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The objectives of the UIDSSMT scheme are
1. Improve infrastructural facilities and help create durable public assets and quality oriented services in cities and towns
2. Enhance public – private partnership in infrastructural development
3. Promote planned integrated development of cities and towns
However, the UIDSSMT scheme will not cover the areas as follows:
• Power and telecommunication works
• Rolling stock like buses and trams
• Health and educational institutions
• Urban transport (MRTS, LRTS etc)
• Wage employment programme and staff component
• Maintenance works
You can download and read Ahmednagar city development plan (20 MB size) at http://amc.gov.in/Administration/Final%20CDP.pdf You may ask for the latest version of document under Right To Information Act from Ahmednagar corporation. This document is available at Nagari GOOGLE group as well. Be patient while downloading. It takes time. The document doesn't have content/index you can see in left pane of acrobat reader. All citizens and kids who study civics/administration (Nagarick Shastra) class should study the document thoroughly and comment on it using this blog or writing/visiting municipal corporation and asking citizens to get actively involved in it. As the document says - The success of the City Development Plan depends on the extent of people participation. As it is very rightly said "Planning is an exercise 'For' the people, 'Of' the people and 'By' the people."
Executive Summary in document is missing. Too many names are named in this document. Who are these people who can't summarize the document? Send them back to school. With due respect to people who worked on creating this document, the document should be about district/city/citizens, not personal glory. How many of these people can actually write reports or their original thoughts in English? Is this document translated in Marathi/Hindi/Urdu? Not every citizen in Ahmednagar district can read in English. Next time, you show such document to the world, make sure that spell check is done (including integrated scanned reports). It is a bad sign of governance/administration.
Considering you tolerated my gripe till here, let us talk about real issues about city/district. The sad part in policy making process in India is young people (under 18 years old, 42.3 crore under 18? 49 crore under 21? 2011 census) will have no vote/say to select policy making teams/decisions. That should be more than 1/3 (one third) of India now. All such policy decisions should be made keeping those descendants in mind. So, what should city planning document achieve by 2031? In one statement, my take on this is - The city/district (i.e. citizens) should provide clean air, safe water and 24-hour a day carbon free energy (electricity etc.) keeping community spirit alive. If our grandchildren/great-grandchildren are having trouble to breathe clean air, can't get safe water to drink or don't have carbon free energy (electricity, gas etc.) to work, read books or use laptops, or can't involve in community initiatives to develop world, then we will fail. All other problems of the district/city (population control, diseases, pollution, poverty, waste management, water management, loosing farmland, malnutrition, bad crops/vegetables/food etc.) can be seen connected to these three things.
Here are few more thoughts/questions after reading 160+ pages document. I am not much focused on infrastructure issues (water drainage, traffic, archaeological sites etc.).
The numbers shown in parenthesis e.g. (8-9) are page numbers shown in footer of the document.
Data gaps/problems: I do see the MIS (Management Information System (8-9)) reference in document. We do census counting every ten years. Why is census counting not real time, at least in Ahmednagar district? Why city is using 2001 census data in 2007 city planning document? Does it tell us city lacks handling real time issues or can't use technology to collect data periodically to analyse? Does city have shared data with other municipal corporations/cities/state/countries to understand the problems and implement solutions faster by creating common knowledge base? The city should also begin calculating Domestic Product at city level just like NDDP to compare with economies in other cities all over India/world.
Here is one example of how data can be used to understand the world - Myths about the developing world - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUwS1uAdUcI
Web-site(http://amc.gov.in/): It sucks to the core. The people who created that web-site should look into Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad corporation web-sites. Use wikipedia marathi font so that not every user has to download your junk font and wikipedia marathi font is standardized. Looks like they are using cheap ISP to host web-site. It is slow for broadband Internet connection. It takes ages to download city planning document. Buy better hardware and bandwidth if you are hosting the web-site.
Statues: It is a waste of money. Don't spend any money on statues. Put that money to create free science labs/libraries for citizens. Remove those statues/gates if they are hindrance to infrastructure.
Tourism: Promote Ahmednagar as ecotourism spot for International/national travelers who are visiting Pune, Mumbai, Aurangabad. Create few best quality (high definition) tourism promotional videos and put them on Internet etc. Distribute them all over the world. Create 'tourism' section with digitized map of the city marking places to visit at your web-site amc.gov.in. Offer bus/bicycle tours and free maps to see Ahmednagar in a day. Offer free Internet hotspots (preferably wireless) for travelers. Create kiosks all over prime tourist cities/villages in India to distribute tourism information of Ahmednagar.
Maps (1-4, 1-6): There are snapshots of map of city in document. Why don't they sell the entire map in shops so that travelers can buy them? Municipal corporation could give free maps to all schools/colleges. Municipal corporation should digitize the map and post it on its web-site (amc.gov.in) in pdf/html/other formats.
