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WASt translates to Armed Forces Information Office for War Losses (Casualties?) and POWs + Translation:

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Henry Sternweiler (born in 1918 or 1919 in Ulm, Germany, died 27 April 2010 in Fairview Park, Ohio) was a United States lieutenant during World War II who is notable for saving millions of military records in Germany after sidestepping an order.^{[1] [2]}

World War II

Sternweiler was drafted into the United States army in 1942 and participated in D-Day plus 1.^[1]

Saving the records

Following the war, Sternweiler flew to Germany, leading a team that processed 18 million military records.^[3][4] Daily, they sent out 12,000 notices to families seeking closure or information. A few weeks later, he was ordered by the United States to destroy the records - however, he helped stall the situation and eventually the French seized control of the records, saving them.^[1]

For his efforts, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on 7 December 2009 by Germany, the nation's highest civilian honor.^[1]

Miscellany

He was discharged from the military in 1956 as a major.^[1]

References

Int'l law redlinks on WP

on WP:'List of European Court of Human Rights judgments'. Probably deleted. A. and Others v. the United Kingdom. Very similar in name to two other ECoHR judgements, and for some reason, very little documentation online, so easy to delete. Legal term used: Derogation.

PDF of the entire text: http://www.icj.org/IMG/A_and_others_v_United_Kingdom_-_JUSTICE_intervention.pdf

Relisted AfDs

A good percentage of the AfDs today are relisted ones. I can read two things into this: one, it would seem to be a good thing. Fewer AfDs, perhaps, are being nominated, so there are fewer vultures to hover over things. Or maybe no one is left who bothers with topics they don't have an agenda for. Either way, should end up with fewer deletions. Two, maybe they wacked all the good articles already, and I missed it.

I used to be able to see some kind of thread of a rationale in deletor's arguments. Is it that I am so good at ignoring BS now that it does not affect me any more, or are they just getting stupider? It's not me getting stupider, that's for sure, I can see their motivation, in this case anti-science, specifically anti-psychology and anti-philosophy. I think they are actually stupider, as SYNTH used to be given some reason, or at least it was applied to sources or a specific argument. Now they are just saying synth without any target at all. Even one of the Keep arguments is bogus, as it recommends merging an article about death -anxiety- to one about death -fear-. A list of expert theories in the field is ripped for being "an editor's selection and summary of various theories with no RS to tell us why these are "worth mentioning" or how they relate to one another (or to anything else, for that matter" The title itself says how they related to each other, for god's sake. I just don't see how these people can write in English, if they cannot read it.

AfD

• Wikipedia:Women's superiority
• Wikipedia:Libertarian Party UK
• Wikipedia:Individuals with powers of arrest
• Wikipedia:Nguyá»…n Văn Minh Tiến

Absolute proof that idiots can nominate things for AfD. The 1st thing nom says it is not notable, when a Google search shows obviously otherwise.

Only thing is: is a stub about some Viet Nam vigilante for AP? A neat story about the triumph of the individual in an age that doesn't care? A triumph for communist encouragement of social involvement or an example of its excessive propaganda-fed zeal? Bit of all of em I think.

Death anxiety

Theories of death anxiety have mainly evolved around the issues of death anxiety and its adjustment. ^[1] Along with Sigmund Freud’s and Ernest Becker’s works, the following works on death anxiety are worth mentioning:

Sigmund Freud’s work

Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) postulated that people express a fear of death, which he called ‘thanatophobia’. However, this was merely a disguise for a deeper source of concern. It was not actually death that people feared, because nobody believes in his or her own death. The unconscious does not deal with the passage of time or with negations. That one's life could and would end simply “does not compute”. Furthermore, that which one does fear cannot be death itself, because one has never died. People who express death-related fears, then, are actually trying to deal with unresolved childhood conflicts that they cannot bring themselves to acknowledge and discuss openly ^[2].

Ernest Becker’s work

Ernest Becker's existential view turned death anxiety theory towards a new dimension. It stated that death anxiety is not only real, but also that it is people's most profound source of concern. He described this anxiety as so intense that it can generate fears and phobias in everyday life. Fears of being alone or in a confined space are some examples of its impact. According to this theory, much of people's daily behavior consists of attempts to deny death and thereby keep their basic anxiety under control ^[3].

