Iraq U.S. Marines fixed bayonets on Sunday to disperse an angry crowd of 10,000 Iraqi Shi'ites in the holy cityof Najaf after tempers flared over rumors of U.S. harassment of a
radical cleric. Marchers dispersed after two hours but some of the Shi'ite cleric's supporters warned of an "uprising" in the city if the Americans failed to pull out within three days."If they don't leave, they will face a popular uprising," said Sayed Razak al-Moussawi, an aide to the anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr. Protesters presented the U.S. forces with a list of demands.Iraq Expert Driven to tragic Suicide; UK Mirror
Jul 19 2003
TONY BLAIR'S government was in crisis last night after the apparent suicide of a scientist embroiled in the Iraq WMD controversy.David Kelly - named as the mole who said the case for war was "sexed up" - was found dead in a field yesterday morning.Angry friends said the mild-mannered expert had been left devastated by his treatment at the hands of Labour's spin machine and the Ministry of Defence.Mr Blair was so shaken by the tragedy he immediately ordered a judicial inquiry.The roles of communications director Alastair Campbell and Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon are under scrutiny. Full Report
Is The US Lying About Al-Qaida Captures Too?
Early this year, just when the American public is concerned that war with Iraq will mean a diversion from the war on “terror”, Khalid Sheik Mohammed - a “really big fish” is captured. Too bad the US forgot they had reported his death in October of 2002. Worse yet they then publicized two different faces of Khalid and in an unprecedented Pakistani press conference, journalists were shown film of the arrest but with any missing heads! Even CNN’s Tom Minter didn’t buy into this one.And how can we forget Abu Zubaydah? When the Bush Administration was desperate to show progress after months had gone by with no arrests for September 11 (other than Zacarias Moussaoui who was in custody at the time 911 occurred), Al-Qaida leader Abu Zubaydah is said to be arrested. Curiously, we have never seen a picture of him either other than a much outdated FBI “wanted” picture. Soon afterwards, we have heard how so many “terrorist” attacks have been foiled, based on intelligence provided by Zubaydah, which alone shows a fundamental misunderstanding of Al-Qaida and the allegiance of its members. During his alleged arrest there was a fierce gun battle and our sources claim he was killed during that shoot out. Full Report
Suicide ? What Really Happened?
First off, there was no mention yesterday of either a slashed left wrist or a knife, or the copious amounts of blood which would have to be present from death by slashed wrist. Second, a slashed wrist is not necessarily a suicide, but could easily be a murder made to look like a suicide. Frankly, the flood of "Gee, he was depressed" that preceded the announcement is itself cause for suspicion. Finally, this was a man for whom the ordeal before Parliament was already OVER. He was out of trouble and only months away from retirement. Why would he commit suicide NOW? And why try to commit suicide using the slowest method possible, out on the open, where he might be seen and stopped, as opposed to renting a motel room with a bed and bathtub? How could Kelly know that, once he was unconscious, a passer by might not spot him and call for an ambulance?
Iran rejects report of enriched uranium find
TEHRAN, July 19-- Iran on Saturday denounced a report that International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors had found enriched uranium in environmental samples taken in the country as "suspicious and vague". "This type of forged news is suspicious and vague, since it is up to the IAEA to make comments on this issue, not diplomats who have no accurate information about it," the official IRNA news agency quoted Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi as saying. A western media cited unnamed diplomats as alleging that samplestaken from a nuclear facility in Natanz, central Iran, showed Tehran has been enriching uranium without informing IAEA.