Environment/Dry climate: Why solar energy initiatives are not explored in all villages in Ahmednagar? I know initial installation of solar energy is bit costly, but it is initial cost only. Since UIDSSMT scheme doesn't cover power and telecom works(1-9), this is necessary for citizens to get together and implement them with help of civic bodies? Also, all vehicles should implement carbon free emission solutions. Increase biogas solutions than using coal/wood in villages.
(Ref: United Nations Solar Energy programme - http://www.uneptie.org/energy/act/fin/india/)
2.1.4 Literacy rate (2-2): 77%. I don't know what criteria is used to calculate this, but just giving speaking tri-lingual (e.g. English/Hindi/Marathi) test which citizens have studied in schools for years, I will say 90% will fail this literacy test. What does it tell us? Do we have substandard education/schools/teachers/students/citizens? Get rid of that rote schooling. Make kids think in schools, not cram. Study cultures of not only reputed Indian universities, but also international universities like Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford, MIT, Harvard. Keep English as third language in Ahmednagar after Marathi and Hindi. Speak all three languages well. Teach/Speak excellent English in non-english medium schools.
(Ref: Indian school http://www.open2.net/indianschool/programmes2007.html
Indian school 1 of 10 - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4838256204887103663 )
2.2.2 Work Force Participation rate:
15% of the total female population is reported working in Ahmednagar city. That is really bad. This has to be increased up to 50% if you want to live like in developed countries in Europe/North America. Ask married men to share home chores (cooking/children etc.). According to women gender gap report, India is 99th among 116 countries. Out of 116 countries, the other rankings of India are
110 - Economic Participation and Opportunity Rank - Women in India don't have much economic independence.
102 - Educational Attainment Rank - Competitive global education is lacking in women, especially in rural India. Girls drop out from schools in earlier life to work at home/get married early due to 18th century ideas of Indian culture. Families prefer boys to girls under idiotic ideas of extending family name (kuldeepak, kulache nav wadhwel?) in world.
103 - Health and Survival Subindex Rank - Women in India are not healthy compare to women in other parts of the world.
That shows women in Ahmednagar are dull, unhealthy, slow to catch up with global world, thanks to 18th century mindsets of men/families in Ahmednagar. We need confident women like Chand Bibi, Lalita Gupte, Aruna Roy, Ela Bhatt(SEWA), Aruna Kalpana Morparia (ICICI), Mira Nair(Director) in Ahmednagar. In Ahmednagar, we need successful women oriented business stories like Shri Mahila Griha Udyog (Lijjat Papad). Eve teasing/Harassment/Domestic violence/unbalanced sex ratio/dowry/discrimination against women are bad signs of society. Ahmednagar should not be such society. I am not a feminist and I don't like bias based on gender. I do believe women should have equal chance to compete in this world. My father's and previous generations have not given that equal chance to women.
In India, men spend far less time engaged in housework than women. Presently, agriculture is the primary source to earn for rural women in India. Educated women with gainful employment give bigger voice in decision making within family. That voice helps to raising healthy and educated families by teaching of moral values and culture, resulting in better society. To measure your city/village is developed/progressive or not, you should look at how women are treated and developed in your village/city. Why Ahmednagar is not developed yet?
(Ref: The State of the World's Children 2007: Women and Children - The double dividend of gender equality - http://www.unicef.org/sowc07/, http://www.unicef.org/sowc07/docs/sowc07.pdf (160 pages)
http://www.unicef.org/sowc07/docs/sowc07_rosa.pdf (44 pages, page 19, specific to south Asia)
Gender Gap Report-2006 http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Gender%20Gap/index.htm)
Agriculture land (51% to 33%) (2-5, 2-6): Get rid of water intensive crops like sugarcane. Green revolution has eroded the soil. Overuse of heavily subsidized urea fertilizer is degrading soil more and more. Bring sustainability(ecology) in farming. How are you going to tackle deforestation/biodiversity issues? Did you involve any scientists from universities to study these issues? How about Rahuri Krishi Vidyapith?
(Ref: The Violence of Green Revolution: Third World Agriculture, Ecology and Politics (book) by Vandana Shiva)
Residential land (11% to 39%) (2-5, 2-6): That is challenging, just by looking at current population and facilities in Ahmednagar. It means we are going to grab (39 - 11 = 28%) farm-land to construct buildings etc. Did we have any reports on impact on biodiversity because of this? How are we going to do 28% forestation (tree planting) of the land for sustained living? Are we going to plant more and more trees all over the city? Which trees need to be planted that take less water, grow faster, can live in eroded soil and have long lasting life (say up to 100 years)?
