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during the 2006 Lebanon War. But this doctrine is not a modern strategy
for controlling populations. Nor is putting the people of Gaza on a “diet”
new- subjugating an entire population through a combination of poverty,
malnutrition, a struggle over limited resources, and violence is the
American way, adopted by our closest allies, (and “the only democracy in
the Middle East,” with the “most moral army in the world,”) the Israelis.
Dec 27th marks the 4 th anniversary of the beginning of Operation
Cast Lead, (the name derives from a popular Hannukah children’s song
about a dreidel made from cast lead.) During this attack on Gaza, 1,417
people were killed (330 children), 4336 were wounded. 6,400 homes were
destroyed. Hospitals, mosques, the power plant, and the sewage system
were deliberately targeted. Read More
Environment:
Special Report:
IPCC, assessing climate risks, consistently underestimates
Residents of Tumana, in the Philippines, clean up after a 2009 typhoon. The country was
hit with another devastating typhoon in December, 2012. An assessment of projections by
the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change finds the group has consistently
understated the risk posed by climate change. Photo by Audrey N. Carpio/flickr.
Checking 20 years of projections by the foremost global climate
science panel against reality finds that the group has consistently
underestimated the pace and impacts of climate change – with severe
consequences for the public it is tasked to inform.
Sidebar: IPCC predictions: Then versus now
By
Glenn Scherer
The Daily Climate
Across two decades and thousands of pages of reports, the world's
most authoritative voice on climate science has consistently understated