Martin Heidegger’s work

Martin Heidegger, the German philosopher, on the one hand showed death as something conclusively determined, in the sense that it is inevitable for every human being, while on the other hand, it unmasks its indeterminate nature via the truth that one never knows when or how death is going to come. Heidegger does not engage in speculation about whether being after death is possible. He argues that all human existence is embedded in time: past, present, future, and when considering the future, we encounter the notion of death. This then creates Angst. Angst can create a clear understanding in one that death is a possible mode of existence, which Heidegger described as “clearing”. Thus, Angst can lead to a freedom about existence, but only if we can stop denying our mortality (as expressed in Heidegger’s terminology as “stop denying being-for-death”). This, in turn creates space for authenticity, where death becomes an enriching, liberating, rather than frightening, aspect of human experience. Unfortunately, Heidegger, as a philosopher, did not make any suggestions as to how to arrive at this state of awareness ^[4].

Paul T P Wong’s work

Through the works of Meaning Management Theory ^[5] Paul T. P. Wong showed human reactions to death as complex, multifaceted and dynamic. His “Death Attitude Profile” identifies three types of death acceptances as Neutral, Approach and Escape acceptances. Apart from acceptances, his work also represents different aspects of the meaning of Death Fear that are rooted in the bases of death anxiety. The ten meanings he propose are finality, uncertainty, annihilation, ultimate loss, life flow disruption, leaving the loved ones, pain and loneliness, prematurity and violence of death, failure of life work completion, and judgment and retribution centered. Most importantly, his Meaning Management Theory itself proposes that 1) Humans are bio-psychosocial-spiritual beings, 2) Human beings are meaning-seeking and meaning making creatures, 3) Two primary motivations for human beings are to survive and to find meaning and reason for survival, 4) Meaning can be found in all situations, and 5) The motivational tendencies of avoidance and approach may complement each other. This theory has a good potential to be utilized in working with people struggling with end-of-life issues.

Mohammad Samir Hossain's work

Mohammad Samir Hossain, a researcher of death attitude ^[6], postulated Death and Adjustment Hypotheses ^[7][8]. In 2007, Mohammad Samir Hossain’s book Quest for a New Death: Death and Adjustment Hypotheses, postulated, in two parts, that adjustment to death is hampered by our preconceived misconceptions about the phenomenon of death. The prevailing perception, in fact our predominant one, is that our entire existence absolutely ends with death. According to Hossain’s theory of adjustment, it should be converted to something like ‘death does not cause an absolute end to existence’. If our conceptualization is changed in this way, it might enhance our adjustment to death. But, as per the second part of this theory, this can only be established when our morality attains a certain level, because decay or deterioration in relation to the concept of death, is very much connected to our code of ethics and beliefs ^[9][10][11].

Other works

Other approaches to death anxiety were introduced in the late twentieth century. Terror management theory is based on a study finding that people who felt better about themselves also reported having less death-related anxiety ^[12]. Another approach named “regret theory” was proposed in 1996 by Adrian Tomer and Grafton Eliason. It approaches the way in which people evaluate the quality or worth of their lives. The prospect of death is likely to make people more anxious if they feel that they have not accomplished, and cannot accomplish, something good in life.

References

1. ↑ Mohammad Samir Hossain and Peter Gilbert. 2010.Concepts of Death: A key to our adjustment. Illness, Crisis and Loss, Vol 18. No 1
2. ↑ Freud, S. (1953). "Thoughts for the time of war and death," In: Standard Edition of The Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Vol 4. Translated and Edited by Strachey J. London, Hogarth
3. ↑ Becker, E. (1973) The Denial of Death. New York: Free Press
4. ↑ Heidegger, M., (1962) Being and Time, trans. John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson. New York: Harper & Row
5. ↑ , Wong, P. T. P. (2000) Meaning in life and meaning in death in successful aging. In A. Tomer (Ed.), Death attitudes and the older adults: Theories, concepts and applications (pp. 23-35). Philadelphia, PA: Bruner-Routledge
6. ↑ http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a923472682~db=all~jumptype=rss
7. ↑ Mohammad Samir Hossain, MBBS, Ph.D.Introducing Death and Adjustment Hypotheses. Journal of Loss and Trauma.Volume 15, Issue 4 July 2010 , pages 370 - 375
8. ↑ Karen Meyers, 2009, The truth about death and dying, page 106, 2nd Edition, Infobase Publishing
9. ↑ http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0078883601/680442/Additional_Lifespan_Development_Topics.pdf
10. ↑ Mohammad Samir Hossain and Peter Gilbert. 2010.Concepts of Death: A key to our adjustment. Illness, Crisis and Loss, Vol 18. No 1
11. ↑ http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/Hossain%20Facing%20the%20Finality.pdf
12. ↑ Solomon, S., Greenberg, J. and Pyszczynski, T. (1991). In M.P. Zanna (Ed.). ed.. Advances in experimental social psychology. 24. Academic Press. pp. 93–159.