Another US soldier killed in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, July 19 - A US soldier was shot and killed while on a patrol mission in Iraqi's capital Baghdad, the US military confirmed on Saturday. The soldier, from the 1st US Infantry Division, was gunned down by a hostile fire late Friday afternoon, said a spokesman of the US military, who neither announced the name of the victim, nor provided further details of the attack.Full Report
Centre completes first buy back auction of high coupon securities IAEA experts start inspection in Iran Newly-elected Kuwaiti parliament opens first session Dubai e-Government's Marketing Advisory Board reviews new measures to boost usage of eServices
Malayali Hotlier Fatally Stabs Arab Sponsor 
- The Crown Hotel near Sitco office near Sultan Qaboos Mosq Ruwi, Mucat (Click picture for expanded view and more pictures)
MUSCAT - In an unprecedented crime, a Malayali Hotelier has fatally stabbed his Arab sponsor apparently due to some disputes over the management of a middle class restaurant here. Bernard , a Malayali from Wayanad district who has been running the Crown Restaurant and Crown Cafeteria adjacent to the Sultan Qaboos Mosque near SITCO and Gulf Transport Company, has stabbed his Omani sponsor early morning and absconded from the scene. A Keralite Muslim lady, the cashier of the restaurant and wife of Francis, is taken to police custody. The condition of the Omani sponsor is learned to be serious. The lady has got some minor injuries and blood could be spotted inside the restaurant and surrounding areas. According to the Malayali lady's version of the incident, the Arab had allegedly tried to assault her and Francis stabbed him in revenge Full Report
Muscat bound Malayali Passenger found Dead in Kochi
Mahboob, a 50-year-old passenger from Kerala bound for Muscat, was found dead at the Cochin International Airport’s toilet today. According to the airport police, the passenger was scheduled to take the Oman Air flight to Muscat. Mehaboob's son, who had accompanied him from Panoor in the northern Kannur district, said his father was a heart patient. Details awaitied. More News
ISC Send off for K.M. Meena
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More US Soldiers Killed in Iraq
One US soldier was killed and two others wounded on Wednesday in a bomb explosion near a highway west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, US military sources said. The explosion went off about 9 a.m. local time as the supply convoy of the soldiers was passing a wrecked car that had been abandoned along the side of the highway. It was believed that a bomb was planted in the car wreckage. US soldiers in Iraq have come under frequent attacks in recent weeks. The soldier is the 33rd to die in hostile action since US President George W. Bush declared an end to major combat in Iraq on May 1
Join KM Discussion on Minority Politics in Kerala
It is true that the Kerala Minorities are not same as other states' minorities. Here Muslims through caste politics and others through organized way have greater influence on the Kerala social life. Of course other communities have complaints, apprehensions, doubts and feelings. This is a known fact and all other communities agree to that also. Vellalsabha, Deevarasabha, Ishavas, Vellapally, RajaGopal and others have agreed to the statement of Chief Minister. Instead of murmuring and making hue and cry, Muslim league and other organized minorities should try to remove these apprehensions from the minds of other communities. Hawala, illegal Gulf money has reached the hands of NDF and other some extremists groups, which is disturbing the stability of communities.No need to crucify CM for saying one truth More from Advocate Thomas Panicker, Kuwait
Kerala - IUML Adamant as Stalemate Continues
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, July 16: Leaders of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), a strong constituent of Kerala’s Congress-led ruling coalition, today registered strong protest with Congress president Sonia Gandhi against Chief Minister AK Antony’s observations that minority communities were gaining undue share through collective bargaining and migration had resulted in economic imbalances. “We told her that it’s difficult for us to continue this way…unless the fears of the minorities created by the statement is cleared,” IUML national secretary E Ahmed told reporters after the meeting in New Delhi. “I feel that the primary responsibility to clear the atmosphere of mistrust lies with the chief minister. It’s not possible for the present set up to continue in the backdrop of the comments made by the Chief Minister”. More
