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Iran To Build 'Powerful' New Nuclear Reactor
Post Date: 2010-06-16 12:06:44 by Brian S
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Iran is designing a new nuclear reactor for radio-isotope production that is "more powerful" than its existing Tehran research facility, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday. Salehi said Tehran will also adopt a "dual-track" policy in dealing with the world powers which imposed new sanctions on Tehran even as they offered to talk with the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme. "Iran is designing a reactor to produce radio isotopes which will be more powerful than the Tehran reactor and this reactor will be commissioned soon in the country," Salehi was quoted as saying on state television's website. Salehi, who implements Iran's ...
Suspicion Grows: Pentagon Report In April Never Mentioned $1 Trillion In Afghan Wealth
Post Date: 2010-06-16 11:50:00 by Brian S
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Original goal of Pentagon task force that performed Afghan minerals survey was to get "contracts going between US firms and Iraqi firms" A RAW STORY investigation has revealed that a report released by the Pentagon last April on the progress of the Afghanistan "surge" included only a single passing reference to a survey that is now being touted as having discovered mineral resources in that nation potentially worth $1 trillion. The lack of any mention of dramatic new discoveries is likely to reinforce suspicions that there is something bogus about the claim in last Sunday's New York Times that "the United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped ...
Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites
Post Date: 2010-06-16 01:57:00 by WhiteSands
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Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal. In the week that the UN Security Council imposed a new round of sanctions on Tehran, defence sources in the Gulf say that Riyadh has agreed to allow Israel to use a narrow corridor of its airspace in the north of the country to shorten the distance for a bombing run on Iran. To ensure the Israeli bombers pass unmolested, Riyadh has carried out tests to make certain its own jets are not scrambled and missile defence systems not activated. Once the Israelis are through, the kingdom’s air defences will return to full ...
The Absurdity of Mideast Politics: PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas Wants Israeli Naval Blockade To Remain In Place
Post Date: 2010-06-15 20:17:50 by WhiteSands
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As the United Nations leads the humanitarian battle cry against Israel, demanding Jerusalem lift the Gaza naval blockade, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) during his White House meeting with President Barak Obama last week asked that the naval blockade remain in place, well-aware that his waning popularity would be additionally compromised by such a move. The daily Haaretz reports the PA leader, who enjoys the backing of the international community as the PA ‘moderate’, made the request of the White House during last week’s meeting. As the international community condemns Israel’s recent Mavi Marama commando operation, and Israel is panicking as efforts to ...
France orders Hamas TV station off air, agency says
Post Date: 2010-06-15 17:47:00 by WhiteSands
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CNN) -- France has asked that the official Hamas-run TV channel Al-Aqsa not be broadcast through French-based satellite provider Eutelsat on the grounds that the station has violated a prohibition on incitement to hatred or violence based on race, religion or nationality, the French broadcasting monitoring agency said in a release. The station has broadcast "several programs ignoring this prohibition," the Conseil Superieur de l'Audiovisuel said in a June 9 release obtained Tuesday by CNN. Hazem Al-sha'rawi, the head of Al-Aqsa, said the decision was politically motivated. "What is new is the decision is now coming from France after the success of Aqsa TV in ...
Israel Protests Extradition of Suspected Mossad Agent To Germany
Post Date: 2010-06-15 17:37:35 by Brian S
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Israel Against Extradition of Suspected Mossad Agent to Germany 5 comments WARSAW, Poland, June 15, 2010 Israel is urging Poland not to extradite to Germany a suspected Mossad agent arrested at Warsaw airport on June 4 on suspicion of being involved in the assassination of a leading figure of Hamas in Dubai in January. The Aftermath of the Dubai Assassination Hamas militant, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh (ringed), is shown arriving at his hotel in this CCTV handout... Expand Hamas militant, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh (ringed), is shown arriving at his hotel in this CCTV handout from Dubai police February 15, 2010. Israel is urging Poland not to extradite to Germany a suspected Mossad agent arrested at ...