External links

• http://www.meaning.ca

• http://www.deathreference.com

• http://www.zurinstitute.com/ernest_becker_course.html

• http://www.samirhossain.org

• http://www.wikis.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php/PSY_376_Death_anxiety

• http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0078883601/680442/Additional_Lifespan_Development_Topics.pdf

Powers of arrest =

Agree with merge to Powers of arrest; if not done, or not done correctly, merge it all to here.

United Kingdom

England & Wales

The following persons all have various powers of arrest within England & Wales in various capacities:

• Police Constables
• Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs)
• Prison officers
• Members of public (any person arrest)
• SOCA officer
• Court bailiff
• Court officer
• Immigration officer
• Customs & Excise officer
• Military Police
• Environment Agency officer
• Water bailiff
• Interpol
• Officer or agent Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845
• Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom

United States

• Police Officer
• State Troopers
• FBI
• Sherriffs
• Marshalls
• Prison officers
• Members of public (any person arrest)
• Immigration officer
• Military Police
• Interpol

Template:Criminal procedure

Allegations of Israeli espionage operation 2000–2001

(this one will probably make it thru AfD. It is most interesting as an example of the hyperreaction of law enforcement, in this case the DEA) in post-Pentagon Attacks US)

Allegations of an Israeli espionage operation involving young people posing as art students appeared in United States news outlets from the summer of 2000. Salon.com said "agents of the DEA, ATF, Air Force, Secret Service, FBI, and U.S. Marshals Service documented some 130 separate incidents of 'art student' encounters" across the United States.^[1][2] The 'art students' went door to door, claiming to be from institutions such as the University of Jerusalem or the (nonexistent) Bazala Academy,^[3] and selling their work to raise money for art supplies or tuition fees.^[4][5][6]

This was a version of the international Art student scam, a confidence trick in which the art works being offered are actually cheap, mass-produced paintings or prints.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

It was alleged that the Israelis had visited facilities and private homes of staff members of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and that the DEA suspected a possible espionage operation. Both the DEA^[12][13] and the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive^[14] released reports about the suspicious behavior of supposed Israeli art students. The 60-page DEA report stated that the 'art students' entered secure areas of government buildings and several military bases, including two with stealth aircraft and other secret operations, and took photographs.^[15] The internal DEA report was leaked to the media in 2001.^[2] Several dozen Israelis in their twenties, including supposed art students, were deported for undertaking paid work not allowed by their visas.^[16]

On March 6, 2002, the Washington Post reported that the United States Department of Justice described the allegations of spying as an "urban myth and the 60-page DEA document as possibly the work of a single disgruntled employee.^[17][18] Salon said the memo was a compilation of field reports by dozens of named agents and officials from DEA offices and government facilities across the United States. The report included names, driver's license numbers, passport numbers and in some cases the Israeli military identification numbers of the 'students'. Military service is compulsory in Israel; however, some of the 'students' were still on active duty and "many of the students, the DEA report noted, had backgrounds in Israeli military intelligence and/or electronics surveillance; one was the son of a two-star Israeli general, and another had served as a bodyguard to the head of the Israeli army."^[1]

Five days after the Post article appeared, on March 11, the investigative magazine of The Washington Times, INSIght on the News quoted a senior Justice Department official as saying "We think there is something quite sinister here but are unable at this time to put our finger on it."^[1][15]

Israel referred to the allegations as "nonsense." Haaretz treated the spying allegations as inconclusive and noted with regards to the Post article, "Even this report was not enough to finally kill off the affair."^[2]

It was also speculated that the 'art students' were connected to Israeli organised crime and the Ecstasy trade in the United States. A DEA official suggested that they were engaged in surveillance on the DEA.^[1][17] A spokesman for the Israeli embassy in Washington said that Israel had cooperated with the US on the Ecstasy case and although denying the spying claim said "That's not to say that there isn't any organized crime involving Israeli citizens."^[15]

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2010_December_22#Mohammed_Nasim_.28Guantanamo_captive_849.29 multiple articles in one AfD, plus another afd for a single name the same day

Abdul Ghafar (Afghan mujahideen fighter)

Template:Dablink Abdul Ghafar is a citizen of Afghanistan who was identified as a mujahideen fighter during the Combatant Status Review Tribunal of a Guantanamo captive.^[1]

Guantanamo captive Muhibullah faced the allegation, during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, that:^[1]

• "The Detainee acquired a rifle from a Mujahideen fighter, Abdul Ghafar."