I as a student of indian school,muladha got toooo many surprise on one day!!!!!!i was really shocked to read the real inside of our principal. I never knew he had done such antisocial things.I always knew him as a person who was having a very bad attitude towards non indians and who followed a very dictatorial type of administration.but i never expected him to do underhand work in removing all the principals.he deserves to be thrown out of the school!!!!and each and every parent should be told the truth!!!!! most of the parents stay in the darkness!!!!!they should be made aware of this fact. - Join the heated debate on Indian School Muladaha Principal versus teachers.More
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Malaysia: Charges against students must be dropped Reporters Without Borders shocked by the death of a photojournalist in Tehran. Reporters Without Borders demands enquiry intowhy jailed woman journalist is in a coma
Kuwait, Iraq to reoperate navigation communication circuits
KUWAIT CITY, July 16-- The ground station to reoperatethe navigation communication circuits between Kuwait and Iraq via a satellite station will resume work next Saturday.Fouzan Al-Fouzan, deputy director of navigation affairs at the Kuwait Civil Aviation, said in a statement that the reoperation is in preparation for the resumption of civil aviation between the twoneighboring countries. More Reports
Iran: An independent inquiry must be opened into the death of Zahra Kazemi
Amnesty International added its voice today to the calls made by Iran's Islamic Human Rights Commission and other international human rights organizations in calling for an independent and thorough investigation into the death in custody of 54-year-old photojournalist Zahra Kazemi on 12 July 2003. More Reports
Kuwaiti FM appointed as new prime minister
KUWAIT CITY, July 13 -- Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah on Sunday appointed former Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah as the emirate's new prime minister, the official KUNA news agency reported. Full Report
Fourteen Dubai government departments are working closely with Dubai eGovernment to integrate their websites with the leading edge solutions provided by the advanced Content Management System. The progress of the implementation of Dubai eGovernment's Content Management System (CMS) for Dubai's portal www.dubai.ae was reviewed at a meeting of the content advisory board held recently at the Dubai Radio and Television offices in Dubai.
Bush points finger at CIA over Iraqi Weapons Documents
The White House has blamed the US Central Intelligence Agency over a false accusation that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Africa. President Bush said on Friday his charge that Iraq had tried to buy nuclear material from Niger had been approved by his "intelligence services", and US national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said the CIA had confirmed the specific wording of the statement. The White House acknowledged this week it had been a mistake to say Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had been trying to get African uranium because documents alleging a transaction between Iraq and Niger were found to have been forged. Full ReportSyria/Lebanon: The authorities must urgently investigate cases of death in custody
LONDON - Following reports on the recent death in Syrian custody of Lebanese national Joseph Huways, and the recent denial of the Syrian authorities of the presence of any Lebanese political detainees in Syria, Amnesty International today called on the Syrian authorities to open an investigation into the case and allow prisoners access to lawyers, families and medical treatment.In a statement carried by the media on 5 July, the Syrian Minister of Interior has denied the presence of any Lebanese political detainees in Syria. More
Fire destroys Malayali House in Muscat
Iran: Student activists and demonstrators must be treated in accordance with international human rights standards Indonesia: New Prisoners of Conscience in the Post-Suharto Era - Community Radio Broadcasting Special Feature Syria: Charges must be dropped against Haytham al-Maleh Stories Read More News from India Indonesia: New Prisoners of Conscience in the Post-Suharto Era
British Government Alerts Citizens about possible Chemical, Biological Weapons Attack in Oman
London -There remains a high threat to British individuals and organisations in the region. Terrorist attacks could involve the use of chemical and biological materials. Following three suicide bombings in Riyadh on 12 May, there remains a high threat of further large or small scale attacks against western interests in the region, announced the UK Government travel advise to its nationals living and travel to Oman. Although no incidents have occurred which directly affected British nationals, we believe that Oman, in common with all the Gulf region, is a place where the threat to British individuals and organisations from terrorism is high. Terrorist attacks in the region could involve the use of chemical and biological materials. Driving at night can be dangerous outside Muscat, as there is a risk of hitting camels that stray on the road. Rental and company vehicles particularly are vulnerable to robbery in the Thumrait, Marmul and Nimr area of Southern Oman. There was a spate of such incidents in 2002 although vehicle theft appears to be the motive and so far victims have been unharmed. People renting cars should take advice on security from hire companies before undertaking travel. Full Report