(Ref: Unbowed (book) by Wangari Maathai
Chipko Movement - Sundarlal Bahuguna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipko_movement
Land for Recreation (1% to 2%) (2-5, 2-6): I am not knowledgeable about architecture. India has excellent history of town planning like Harappa/Indus Valley Civilization. Sadly, present India is an epitome of bad urban planning. I hope Ahmednagar has excellent Architects, civil engineers and students who know town planning inside out. Study Figure 2.4 and 2.5 (pi-charts) about current and proposed land use classification of city created by town planning department. Here is the question to all Architects/Engineers in Ahmednagar - Where did those numbers come from in pi-charts? out of hats? On what basis it is decided land for recreation will be increased by 1% only till 2031? That is insane. Kids are already suffocating by lack of recreational space in Ahmednagar. We are also trying to promote Ahmednagar for tourism. Tourists like to see/relax/play in parks/sporting grounds. Parks are also a good example of conservation of trees. The number of old people will increase by 2031. What are the proposed guidelines for land for recreational use based on books and laws on town planning, considering factors like - existing population and its growth, tree planting-conservation of forests, soil erosion/conservation etc.? I am not an architect, but just looking at the city itself, I see the city needs improvement in recreational activities. What are you trying to build city as - steaming pressure cooker with 2% ventilation for recreation?
(Ref: Building the Ecological City (book) by Rodney R. White - just mentioning this book to attract attention to ecological design.
Chinese cities of the future - Page 271 - Worldchanging (book) by Alex Steffen )
Water: United Nation's Millennium Project notes the world simply has "no more rivers to take water from". Do we have rainwater harvesting projects? http://edugreen.teri.res.in/EXPLORE/water/conser.htm
Population growth is putting severe pressure on water resources all over the world primarily in India and China.
In 2050, the world will have 9 billion people and average income will be four times what it is today. India and China have been able to feed their populations because they use water in an unsustainable way. That is no longer possible.
(Ref: Plan B 2.0 - Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (book) by Lester R. Brown http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PlanB_contents.htm
The Looming Global Water Crisis http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4147048147942488595 )
4.7 Electricity (4-14) : Street lighting requires huge power supply and in return requires huge expenditure which both Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation and MSEB are not able to afford at present. Any volunteers to implement these solutions? Study alternative energy resources (Solar/Wind etc.) Read 'swot analysis' section below.
( Ref: Rick Smalley - Our Energy challenge - Presentation: http://smalley.rice.edu/smalley.cfm?doc_id=4862
India: Environmental Issues http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/indiaenv.html )
Poverty/Education in slum areas: We will need volunteers/sponsors/donors to teach kids in slum areas. Internet/Technology has changed the face of education. You can download educational videos on Internet, buy educational dvds and show them using projector using laptop/dvd player now. Volunteers should have in-depth knowledge of the subject so that she/he can answer the questions on the spot immediately. This is called reducing 'Digital Divide'. You could do this by setting free libraries in slum areas as well. Make sure that Education is in English medium so that kids can at least attempt to learn in English.
(Ref: India Untouched: The Forgotten Face of Rural Poverty (book) - Abraham George
Everybody Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India's Poorest Districts (book) by P. Sainath
one laptop/tablet per child - OLPC - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2454177915360000762
Taxes/Property taxes etc. (8-3): I was watching Right To Information (RTI) Act video. Do you have any Right To Information questions based on this CDP document? In RTI video, Anna Hazare says - Out of ONE rupee, only 12 paisas reach to people. Why don't citizens develop volunteer projects (e.g. building a road, solar energy plan, water conservation, free library etc.) using tax money without directly paying to municipal corporation? At the end of year, just ask community to submit expenses of the projects. Citizens may also need additional funding from corporation through state/central government. If corporation can reduce the costs of projects, they can involve with the project to reduce cost, not as hindrance of governance/administration. Transparent/Responsible allocation of money will be needed by citizens to implement these volunteer projects. We will need to avoid cheating/corruption by citizens here. Citizens can submit periodic status of the projects (electronically) till completion to MIS department of municipal corporation. Replicate cost effective successful projects in other communities. Also, punish cheaters of taxes.
(Ref: Common Man's Empowerment - Maharashtra Right to Information http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3273483676514380008 )
Swot analysis(10-2):
I don't see a single strength as community in 'strength' section. The countries are primarily developed due to research in science and technology. Bring some science and technology initiatives in opportunities. Make kids/citizens think in schools/homes/villages. Don't compare swot analysis with neighbouring cities like Pune/Aurangabad, do it based on building a global ecological city. When are you going to think globally/glocally? Dry climate could be used as strength in terms of implementing solar energy solutions in villages to provide electricity, organizing open educational sessions for poverty ridden kids etc. Provide free broadband (>20Mbps) Internet access to all citizens. Developing cities/countries in world have done that. South Korea (e.g. Seoul) provides Internet service with a speed of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) for fraction of cost. People can participate in democratic manner in municipal/school/college/group meetings using Internet. Begin with studying Pravara Village IT Project (PRAGATI) for wireless Internet. Explore carbon free energy initiatives like wind energy, solar energy solutions locally.