Muhibullah denied knowing anyone named Abdul Ghafar.^[1] He acknowledged being conscripted into the Taliban. He acknowledged being assigned to be a security guard. He acknowledged handling a rifle, when it was his sentry watch. But he said he and the other sentries had just one rifle to share among themselves, and that he never fired this weapon.

The allegation that Muhibullah received a rifle from Abdul Ghafar is notable because the files of US counterterrorism analysts contain records of several individuals named Abdul Ghafar, or some variation thereof. But the intelligence analysts who prepared the allegations failed to identify, in the unclassified summary of evidence, from which individual named Abdul Ghafar, Muhibullah was accused of accepting a rifle.

List of individuals with the same or similar name as the individual of this biography

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} [[[:Template:DoD detainees ARB]] Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from Muhibullah's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 64-76
2. ↑ [[[:Template:DoD detainees ARB]] Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from Abdul Ghaffar'sCombatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 25-32
3. ↑ [[[:Template:DoD detainees ARB]] Summarized transcript (.pdf)], from Abdul Ghaffar's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 13
4. ↑ Gitmo Detainees Return To Terror, CBS News, October 17, 2004
5. ↑ Cheney defends Guantanamo as essential to war: VP says that if freed, prisoners would return to battlefield, San Francisco Chronicle, June 14, 2005
6. ↑ [[[:Template:DoD detainees ARB]] Summarized transcript (.pdf)], from Juma Din's Administrative Review Board hearing - page 261
7. ↑ War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity: 1978-2001. (PDF) Afghan Justice Project. URL accessed on February 5, 2007.
8. ↑ Ahmed Rashid (February 5, 2007). "Taliban takeover of town could mark start of military offensive". Eurasianet. http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav020507.shtml. Retrieved 2007-02-05. </li> </ol>

Warning: Default sort key "Abdul Ghafar (Afghan Mujahideen Fighter)" overrides earlier default sort key "Sternweiler, Henry".

Wikileaks pakistani politician cables

ZARDARI’S AND UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT:

This is taken from wiki-leaks cable ref: 08ISLAMABAD405

“Zardari opened his remarks by saying that the U.S. is “our safety blanket” and recounted how Benazir had returned despite the threats against her because of support and “clearance” from the U.S. However, Zardari quickly moved on to the PPP succession. He shared a photocopy of a one-page handwritten will from Benazir in which she bequeathed the party to him. This document, Zardari said, would be published in an upcoming book authored by Benazir. Zardari said that for symbolic reasons he passed the PPP leadership to his son, Bilawal. Although Bilawal was only 19, Zardari noted that Benazir had taken over the PPP when she was only 22 years old. Benazir’s enemies, he said, do not understand that she is now even stronger as a martyr.”

NAWAZ SHARIFS AND PML’S LOYALITY TO UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT:

This is taken from wiki-leaks cable ref: 08ISLAMABAD483 “Nawaz and Khan both repeatedly said that the PML-N was pro-American. Nawaz recounted his decision to override his Chief of Army Staff and deploy Pakistani troops to Saudi Arabia in support of the U.S. coalition in the first Gulf War. Meanwhile, Khan noted, the PPP and its leaders were organizing street demonstrations against Pakistan joining with the U.S. coalition. Now, Nawaz said, he was hurt that the U.S. did not remember. Nawaz said he understood that 9/11 had changed things, but urged that the U.S. apply some balance to the relationship. In the past, the U.S. was known as the power that rejected dictatorships, that fought for independence of the judiciary and the rule of law. Why, he asked, did we continue to support a man who fired the Supreme Court, abrogated the constitution, and arrested civil society activists?”

VIEWS OF AMERICANS ON CURRENT COMMAND OF PAKISTAN ARMY:

The U.S Islamabad embassy report on wiki-leaks ref:08ISLAMABAD525.