Government and public sector organizations employ 51% of the IT job placements in the UAE
Nearly 51 per cent of IT recruitment placements in the UAE are absorbed by government and public sector institutions, while Dubai's job market dominates the region by offering 59 per cent of all IT vacancies in the UAE, according to a new market survey.Full Report
Blair Expected the Iraq War to last 125 days - Scandal Of 'Lost' Iraqi POWS - Only 2,000 Are Accounted For Two Huge US Intelligence Centers Go Up In Iraq
Egyptian authorities commended over largest ever raid in the Middle East
July 6, 2003 Police from the Giza Security Department in Egypt have seized nearly two million counterfeit music cassettes in the largest ever music piracy seizure in the Middle East. IFPI, representing the global recording industry, today commended the Egyptian authorities for their commitment to tackling the country's very high level of music piracy. Next to the Lebanon, where the piracy rate is almost 70%, Egypt has one of the highest piracy rates in the Middle East region at about 50%. Full Report and More News
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Grave Medical Mistakes in the Gulf Hospitals
Medical Mistakes - One leading doctor was conducting a complicated neurosurgery on an Omani patient. Everything was going on perfectly until the doctor realized that the tumour in the brain was missing after the patients head was split open. The X-Ray of the patient's skull showed the presence of a major tumour, which was supposed to be removed through surgery. Oh, no it was a mistake. The tumour is in the other side of the brain, pointed out a staff assisting the expert doctor. Now, the doctor had to split open the other side of the patients head and complete the surgery. The doctor is heading the neurology department of a leading Government Hospital in Muscat. Two such incidents have happened in the same hospital and the same doctor. Similarly, a patient who had a major fracture on one of the legs was undergoing a surgery. After splitting open the leg, the doctor could not identify the fracture on the bone, which was clearly shown in the X-Ray. Oh, it was yet another mistake, the doctor was operating the wrong leg. Such incidents are rarely reported in the Gulf media..Watch this space.
Bottled Rectum, not first time
A patient came to the Khoula hospital with a film roll stuck in his rectum. The patient reached the hospital three days after the film went inside his private part. Dont ask how it happened. Doctors admit in private conversations that these accidents happen due to self stimulating sex indulged in by the victims. Badar Al Sama doctor is not the first to do such heroic action of removing a bottle from a patients recutm. Sometimes back a patient in Khoula hospital was treated in the same situation. The patient had a pepsi bottle stuck in his rectum. It was successfully removed using a special technique to expand the flexible rectum muscles.
Localisation in full Swing, but Indian Nursers are prevented from seeking better job opportunities!
Now the UK Hospitals have stopped recruiting Indian nurses from Oman due to strictures from the British Government through local Missions. A few Keralite nurses working in the Government hospitals received a disappointing message that a recruiting agency is unable to select them for nurses job in the UK due to intervention from the concerned ministries. Even though the Government prevented British recruiting agents from conducting interviews within the country, many nurses used to go to Dubai and attend job interviews. Meanwhile, it is learned that nearly 1000 senior expatriate nurses, mainly Keralites are being sacked or terminated. While the Government is officially following this localisation drive, why should it prevent the same people from seeking better chances elsewhere. There is no job security for nurses. Why prevent these people from grabbing the available job openings elsewhere.. Watch this space.
U.S., Indonesian jets in standoff
July 5, 2003 JAKARTA, Indonesia - In a tense encounter above the Java sea, U.S. fighter planes went into attack mode and locked their missiles on Indonesian warplanes deployed to intercept them, an Indonesian air force official said Friday. Rear Air Marshal Wresnowiro said air force radar detected the F-18 Hornet planes maneuvering over Bawean Island off the northern coast of Java island on Thursday. Two Indonesian F-16 fighter jets intercepted the U.S. planes and warned them they were in Indonesian airspace, he said. Full Report
Give me a helping hand?