(Ref: William McDonough-Cradle to Cradle http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7987612343225687713
Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (book) by Alex Steffen
Pravara Village IT Project (PRAGATI)http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200209/tech3.shtml
Municipal Broadband http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_broadband )
Education: Ahmednagar needs global mass competitive curriculum. Professors/Teachers should speak excellent Hindi/English. Ask them to work in global business/research world first before teaching. Ahmenagar has shabby schools/colleges that can't compete in global world. Rural Ahmednagar is worse than that. I mean how do these people get selected to teach to new generations - just based on degrees/cramming? Every 2 years, evaluate these teachers/professors by students and community by giving them annual exams based on thinking and projects they got involved to make a difference in improving students. Fire 10%-20% teachers/professors at bottom. Give bonuses/awards to competitive teachers who made learning as fun and motivating students. Fire government bodies/bureaucrats who are supporting incompetent teachers as well. Get rid of rote education/private tuitions in Ahmednagar and set kids free to think and implement their own ideas to learn. Why don't you bring kids in Municipal Corporation/Collector Office and teach them how it works? That is much better education in civics/administration (NagarikShastra) than cramming books. Complement theory in books by active participation of students implementing what they learned in school. Make education more diverse i.e. studying other countries of the world, not just India. In next 5 years, bring Education as strength in SWOT analysis.
Communal activities: Set up free libraries/laboratories for children of English books (not Marathi/Hindi) that can help them to speak/read English better. Research & Innovation is the key to develop city and you will need science labs for that to involve children. Visit library/laboratory more than visiting religious places. Don't fill shelves with historical, philosophical, political and religious books of ancient till modern India. Don't bring any Marathi newspaper in library. Don't put photos/names of any politicians/religious figures in library. Set up few computers in library that can access research and educational material. Develop minds of children for science and technology. Set up open tennis/volleyball/basketball/badminton courts in free spaces in community. Tennis can be the best sport in Ahmednagar due to its all year sunny weather. Set up gyms (vyayamshala) for girls and boys based on cardio exercises. Set up some jogging/running tracks. Build roads in communities. I mean why this is not happened for last 30 years. Are we involved in corrupt practices of developing city?
(Ref: http://www.transparency.org/)
Biodiversity: Humans are not the center of this world. There are other species in this world. Humans need to show respect to biodiversity of earth that is sustaining human life. Make sure that development projects in Ahmednagar are based on biodiversity studies.
(Ref: Encyclopedia of life - http://www.eol.org/ - database of 1.8 million species. Add species of Ahmednagar in this database.)
Architects... association (16-26):
The footer of the report says 'Save water, save trees, save environment, save ourselves'. That is a joke. Do these people really follow it in their construction projects? I neither saw nor heard any architect/engineer in Ahmednagar submitting sustainability impact report to municipal corporation before starting construction. Who wrote the report - echofriendly people? That shows how much they know about ecology or is it echology?
I am not sure all the ideas mentioned here will fit in UIDSSMT scheme. The ones that don't fit in UIDSSMT, should be developed by citizens and civic bodies together by volunteering.
Our grandchildren/great grandchildren will be testimony of the statement - The city should provide clean air, safe water and carbon free energy (electricity etc.) keeping community spirit alive. They will talk about did we really make a difference in their lives. Some of us may not be in this world by that time. So, what kind of Ahmednagar city/district you want to see by year 2031? Here is your chance to answer that question as a citizen.


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I find it laughable that these women boast of how 'successful' they are when, in the realms of relationships, they are clearly failures. They want a husband and kids, but they can't find a man to marry them and impregnate them. As they want this more than anything (although to avoid appearing anything but Independent (TM) they skirt round this issue; not that these man-woman freaks have ever been in a skirt :) ) then, by their own inability to obtain this, they are failures. They've failed. They're losers.
It'd be fair enough if these barren aging career gals said they never wanted a family anyway. Good on them. But most seem to want a hubby and kids, but they've failed to obtain them, unlike a multitude of other women of past generations (who employed the drastic tactics of obtaining a husband by looking for one whilst young and in their prime and by actually being pleasant towards men instead of denigrating them at every opportunity then wondering why men stop bothering with them.)
But the feminized Media doesn't see it this way. Or, rather, won't show it this way lest the all-important money-gushing dumb-shit independent-womyn demographic ditches them.
A man who wants a wife but can't get one is a 'loser.'
Hell, according to women, a man who doesn't want a fucking wife but who doesn't have one is still a 'loser.'
But a woman who desperately wants a husband - or even just a date - but who can't get one...we'll, she's fantastic and successful and there is nothing wrong with her! It's us men who are 'losers' for not wanting Her Cunting Highness.
The thing that is so glaringly notable about all these sorts of articles - that men are intimidated by career women - is the monumental arrogance of these career chicks. They honestly think that if they find a man attractive but he doesn't immediately drool over her and kiss her Holy Bottom, then there's something wrong with him. The main reason us guys don't like these types of women is because they're so horrifically egotistical, as proven by the fact that they never, ever consider there might be something wrong with them in their flawed mission to get a date or a mate.