“As expected, Kayani is taking slow but deliberate steps to distance the Army from now civilian President Musharraf. Kayani announced that generals would need his permission to meet the President, issued public statements distancing the Army from civilian politics and is rumored to be considering a decision to remove active duty Army officers from civilian GOP jobs. Kayani also has declared 2008 as the "Year of the Soldier" in an attempt to improve morale. Privately, he has discouraged ISI interference in elections. With Kayani, you should stress the importance of accepting U.S. COIN training and building Pakistani CI capabilities. General Majid: You will find Pakistan's Joint Staff a young and weak organization, but CJCS Majid is an excellent interlocutor. The lunch he is hosting will provide an opportunity to deliver our messages on the need for CSF and FMF discipline.”

POWER SHORTAGE IN PAKISTAN...... MUSHARRAF REGIME RESPONSIBLE:

According to a wiki-leaks cable Musharraf is held responsible for power shortage in Pakistan. This cable was created on 25/07/2008. Ref: 08ISLAMABAD2524

“Not a single megawatt of electricity has been added to the national grid since 2000, despite population growth and economic expansion. Industrial production is threatened by blackouts and unemployment is rising. Petroleum and electricity subsidies account for the bulk of the fiscal deficit and have continued to rise with skyrocketing international oil prices. The GOP is paying USD 554 million per month for subsidies on petroleum and will attempt to reduce these subsidies despite the intense popularity of such measures. Energy accounts for 29.3 percent of Pakistan's imports, and growth in exports cannot cover the increases in international commodity prices. Saudi Arabia is considering Pakistani request to defer $5.9 billion in oil payments; Gilani may request help in convincing Riyadh to agree. USAID will launch a three year program to assist with energy policy issues and energy efficiency and we are offering to fund a USGS mapping survey to identify commercial mineral deposits and potential energy sources. Gilani will attend in Washington a World Bank investment roundtable focused on developing Pakistan's Thar coal field reserves.”

DENIAL OF AAFIA’S TRANSPORTATION TO BAGRAM BASE AND MISTREATMENT

REF: 08ISLAMABAD2586

“Comment: It is unclear who is paying Jaffrey and/or orchestrating this campaign on Siddiqui’s behalf. Siddiqui has family living in Karachi and noted politicians, including Imran Khan, continue their vocal support for her cause. Bagram officials have assured us that they have not been holding Siddiqui for the last four years, as has been alleged. End comment. ARCHIBALD”

DR A.Q KHAN ALSO DISCUSSED IN WIKI-LEAKS:

REF: 08ISLAMABAD2524 “We were disappointed that the Islamabad High Court increased personal freedoms for Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan; if asked, Gilani will say that the GOP continues to closely monitor Khan's activities.”

US AND KIYANI’S EFFORTS FOR IMMUNITY TO MUSHARRAF

REF: 08ISLAMABAD2802

“In separate meetings with Asif Zardari, PM Gilani and Chief of Army Staff Kayani, Ambassador pressed for quick action on immunity for former President Musharraf. Zardari and Gilani said flatly that they were committed to providing immunity, but not until after the presidential election (now scheduled for September 6). Pushing immunity now, they believed, could jeopardize Zardari’s candidacy. Kayani expressed concern that if immunity becomes tied up with the ongoing debate over the judges’ future, it may never happen. Zardari plans to continue to slow roll action on the judges’ restoration but remains confident that Nawaz Sharif will not walk out of the coalition. Nawaz’s deadlines for action on the judges continue to pass unfulfilled; the next one is scheduled for August 27. The decision by the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) August 20 to back Zardari for President has strengthened Zardari’s hand against Nawaz. Nawaz is left with the option of walking out of the coalition but having little prospect of forcing a new general election in the short term. Zardari is walking tall these days, hopefully not too tall to forget his promise to Kayani and to us on an immunity deal.”

Kayani Worried

¶6. (C) After an August 20 meeting with visiting S/CT Coordinator Dell Dailey, Kayani asked Ambassador to stay behind and discuss his concerns that Zardari was delaying Musharraf,s immunity bill. Kayani had heard the large meeting of coalition partners (chaired August 19 by the newly returned Bilawal Bhutto) had discussed mostly the judges. Then they decided to take a 72-hour “break” to consult party members. ¶7. (C) As post earlier reported (Reftels), Kayani said he took Zardari,s commitments to now ex-President Musharraf as the most important argument in persuading him to resign. Zardari made very specific commitments to Kayani. Now, for Zardari to delay, it makes him (Kayani) look bad within his own institution “and I have to bring the Army along with me.” Kayani also noted that the delay does nothing for Zardari,s reputation for trustworthiness. If this issue gets conflated with the judges and with Zardari,s own desires to be President, it will become too complicated to pass, Kayani said.”

REFERENCES

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