Operation Barbarossa as you've never seen it.
Monday 25 June 2007
Thursday 21 June 2007
The Odyssey
The Odyssey and 2012. What will Armageddon look like?
"Gradually, in a tightening spiral, responses constellate the collective wisdom of what 12/21/12 may portend astronomically, hermetically, spiritually, environmentally, and humanly. Will it be a collective human/terrestrial metanoia, abolishing the illusion of separation and unifying us in a grand telepathic noetic jewel net—a kind of Teilhardian omega point—or, failing that, global apocalyptic destruction?
Rich food for thought!"
Deborah Forman
Eli Israel
Courage to Resist. June 21, 2007
On June 19, Army Spc Eleonai “Eli” Israel put himself at great personal risk by making the courageous decision to refuse further participation in the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Having already served over a year in Iraq, the 26-year-old from Arlington, Virginia told his command that he will no longer be a combatant. Eli is stationed at Camp Victory in Baghdad with JVB Bravo Company, 1-149 Infantry of the Kentucky Army National Guard and intends to seek a discharge as a conscientious objector.
Yesterday, Eli’s urgent message from Baghdad buzzed around the Internet:
I have told them that I will no longer play a ‘combat role’ in this conflict or ‘protect corporate representatives,’ and they have taken this as ‘violating a direct order.’ I may be in jail or worse in the next 24 hours. Please rally whoever you can, call whoever you can, bring as much attention to this as you can. I have no doubt that the military will bury me and hide the whole situation if they can. I'm in big trouble. I'm in the middle of Iraq, surrounded by people who are not on my side. Please help me. Please contact whoever you can, and tell them who I am, so I don't ‘disappear.’
After receiving support and advice from a number of organizations, including Courage to Resist and Iraq Veterans Against the War, Eli has sent this update today:
Thank you for your support. I am currently "OK", thanks in no small part I'm sure to the voices that have spoken up in the name of peace. I don't know what the military's next steps are going to be.....
I have been in Iraq for over a year. I have served in combat. I have been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, for my actions in Combat. I have been recommended for other medals, that I will now probably never see (nor do I want). I regret having ever taken part in a war....
It would have been a lot "easier" for me to simply keep doing combat missions for a couple more weeks, and be done with things. Moral convictions are not based on timing or convenience, and I thank all of you for your being here for me now.
Read more, including Eli's recent blog posts from Iraq
On June 19, Army Spc Eleonai “Eli” Israel put himself at great personal risk by making the courageous decision to refuse further participation in the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Having already served over a year in Iraq, the 26-year-old from Arlington, Virginia told his command that he will no longer be a combatant. Eli is stationed at Camp Victory in Baghdad with JVB Bravo Company, 1-149 Infantry of the Kentucky Army National Guard and intends to seek a discharge as a conscientious objector.
Yesterday, Eli’s urgent message from Baghdad buzzed around the Internet:
I have told them that I will no longer play a ‘combat role’ in this conflict or ‘protect corporate representatives,’ and they have taken this as ‘violating a direct order.’ I may be in jail or worse in the next 24 hours. Please rally whoever you can, call whoever you can, bring as much attention to this as you can. I have no doubt that the military will bury me and hide the whole situation if they can. I'm in big trouble. I'm in the middle of Iraq, surrounded by people who are not on my side. Please help me. Please contact whoever you can, and tell them who I am, so I don't ‘disappear.’
After receiving support and advice from a number of organizations, including Courage to Resist and Iraq Veterans Against the War, Eli has sent this update today:
Thank you for your support. I am currently "OK", thanks in no small part I'm sure to the voices that have spoken up in the name of peace. I don't know what the military's next steps are going to be.....
I have been in Iraq for over a year. I have served in combat. I have been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, for my actions in Combat. I have been recommended for other medals, that I will now probably never see (nor do I want). I regret having ever taken part in a war....
It would have been a lot "easier" for me to simply keep doing combat missions for a couple more weeks, and be done with things. Moral convictions are not based on timing or convenience, and I thank all of you for your being here for me now.
Read more, including Eli's recent blog posts from Iraq
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