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Stories and News No. 1246 My name is, indeed ... my name was Zemari Ahmadi and together with my four children I died for an honest mistake , they said on November 3, the day after the one you dedicate to the dead, a particularly significant coincidence. With words, that's what they claim. Because with words they write, speak, often hurt, sometimes kill and rarely cure and save. But with those same words, then, they bring me back to life. Therefore, today is August 29, 2021 again. We are in Kabul, Afghanistan and, as I told you at the beginning, my name is Zemari and I am 43 years old. I am an electrical engineer and have been working for the office in the capital of Nutrition and Education International for 14 years. It is a non-governmental organization based in California, the country of invaders , liberators , occupiers and now departing . Forgive me, but now I don't know how to call them anymore and, perhaps, I don't think they know anymore either.  It is now 9 a...

Stories and News No. 1245 So, once upon a time the word “news”. News… let's say stuff published somewhere out there, okay? Like a post from the Independent Persian , a recently born newspaper that is not even on Wikipedia; or some Indian newspaper that has copy-pasted it. But you don't pay attention to it, am I right? Do not even think about the editor in chief, Camelia Entekhabifard , who lives in New York, and whose vision is certainly not sympathetic to the Iranian regime, much less the Taliban one. Pay no attention to anything, because what matters today, for you, journalist, blogger or influencer, Youtuber, TikToker, Facebooker and Instagrammer, for you, aspiring star of the fantastic world of viral web, is one thing and one only: the sacred click ! "Show me the money!" Cuba Gooding Jr. and Tom Cruise screamed on the phone in the movie Jerry Maguire. The current version would be: " Show me the clicks! " Click me and I will be happy. So let's g...

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This image is the meaning of war: violence on memory, as urinating on dead... Stories and News No. 375 Stories and news : “invented” Stories, fruit of my imagination, inspired by “true” media News. Share the post:

Stories and News No. 173 I don’t want to write a polemical post. However, reading about the end of two more young lives among the Italian troops in Afghanistan I have to remind this video: The title is thanks guys (grazie ragazzi). It has a certain effect watching it today, isn’t it? Someone might consider it inappropriate and others could find it right. Yet in Afghanistan, as in Iraq and many other parts of the world blessed by the humanitarian interventions of foreign benefactors, this sometimes happens: people die . Thanks guys, the video above says. It’s fair that also the families who have been robbed of their loved ones know who to thank... The Story: The first gratitude goes to the United States of America , to the Bush administration that started the vital peace invasion and to Obama , democratic to withdraw from Iraq but not enough to leave Afghanistan: thanks guys … The second is obviously for the Italian center-right and center-left politicians, which, no ifs and but...

Stories and News No. 151 Since five days, precisely since 4.30 p.m. (Afghanistan time zone) on Saturday 10 April, three Italian citizens are hostage to a foreign country. I am talking about three people who have decided to risk their lives for their commitment to give free help to others. For this reason, these persons should be the pride of a nation, to cite as a symbol of heroism to the younger generations, the best image in the world for a community. Do you understand what Italy would gain from that? French, American, Chinese people, everybody hearing about Italy, soon would make this link: ah, that country of Emergency doctors, yes… what men they are! Instead, to our misfortune, the association they make is with him ... Silvio… Berlusconi’s response to the unacceptable afghan kidnapping - if you see, on this Blog things are called by their true name… - writes a heartfelt letter to President Karzai. With the help of Foreign Affairs Minister Franco Frattini, somebody told me. Here ...

Stories and News No. 149 While three of our fellow citizens are still prisoners of a foreign government, the statements of our - as meaning paid by all of us - Foreign Affairs Minister Franco Frattini remain in chronological order the following: April 11, 2010, after the confession hoax released by the Times : "I pray that is not true, it would be a shame for the Italy. There are facts… very dangerous weapons were found in a hospital by Emergency. We all want to know the truth and we want to know it as soon as possible." Yesterday, about 5 p.m.: "I see rage, grief and sincere astonishment in the three Italians vicissitude. But we have not abandoned them: their presumption of innocence, along with our commitment made by the Afghan authorities to respect their rights, still apply. They are Italian citizens, our compatriots, who chose the medical vocation to serve those who suffer. No difference or distance can divide us by this commitment and this affiliation. We follo...

Stories and News No. 148 Three Italian aid workers of Emergency organization were arrested by Afghan Secret Services. A few hours later, this is the Times headline: Italians 'confess' to murder plot in Afghanistan . The article is undoubtedly superficial and based on not explicitly clarified sources, but at least the British newspaper quotes the ‘confess’. Instead in Italy the news was spread like a true scoop on almost all the newspapers. Not as fast as the denial by the spokesman of the Afghan province where the murder should have be done. That’s typical. It’s a classic, nothing new. The usual farce... The Story: I confess: I am guilty. Because if you are those of the peace mission, it means that I am here to bring war. It’s a matter of simple logic. I'm your enemy and we are at war. I admit it, that’s the difference between you and me. I have to, I can do anything else. I'm the one with his back against the wall, the man who has nothing to lose. And when you ha...