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"The EU must Cease Support of Repressive Systems in the Arab World"
Mr Ibrahim, European foreign ministers agreed in April that they should begin a dialogue with Islamist movements like Hamas or the Lebanese Hezbollah. What do you think of that development?
Saad Eddin Ibrahim: I welcome the initiative. I advise anyone who is interested in democracy to take up the dialogue with the Islamists, whether they operate inside or outside the Arab world. Islamist movements are part of today's reality. It's hypocrisy to want to promote democracy while excluding these movements from it.
After all, their members are also citizens, with the same civil rights as everybody else. Movements like Hamas, Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood have gained their legitimacy through their social projects and their political positions. They enjoy wide support among the people.
Can this dialogue strengthen civil society and democracy in Arab countries and in the whole Islamic world?
Ibrahim: Naturally. The more democratically one behaves, the more strongly democracy grows from within. That's also the answer to the claims that democracy does not fit with the Arab and Islamic tradition. The participation of Islamists in dialogue and in the democratic process will show who is only superficially supporting democracy. And the orientalists who put about the idea that Islam and democracy are irreconcilable will be proved wrong.
How can the European Union support reform movements in the Arab world?
Ibrahim: For one thing, they can assure them that they recognise all civil forces in the Arab region and that they will enter into dialogue with them, without requiring the agreement of the relevant government.
And second, the European Union must cease its financial and security support of repressive systems in the Arab world.
Thirdly, the EU should require Arab governments to work towards a free society and to draw up and keep to a timetable for introducing step-by-step democratic change. The EU should deal with the repressive and despotic Arab systems in the same way as it once dealt with the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies when it initiated the Helsinki Agreement of 1975 and brought about the dissolution of the socialist system, without a single shot being fired.
Doesn't the position of the European Union towards Arab countries with repressive regimes, like Libya or Tunisia, cast doubt upon its credibility?
Ibrahim: Yes, but it's not just European credibility, it's also American credibility. Which brings us to the two-faced approach which is typical of Western countries. On the one hand they insist on the importance of the democratisation of the Arab world, while on the other hand most countries, if not all, put their economic and strategic interests ahead of their support for democracy.
But as someone who argues in favour of democratisation in the Arab world, I welcome any support, wherever it comes from, whether from India, Japan or the USA. These are pluralistic societies, and just as there are people who follow their economic interests in those countries, there are people who come out in favour of democracy and want to support like-minded people in the Arab region.
How do you judge the current state of the reform movements in the Arab world?
Ibrahim: There has been some movement. If you look back over the past twenty or even fifty years, you can see that the throne of the despots has become shaky, even if it hasn't fallen yet. The walls of fear which the Arab despots built up over the last fifty years are beginning to crumble. I see the cracks getting bigger every day.
Do you see the Lebanese citizens' movement, the Egyptian "Kifaya" movement or the tentative resistance in Saudi-Arabia as sings of hope?
Ibrahim: These movements are signs of the cracks in the wall. They are the evidence for the fact that Arab citizens are less frightened and have growing courage, even in countries like Syria and Libya, let alone Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq and Saudi-Arabia. In Saudi-Arabia, the intellectuals Ali ad-Damini, Matruk al-Falih and Abdallah al-Hamid, about whom I've written with a Saudi author, have been arrested. We praise them at every opportunity, as do other human rights organisations like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch or the International League for Human Rights.
How are Islamist movement to be classified right now? They range from those who carry out acts of violence, like az-Zarqawi and his supporters, to the Muslim Brothers and other organisations which are now campaigning to bring about change in a peaceful way.
Ibrahim: Like other social movements, the Islamist movements also go through phases from their creation to their maturity—puberty, coming of age—until they finally appear with a mature personality. A movement like that of the Muslim Brothers, which was founded in 1928, has gone through all these stages.
I think this movement is now mature enough to take part in the creation of a peaceful, democratic society. Muhammad Mahdi Akif, the leader of the Muslim Brothers, laid great weight on this at a press conference at the headquarters of the journalists' union on March 13th 2004. He caused a considerable stir with his remarks.
He and other leaders of the movement have confirmed this line more recently. The Muslim Brothers want to be a legal party, to commit themselves to democratic values and to uphold the rights of women and minorities. The party, they say, should be open to all Egyptians, including the Christians.
That's why I call on everyone, at home and abroad, to allow an opening for the Muslim Brothers, and to encourage them to implement what they themselves have declared to be their aims. Other Islamist movements, like Hezbollah, the Dawa party in Iraq or Hamas in Palestine, have chosen the same route and have already moved a considerable way along it.
The Egyptian opposition is boycotting the forthcoming presidential elections. What's your view of their position?
Ibrahim: In principle, I'm against the boycott of elections. But since there are doubts as to whether the election will be free and fair, I have some understanding for the boycott call. What happened in Tunisia must not be allowed to happen again. The regime there said it would hold fair elections with a choice of candidates, but the Tunisians and the rest of the world knew that it was all just a joke. The government put up candidates against President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali who made themselves laughable by calling on the electorate not to vote for them but for the president.
