Zelaya Claims Torture By Israeli Mercenaries With High Frequency Radiation

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Foreign Affairs
Posted on Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 04:07:09 PM EST
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Apparently, like me, deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is a Fringe fan:

It's been 89 days since Manuel Zelaya was booted from power. He's sleeping on chairs, and he claims his throat is sore from toxic gases and "Israeli mercenaries'' are torturing him with high-frequency radiation.

Massive Dynamic must be behind it. All kidding aside, what a mess. Especially when the UN is pulling out of monitoring the upcoming election:

On Wednesday, the U.N. cut off all technical aid that would have supported and given credibility to that presidential race. Conditions do not exist for credible elections, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.

I am curious to know what the UN proposes to do once Zelaya's term of office formally ends at the end of the year.

Zelaya's move paid him dividends for a few days, but let's face it, the focus on him is already fading. I suppose he can stay in the Brazilian embassy till the end of the year, but then what? It seems to me no one thought this one through.

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Zelaya Claims Torture By Israeli Mercenaries With High Frequency Radiation | 18 comments (18 topical)

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Why are they never Ugandan mercenaries? (5.00 / 2) (#4)
by steviez314 on Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 04:52:01 PM EST

or Hessian mercenaries? Or Albanian ones?

No...it's always the Joooz!

Wow (5.00 / 3) (#5)
by ricosuave on Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 05:21:53 PM EST

Tinfoil hat and Jewish conspiracy, all rolled into one. Would you like to add aliens to the mix and go for the triecta?

For the record, there is a Jewish community in Honduras. And the "Israeli Mercenary" boogyman is more common in Latin America than I would like. (Not the existence of mercenaries, but the fear of and claims about them).

Here's why I enjoy reading BTD. (none / 0) (#1)
by oculus on Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 04:19:16 PM EST

Blair Brown is one of my favorite actresses but I din't know she was in a series.

: Oh, and Zelaya's imagination reminds (none / 0) (#2)
by oculus on Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 04:34:13 PM EST

me of the plot of George Clooney's Syriana.

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Well let's hope he doesn't (none / 0) (#3)
by oldpro on Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 04:47:03 PM EST

want to come here for surgery.

Couldn't we buy an island somewhere to send all deposed, ex-dictator and unwanted former politicians to? Let them bore and entertain one another.

Heh (none / 0) (#6)
by nycstray on Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 05:59:24 PM EST

Zelaya was deposed at gunpoint on June 28 and slipped back into his country on Monday, just two days before he was scheduled to speak before the United Nations. He sought refuge at the Brazilian Embassy, where Zelaya said he is being subjected to toxic gases and radiation that alter his physical and mental state.

So I guess they had booked all the crazies to speak on the same day?

Where is our Sec. of State? (none / 0) (#7)
by Abdul Abulbul Amir on Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 06:31:27 PM EST

We are backing a nut that was ordered removed by his own Supreme Court for trying to in effect stage a presidential coup.

Smart diplomacy? Where is our Sec. of State?

UN? (none / 0) (#8)
by oculus on Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 06:51:43 PM EST

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Our Sec. of State (none / 0) (#9)
by Steve M on Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 07:17:37 PM EST

is backing a negotiated resolution that will allow Honduras to move forward with its democracy in peace.

Brazil, by contrast, is "backing a nut." Maybe you should grind your axe with them.

I believe Zelaya was removed legally and there was no coup. But you conservatives, who take so much pride in refusing to care what anyone outside the US thinks, completely fail to appreciate how damaging it would be to US interests for us to flatly adopt the position that there was no coup when the rest of the hemisphere believes there was.

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And why do you think (2.00 / 1) (#10)
by jimakaPPJ on Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 07:25:21 PM EST

Chavez and company should be given lip service?

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Because (5.00 / 3) (#12)
by Steve M on Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 11:30:10 PM EST

pretending that the assembled leadership of every country in the hemisphere is just "Chavez and company" is the argument of a child.

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So the answer is to wrong? (none / 0) (#17)
by jimakaPPJ on Fri Sep 25, 2009 at 10:13:24 PM EST

: No (none / 0) (#18)
by Dark Avenger on Sat Sep 26, 2009 at 07:53:31 AM EST

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backing (none / 0) (#11)
by Abdul Abulbul Amir on Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 08:40:21 PM EST

backing a negotiated resolution that will allow Honduras to move forward with its democracy in peace.

Is that what you call canceling Honduran visas, or blocking aid?

The Hondurans don't need a resolution to move forward with their democracy. They are doing so all by themselves. It is to our lasting shame that our government is unable to support them. Or at least keep keep the lip zipped.

After this administration's non-support for the Iranians protesting the sham election there, this should be no suprise. Obama (H. Clinton?) seems to value the approval of thugs over that of democrats.

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Well (none / 0) (#13)
by Steve M on Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 11:31:37 PM EST

hard to take that kind of absurd rhetoric seriously.

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: You (none / 0) (#14)
by Wile ECoyote on Fri Sep 25, 2009 at 04:48:43 AM EST

could point out the absurdness.

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That "Cut off all technical aid" part... (none / 0) (#15)
by EL seattle on Fri Sep 25, 2009 at 07:53:34 AM EST

... has me puzzled. There hasn't been much coverage here in the States as to how the November 29 election process has been going, and I hadn't heard of serious election problems there. (Weren't all of the candidates selected before the whole coup/removal-from-power thing happened?)

The UN website mentions a temporary suspension of techniocal assistance in this 9/24/2009 release, but neither that or the UN's official statement provide specific details about the "current situation and allegations of human rights violations in Honduras" that relate to the election process that would cause them to suspend assistance until election day.

Here's footage from Honduras (none / 0) (#16)
by DancingOpossum on Fri Sep 25, 2009 at 09:29:10 AM EST

Seems the Honduran people don't agree that Zelaya was legally deposed, and overwhelmingly consider what happened to be a military coup. As indeed do all the other members of the OAS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMOsYXgFT-Q&feature=player_embedded#t=119

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByuqC4oD7S4&feature=related

Zelaya is no saint, and he may be a little crazy, but the fact remains that he is the duly elected leader of that country, he was deposed in an illegal coup, and if we are going to interfere in Honduras we damn well better be on the right side this time. Ha. I know...