Radio Utopie

As I write these words, two boats with some 46 peace activists from many nationalities onboard are sailing from Cyprus to the Gaza Strip in a symbolic effort to break Israel’s cruel blockade of the coastal Palestinian territory. The Free Gaza Movement, the organizer of the bold mission, includes people from various religious and cultural backgrounds who are united in their dedication to the cause of freedom for the estimated 1.5 million Gazans, thoroughly tormented by a nearly hermetic blockade that has effectively reduced the originally impoverished enclave to a virtual concentration camp.

After the ‚blitzkrieg‘ started by the Georgian military forces against South-Ossetia two weeks ago, the big western media corperations were going to ‚hoax‘ themselves.

Who knew since when from whom that Bruce E. Ivins actually committed suicide…? There was 9/11. Noone expected it, and those who expected it couldn´t help it. Then there were these 2001 Antrax attacks a week after September the 11th, well prepared and organized. All of an accident – sure. What if not. Then, after almost 7 years without any substantial progress in this case, a senior biodefense researcher, who worked at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in Fort Detrick for 18 years, dies on July 29.