Israel yet to divest from Iran
Post Date: 2010-06-15 17:17:19 by WhiteSands
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A law requiring Israeli financial institutions to divest from companies that do business with Iran, which passed with with great fanfare on April 2, 2008, has never been implemented, The Jerusalem Post learned Sunday. The law’s sponsor was then opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu. Kadima MK Ronnie Bar-On, who was finance minister through March 2009, did nothing to implement the bill. His successor, Yuval Steinitz, did not immediately move to implement it either, but the Post has learned that he has been working to implement it over the past several weeks. The bill was intended to prevent Israeli banks, insurance companies, financial institutions and funds from investing in ...
Canada Investigating US Officials Over Torture: Report
Post Date: 2010-06-15 12:19:52 by Brian S
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Canada's Mounties have been quietly running an investigation into US and Syrian officials linked to the arrest and deportation of a Canadian citizen who was tortured in a Syrian prison, and could lay criminal charges in the matter, sources report.The news comes the same day that the US Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal brought by Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian engineer who was detained at New York's JFK Airport in 2002 on suspicion of terrorist links and flown to Syria, where he was tortured for the better part of a year.A long and expensive inquiry into the matter held by the Canadian government exonerated Arar, finding that Canadian officials had given US authorities ...
Racism is alive and well in Castro's Cuba
Post Date: 2010-06-15 09:32:28 by Badeye
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Racism is alive and well in Castro's Cuba Updated 16h 11m ago By DeWayne Wickham HAVANA — Nancy Morejon says she doesn't want to get into a war of words with Cornel West. While all-out combat might be avoidable, a bruising skirmish has already occurred. In many ways, Morejon and West are kindred souls. One of Cuba's best known contemporary writers, she champions the rights of women and blacks in this island nation. He's a Princeton University professor and an irascible public intellectual whom President Obama once called "an oracle." The two are at the center of a festering debate over racism in Cuba, a country that thought it long ago escaped the swamp of ...
Democracies could fail over debt crisis, warns EU president
Post Date: 2010-06-15 08:13:54 by war
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DEMOCRACY could 'collapse' in Greece, Spain and Portugal unless urgent action is taken to tackle the debt crisis, the head of the European Commission has warned. Jose Manuel Barroso set out an 'apocalyptic' vision in which crisis- hit countries in southern Europe could fall victim to military coups or popular uprisings as interest rates soar and public services collapse. Details of his briefing to trade union chiefs emerged as it was revealed that EU leaders have begun work on an emergency bailout package for Spain, which is likely to run into hundreds of billions of pounds. A Pounds 650billion bailout for Greece has already been agreed. John Monks, for-mer head of the ...
Mom held for psych evaluation after daughter stabbed [ Montreal CA- police suspect may have been an attempted honour killing ]
Post Date: 2010-06-14 17:59:38 by WhiteSands
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A Montreal mother facing charges that she tried to kill her teenaged daughter in what police suspect may have been an attempted honour killing will undergo a 30-day psychiatric evaluation. Johra Kaleki, 38, was scheduled to appear in a provincial courthouse Monday afternoon to be arraigned on three charges -- attempted murder, assault and possession of a weapon -- in connection with the incident at a Dorval home. Instead, her lawyer successfully argued to have her brought to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation. Lawyer Tom Pentefountas told Judge Serge Boisvert his client became hysterical Sunday morning, which was out of character. "We have a situation where a mother was alleged ...
10 Mexican Federal Police Killed in Gang Attack Near High School
Post Date: 2010-06-14 16:15:57 by WhiteSands
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MEXICO CITY -- Ten federal police officers were killed Monday after being attacked by unidentified gunmen near a vocational high school in western Mexico. The officers were returning from a patrol when they came under fire from the gang in the city of Zitacuaro in western Michoacan state, the federal Public Safety Department said in a statement. An unspecified number of officers were wounded in the attack and were taken to hospitals in Mexico City and the Michoacan state capital, Morelia, for treatment, the statement said. Several assailants were also killed or wounded, but officials did not provide an exact number. Brutal drug-gang violence has swept Michoacan, a state known for its ...