Dear Sir,
Let me introduce myself as Akhila an eight years old girl from a village of
Kerala in India. I lost my right hand completely in a bus accident on 11th
September 2000.Now I am a one handed girl. My father took me to Pune Artificial Limb Centre for an artificial hand. But they send us back insisting that Indian technology can not help me, and also advised to try in Germany. Living without the right hand for two and half years itself affected my back bone. If the balance of body can not be
maintained by implanting an artificial hand my life would be miserable by
damaging my Spinal Cord. won the Second Rank in National Level for PCM Scholarship recently by writing only one my left hand. I was a right handed girl till I met with my
tragedy. I wish to continue my studies and to get involved in all
Co-Curricular activities like any other child of my age. An artificial hand
is quiet necessary for all my dreams to come true.Full ReportIntelligence chief accuses Blair of 'credibility gap' over WMD
By Paul Lashmar, Andy McSmith and James Morrison06 July 2003
Iraq's missing weapons of mass destruction are opening a dangerous "credibility gap" between the Government and the public, a former intelligence chief has warned. The remarks by Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, former head of the joint intelligence committee, suggest that even if Downing Street wins its row with the BBC, questions about the origins of the Iraq war will remain unanswered. Dame Pauline, who is also a BBC governor, suggested as long as coalition forces fail to uncover chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, questions will be asked about why troops were sent to war. "If you tell people you are going to war because there is an imminent threat to national security, and then in the aftermath nothing is found, it opens up a credibility gap of a kind which is dangerous in a democracy," she said in an interview with BBC News 24.Full Report
myTravelChannel.com and Dnata Holidays partner to offer comprehensive online travel solutions
6 July 2003 - The region's most popular travel website, myTravelChannel.com, today launches the Dnata Holidays' mini-website, offering visitors access to an area dedicated to Dnata Holidays information and special holiday deals. Full Report and More News
The Student Show 2003 to showcase educational opportunities to serve the needs of emerging knowledge-based economies in the GCC region
July 6, 2003
With fifty per cent of the population in most GCC countries estimated to be under 25 years of age, the number of young adults seeking to boost their educational qualifications and strengthen their professional development to adapt to the region's drive towards 'knowledge-based economies' is rapidly increasing. The upcoming 'Student show 2003- the international exhibition of educational options' will offer young students from these countries a plethora of opportunities to explore such educational avenues both regionally and internationally. This is the first Student Show for the region and it will be held from October 22 to 24, 2003 at the Dubai Airport Expo. Full Report and More News
USA: Six named under Military Order: Another backward step for human rights
"The Military Order is a fundamentally flawed document and should be revoked", Amnesty International said. "We deeply regret that the President has taken his country one step closer to running trials that will flout basic standards of justice".The six detainees have been named as people suspected of being members of al-Qa'ida or "otherwise involved in terrorism directed against the United States", according to the Pentagon. This means that they can be held indefinitely without charge or trial under the Military Order or charged and tried in front of military commissions, executive bodies with the power to hand down death sentences. Full Report
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Gulam, Bank Dhofar Malayali Executives Adarsh Madhavan Gulf Journalist in Sathish Madhavan Kairali Programme Adarsh Madhavan's Bottled Rectum Story Cheers Muscat Readers
- " Man, oh, man this one is really getting over the edge. They tried to pull it out and got it in? He must be kidding us. Who is ever going to believe his story? I was laughing throughout the article. This is one big joke," says one response to
- his story in Oman Forum, which has a heated debate on how the 2.5 inch bottle got into the Bangladeshi labourers rectum-. A journalist can not only handle serious issues and enlighten the readers, he can also make hundreds of people laugh throughout the day. This is the first time in the last several years that the newspaper readers are gifted with a light, but serious story. Any journalist in town is following up the bottleneck in the rectum story? It is worth following up how the man ended up in such a critical position? Join the Oman Forum Discussion on the story. There were similar incidents reported. According to one posting ( Omanforum) a man had a cauliflower stuck up his ass and a woman had a tin of furniture polish stuck up her back Click here