The Egyptian opposition assumes that, following the change in paragraph 8 of the country's basic law, the same thing will happen in Egypt. But it's not yet too late. I consider the parliamentary elections which are coming up in November to be particularly important. I'm calling for them to be under legal control from A to Z, starting from the electoral rolls and the documentation, through the campaign up to the vote, the counting of the votes and finally the publication of the results.
I'm calling for electoral observers who will oversee all the processes, inside and outside the polling stations. It must be prevented that, as happened in the elections in 2000, police were stationed outside the polling stations with the job of intimidating the voters. The judiciary is aware of the problem and has been considering the matter within its organisations for the past few weeks.
The judges have declared that they will only carry out the election observation which is called for in the law if they are given back their independence, which has been taken from them over the past decades. They also insist on a change in the law so that they will have the power to carry out a full observation of the election. They are also asking for their own police or another implementation organisation which would be under their authority and not under that of the government. If they had all that, there'd be no reason to boycott the elections.
You've put yourself up together with others as a challenger to President Mubarak in the presidential elections—why?
Ibrahim: That was an attempt to set the cat among the pigeons and to get an amendment to the basic law which currently says that the president can be confirmed in office by a referendum and his opponents don't have to go through a vote. The aim of my candidature was to trigger a debate about the whole political system in Egypt. I want to bring down the walls of fear of which I was talking.
Nawal as-Saadawi, who's a friend of mine, as well as three others, have joined me in my candidature. We are united in demanding a change in the basic law requiring that there should be a choice of candidates in the presidential election. Under pressure from at home and abroad, President Mubarak has had to give way on at least part of our demands. As a result, paragraph 76 was amended, so that now several candidates for the presidency will be standing.
However, parliament, which is dominated by the ruling National Party, has undermined this amendment. Members of the ruling party, who make up over ninety percent of the members of the electoral committees, will now have the right to decide who may stand for election and who may not. That means that I will be disqualified, as will Nawal Saadawi, Muhammad Farid Hassanain and the candidate of the Ghad party, Ayman Nur, who also intends to stand.
The government has attempted to destroy his reputation by making false accusations against him, the same accusations as they've been making against me for the last five years. Perhaps the smaller parties will put up someone. But the undermining of the constitutional amendment means that the Egyptian presidential election will be a farce like the Tunisian one was.
Interview: Saleh Diyab
Translation from German: Michael Lawton
© Qantara 2005
Saad Eddin Ibrahim is a human rights activist, professor of social politics at the American University in Cairo and director of the Ibn Khaldun Centre for Development Studies. He was sentenced to imprisonment under President Mubarak. After three trials, the Egyptian Supreme Court found him not guilty on appeal. Ibrahim has published more than thirty books on democracy and human rights in the Arab world.
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"This year we celebrated the 53rd version of the Fair of the Flowers. This fair constitutes one of the most important cultural events in Colombia. … This is an event that unites all the people of Antioquia and many national and foreign tourists who visit the city of Medellin. The city decorates itself for approximately 10 days to enjoy the flowers and a diverse number of recreational, cultural and fun events, which gain in importance year after year.
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A Mexican businessman tied with the company that owned the Learjet 25 that crashed Sunday morning, killing Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera and six others, was indicted in 1993 for drug smuggling in Florida and convicted in 2005 on charges of creating fraudulent logbooks for six air crafts that he later sold to buyers in the United States.
Christian E. Esquino Nuñez is linked to the owner of the crashed Learjet, Starwood Management of Las Vegas, which had one of its planes seized by the DEA in McAllen, Texas in September.
Nevada secretary of state records list only one Starwood officer — Norma González — but a lawsuit filed by QBE Insurer Crop. alleges that the company is owned and managed by Ed Nuñez, who, according to the lawsuit, is also known as Christian Esquino and has a long criminal history.
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According to 2005 federal court records in California, Esquino Nuñez fraudulently obtained pilot licenses, aircraft tail numbers, airport codes, and counterfeit inspection stamps to significantly mark-up the value of the planes that he later sold for profit. Nuñez pleaded guilty to the fraud charges and was sentenced to 24 in prison.
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Starwood Management remains the subject of a federal lawsuit in Nevada by QBE after one of Starwood's aircraft was ordered seized by the DEA when it landed in McAllen, Texas, from Mexico on Sept. 12. The New York-based insurer sued in October to rescind coverage for the Hawker 700 jet.
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QBE, based in New York, said the DEA also seized a Starwood-owned Gulfstream G-1159A — insured by another company — when it landed in Tucson from Mexico in February.
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Starwood said in its court filing that it didn't have enough information to address either the Florida or Southern California case against Esquino.
George Crow, an attorney for Starwood, did not immediately respond to phone and email messages left after business hours Monday by the Associated Press.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team to help investigate the crash of the Learjet 25, which disintegrated on impact Sunday with seven people aboard in rugged terrain in Nuevo Leon state in northern Mexico.