Flash flooding strands dozens in Oklahoma City
Post Date: 2010-06-14 15:08:34 by WhiteSands
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Flash flooding across the Oklahoma City area Monday stranded commuters on washed-out roads and prompted crews to send boats into inundated neighborhoods, rescuing dozens of residents and motorists who sought safety in trees and on rooftops. One boat carrying three rescuers to aid a 17-year-old girl — seen on aerial television footage struggling to stay above water by grasping at tree branches — sank in swift-moving floodwaters on the city's north side, said Battalion Fire Chief Kirk Wright. All four were able to safely stand on branches in a group of trees and were rescued by a second boat, Deputy Fire Chief Marc Woodard said. No injuries were ...
Worst Crisis Since Israel’s Creation
Post Date: 2010-06-14 13:16:53 by Brian S
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A senior Israeli politician tells Fox News that Israel is currently in the midst of its worst international crisis since the creation of the Jewish state. The politician, who asked not to be named in order to speak more candidly, added that for the first time Israel's legitimacy is being questioned by many in the international community. The official believes the lack of a viable peace process, combined with last week's Gaza-bound flotilla incident, which killed nine, has brought Israel to this situation. The Israeli public doesn't understand the severity of the situation, according to the politician. The official believes that Israelis should not react in a nationalistic way ...
Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt want Israel's Gaza blockade to stay
Post Date: 2010-06-13 23:04:06 by WhiteSands
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THE Palestinian Authority and Egypt oppose lifting Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip but both call for easing the overland flow of goods to Gaza's 1.5 million residents. PA President Mahmoud Abbas made his position known to US President Barack Obama at a meeting in the White House last Wednesday. According to European diplomatic sources quoted in the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz, Mr Abbas said the blockade should remain in place to avoid bolstering Hamas, which has ruled the coastal strip since seizing it from the PA three years ago. Hamas at the weekend rejected an offer by Mr Abbas to send a PA delegation to Gaza to discuss ways of ending their power struggle and ...
U.S. Discovers Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan
Post Date: 2010-06-13 21:44:44 by reaganisright
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WASHINGTON — The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials. The previously unknown deposits — including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium — are so big and include so many minerals that are essential to modern industry that Afghanistan could eventually be transformed into one of the most important mining centers in the world, the United States officials believe. An internal Pentagon memo, for ...
Israel's Barak Calls Off Paris Visit Amid Threats (to have him arrested there)
Post Date: 2010-06-13 19:41:12 by Brian S
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's defense minister is canceling a planned visit to Paris amid threats by pro-Palestinian groups to have him arrested there. Ehud Barak was to dedicate a new Israeli booth at the Eurosatory arms fair in Paris, which opens this week. But his office announced Sunday that he would stay home while Israel forms a committee to investigate its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla. Pro-Palestinian activists had threatened to try to have charges brought against him for his role in the raid, which killed nine Turkish activists at sea. Activists have previously tried to arrest Barak and other Israeli officials in Europe under the principle of universal jurisdiction. ...
In Boost For Hamas, Top Arab Diplomat Visits Gaza
Post Date: 2010-06-13 19:30:00 by Brian S
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- The Arab world's top diplomat declared support Sunday for the people of blockaded Gaza in his first visit to the Palestinian territory since Hamas violently seized control of it three years ago. The visit was latest sign that Israel's deadly raid on a flotilla trying to break the blockade of Gaza has eased the diplomatic isolation of the Islamic militant group. Israel, meanwhile, appeared to grow more isolated in the fallout over the May 31 raid as Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak abruptly canceled plans Sunday to visit Paris. Barak's office said he canceled his trip while Israel forms a committee to investigate the raid. The statement denied ...
Over 75,000 Uzbeks flee ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan in worst ethnic violence in 20 years [ Both sides are Sunni Muslims ]
Post Date: 2010-06-13 14:39:42 by WhiteSands
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OSH, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Kyrgyz mobs burned Uzbek homes and cafes and slaughtered Uzbek villagers Sunday in the worst ethnic rioting this Central Asian nation has seen in 20 years. More than 75,000 Uzbeks fled across the border into Uzbekistan, trying to dodge bullets in a frantic dash to safety. Triumphant crowds of Kyrgyz men took control of Osh, the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, on Sunday as the few Uzbeks still left barricaded themselves in their neighborhoods. Fires set by rioters raged across the city of 250,000, and food was scarce after widespread looting. Police or military troops were nowhere to be seen. The rioting that begin Thursday night appeared aimed at undermining ...