The Learjet 25, number N345MC, was en route from Monterrey to Toluco, outside Mexico City, when it was reported missing about 10 minutes after takeoff.
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Miley labors a bit in Cactus League loss to Indians
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Indians right-hander Corey Kluber looked like he was ready for the start of the regular season.
Kluber was sharp in his final exhibition outing as he helped lead the Indians past the D-backs, 3-2, on Thursday afternoon at Salt River Fields.View Full Game Coverage
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Indians right-hander Corey Kluber looked like he was ready for the start of the regular season.
Kluber was sharp in his final exhibition outing as he helped lead the Indians past the D-backs, 3-2, on Thursday afternoon at Salt River Fields.View Full Game Coverage
Kluber allowed two runs on five hits over seven innings, with seven strikeouts and one walk.
"It seems like every outing, he goes one more inning deeper," Indians manager Terry Francona said of Kluber. "And that's a normal progression of a good pitcher. He looks really good. He has been throwing the ball really well."
Meanwhile, Arizona's Wade Miley was not as impressive.
Miley allowed three runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. His outing previous to Thursday was a regular-season start against the Dodgers in Sydney, Australia.
"I just wasn't executing pitches," Miley said. "I was leaving fastballs over the middle of the plate, really wasn't getting ahead, so I was leaving them in fastball counts so they were able to sit on things. Just wasn't very good."
The Indians got on the board in the second inning when Matt Carson doubled to right with one out, moved to third on a groundout and then scored when Nyjer Morgan legged out an infield hit.
Elliot Johnson led off the third for the Indians with a single and moved to second when Miley walked Nick Swisher.
Johnson then scored when Jason Kipnis singled up the middle as the Indians went up 2-0.
In the fourth, Morgan was credited with an infield hit when Miley was late covering first base on a grounder hit to first baseman Paul Goldschmidt.
David Murphy then ripped a double to the gap in right-center to score Morgan and give Cleveland a 3-0 advantage.
Rudy Flores and Sean Jamieson drove in runs during Arizona's two-run seventh inning after reliever Josh Collmenter worked 2 1/3 hitless innings.
"It means we've played pretty good baseball, which I love," Francona said of finishing 19-8-2 in Cactus League play. "I don't care who we're putting out there, I'd much rather win."
Up next: The D-backs will take on the Cubs on Friday night at 6:40 p.m. MST in the first of two exhibition games at Chase Field. Trevor Cahill will get the start for the D-backs. The right-hander will look to improve after struggling in a regular-season start against the Dodgers last weekend in which he walked four and hit a batter while allowing five runs over four innings. The game can be seen on MLB.TV and heard via Gameday Audio.
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The loss of a figurehead as iconic as Osama bin Laden will come as a blow to al-Qaeda and its supporters, but is unlikely to fatally undermine the movement.
Early responses on jihadist internet forums eulogise him as a figurehead and lament his loss, but insist that this will not diminish their determination to continue the jihadist cause.
In the last few hours jihadist forums monitored by ICSR are carrying a statement from the Taliban which threatens to avenge bin Laden's death by launching attacks against American and Pakistani interests.
A subsequent statement by the Pakistani Taliban made specific threats against Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistani army, and the United States. They warned that Pakistan would be their first target and the United States their second.
Implications for al-Qaeda
- A senior member of the Haqqani network — one of the main insurgent factions in Afghanistan led by Jalaluddin Haqqani — claims to have met with bin Laden at his Abbottabad compound less than three months ago. However, al-Qaeda's strategy no longer depends upon a hierarchical structure and bin Laden's death is unlikely to significantly disrupt the operational dynamics of the organisation. Early responses on jihadist internet forums underline the determination of al-Qaeda members and supporters to continue their struggle.
- Since the invasion of Afghanistan after 9/11 much of al-Qaeda's leadership has been unable to operate freely or independently. This led to the "franchising" of the movement with local chapters created around the world: al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
- Al-Qaeda's best known strategist Abu Musab al-Suri has previously said: "Al-Qaeda is not an organisation, it is not a group, nor do we want it to be. It is a call, a reference, a methodology".
- One participant on a jihadist forum reminds his peers: "We were not fighting for Osama. We were fighting for Allah. The Jihad will continue even if the Amir [leader] is Shaheed [martyred]!!" Another adds: "Those who fought for shaykh usaamah, know that shaykh usaamah has passed away, but those who fought for Allaah, know that Allaah is alive and will never die".
- A more stoic observer reminds contributors: "Whatever befalls us, whether martyrdom or victory in battlefield, is a victory for us who believe".
- One contributor warned "a million new bin Ladens will be born! And the flag of jihad will be raised! Inshallah".
- Jihadist groups typically absorb the death of their leaders better than other movements. Al-Qaeda has been sustaining serious blows to its leadership ever since 9/11 with the death or capture of key figures such as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Mustafa abu al-Yazid, Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
- Historically, too, the global jihad movement has continued to proceed despite the capture or killing of its senior leaders, including the death of Abdullah Azzam or the incarceration of Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman.
It is possible that one consequence of bin Laden's death will be that al-Qaeda's bonds with its international chapters — and with AQAP in particular — will weaken, allowing them to enjoy greater autonomy in the future.
The place of bin Laden's death underlines the importance of Pakistan in the context of global terrorism
- Osama Bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad which is located in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (recently renamed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), 30 miles (50 km) north of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.
- The compound which housed bin Laden was built in 2005, and was heavily fortified with 12-18ft walls, topped with barbed wire. There are also inner walls protecting other parts of the compound and there was no telephone or internet connections linked to the property.
- Three other people were killed along with Bin Laden in the operation; US officials are saying that one of them was the son of the al-Qaeda leader and the other was a woman used as a human shield.
- US Special Forces and Marines have a base relatively close to Abbottabad. They are stationed in Tarbela Ghazi, about 60 miles west of Abbottabad.
- Other significant members of al-Qaeda and the Taliban have previously been captured in big Pakistani cities. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured in Rawalpindi. Elsewhere, the Taliban's military commander Mullah Baradar was captured in Karachi, as was al-Qaeda member Ramzi bin al-Shibh.
A number of key al-Qaeda figureheads could play a similar leadership role in the movement in the future
- Ayman al-Zawahiri — The most obvious successor to bin Laden, Zawahiri has been a constant figure in al-Qaeda propaganda and operations since 9/11.
Strengths: Often referred to as bin Laden's second in command, Zawahiri has leadership experience and is an easily identifiable figure in the global jihad movement.
Weaknesses: A senior US administration official notes "As the only al-Qaeda leader whose authority was universally respected, [Osama bin Laden] also maintained his cohesion, and his likely successor, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is far less charismatic and not as well respected within the organization, according to comments from several captured al-Qaeda leaders. He probably will have difficulty maintaining the loyalty of bin Laden's largely Gulf Arab followers".
• Abu Yahya al-Libi — Now one of al-Qaeda's leading propagandists and strategists, gaining renewed prominence since the Libyan uprising.
Strengths: Libi is an established figure in al-Qaeda propaganda videos and possesses formal scholarly credentials. He currently holds a place on al-Qaeda's Shura Committee.
Weaknesses: Does not enjoy widespread support within the movement and lacks the charisma needed to inspire lone wolves. He is not well known amongst extremist sympathisers in the West.
• Naser al-Wuhaishi — Formerly a chief confidant of Osama bin Laden, Wuhaishi is now one of the leaders of AQAP. The group currently enjoys a high profile among the global jihad movement due to its brazen attacks which include targeting both Saudi Arabia and the United States.
Strengths: Wuhaishi was previously held in Guantanamo Bay, giving him added credibility among some al-Qaeda supporters.
Weaknesses: Is not in Afghanistan or Pakistan and is therefore unable to unite "al-Qaeda central" around his leadership. It would be difficult to stake his claims to a leadership role for the entire movement from Yemen.
• Anwar al-Awlaki — One of the most senior American citizens in the al-Qaeda network, Awlaki is thought to be hiding in the Shabwa province of Yemen. He is believed to have directed and inspired several attacks against the United States and its interests, including the attack at Fort Hood carried out by Nidal Hasan.
Strengths: Awlaki enjoys a large following among some English speaking radicals and receives extensive attention from the Western media. He is fluent in English, has demonstrated an acute awareness of popular culture, and is a highly charismatic speaker. Awlaki also possess formal scholarly credentials.
Weaknesses: Lacks significant support within the Arab world and would therefore struggle to establish himself among this core constituency. Awlaki is also regarded by some as a late comer to the movement and has not "proved" himself in battle the way his rivals have. Thus, despite his high profile, Awlaki is among the least likely of these candidates to succeed bin Laden.
In the short-term, the threat from al-Qaeda-inspired terrorism is likely to increase significantly, in the West and in Pakistan
- The prospect of "revenge" terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda and its affiliates is highly likely in coming months, with the primary aim of demonstrating their ongoing resilience.
US relations with Pakistan may come under strain in the coming months despite President Obama praising Pakistan for their assistance in his official remarks. Questions will be asked about Pakistan's involvement in all this. Abbottabad is a garrison town, home to scores of Pakistani military personnel and retired officers. Just how bin Laden was able to establish a sanctuary there without arousing suspicion will raise serious questions. Indeed, the expansive compound in which he was discovered is adjacent to an elite military academy — sometimes referred to Pakistan's Sandhurst.
Political instability in Pakistan is likely to increase significantly in the short term. Jihadists will renew their campaign against the state. Meanwhile nationalist and Islamist parties will express outrage that US military forces were able to conduct a large and delicate operation inside Pakistan so soon after the Raymond Davis incident.
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