Iranian Marines Set To Escort Flotilla 'To Teach Israel Lessons'
Post Date: 2010-06-13 12:14:15 by A K A Stone
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Two Iranian ships intended to head for Hamas-controlled Gaza are waiting for their government's approval to challenge Israel on the high seas, escorted by "volunteer marines" that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to send "to teach Israelis a lesson." An Iranian Red Crescent official said the two ships are waiting for the Iranian foreign ministry to give the green light for launching, according to the French news service AFP, quoting the Iranian Mehr news service. The Red Crescent said a third ship probably would join the fleet. Red Crescent official Mojtaba Majd also claimed that more than 100,000 Iranians have signed up to board the ships, but only ...
North Korea Threatens `All-Out Military Strike' on South's Loudspeakers
Post Date: 2010-06-13 11:49:43 by A K A Stone
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North Korea warned of an “all-out military strike” to destroy South Korean loudspeakers and other propaganda tools along their fortified border, according to the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency. South Korea’s preparation for psychological warfare, is a “direct declaration of a war” against the North, the general staff of the communist state’s military said today in a statement on KCNA. The North’s military retaliation may turn Seoul into “a sea of flame,” the statement said. The South has already installed loudspeakers in 11 places along the border and is attempting to set up electronic displays, according to the statement. ...
Barack Obama has made me want to boycott America
Post Date: 2010-06-13 09:19:14 by no gnu taxes
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The special relationship is over. We gave America years of unwavering support after September 11. And now we see how Barack Obama’s administration repays us. First, Obama declared that America was “neutral” over the sovereignty of the Falklands, ignoring the clear wishes of the islands’ population. And, second, his Assistant Secretary of State, Philip Crowley, snubbed Britain by failing to use their proper name and instead calling them the “Malvinas”. I don’t know where Obama learned about diplomacy, but his stinks. I’m normally pro-American, but Mr Obama’s seeming support for Argentinian aggressors, who have no legitimate claim over the ...
Alleged Mossad spy arrested in hit-squad case
Post Date: 2010-06-12 14:52:19 by mininggold
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Alleged Mossad spy arrested in hit-squad case By JUERGEN BAETZ (AP) BERLIN — An alleged Mossad spy from Israel wanted in connection with the hit-squad slaying of a Hamas agent in Dubai has been arrested in Poland, officials said Saturday. The man, using the name Uri Brodsky, is suspected of working for Mossad in Germany and helping to issue a fake German passport to a member of the Mossad operation that allegedly killed Hamas agent Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai in January, a spokesman for the German federal prosecutor's office told The Associated Press. Brodsky was arrested in early June upon his arrival in Poland because of a European arrest warrant issued by Germany which is now ...
LIKUD'S Legacy of ANTI-SEMITISM
Post Date: 2010-06-11 14:39:23 by mininggold
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LIKUD'S Legacy of ANTI-SEMITISM June 10, 2010, 6:53AM 2010 has seen the highest incidence of anti-Semitism for over half a century, in the wake of the extremist policies of a Likud government that apparently is concerned only with human rights when the humans concerned are not only Israeli, but Jewish. 2. The three-year old, Israeli blockade of Gaza's one and a half million inhabitants, has been a complete catastrophe, not only for Gaza; not only for Israel but, significantly, for the seven million Jews who live in London, New York, Paris, Manchester, Philadelphia, Chicago and in the rest of the global Diaspora. 3. Since Netanyahu came to power - and also to some extent since ...
Israel: Blockade not about security; it's economic warfare [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-06-11 14:02:29 by mininggold
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Israel: Blockade not about security; it's economic warfare JERUSALEM — As Israel ordered a slight easing of its blockade of the Gaza Strip Wednesday, McClatchy obtained an Israeli government document that describes the blockade not as a security measure but as "economic warfare" against the Islamist group Hamas, which rules the Palestinian territory. Israel imposed severe restrictions on Gaza in June 2007, after Hamas won elections and took control of the coastal enclave after winning elections there the previous year, and the government has long said that the aim of the blockade is to stem the flow of weapons to militants in Gaza. Last week, after Israeli commandos ...
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