Israeli Army amasses troops, military hardware along Lebanese border

On 26 June, 2009, in Current events, by joe

U.S. Dollars Support Iranian “Dissidents”
By Ken Dilanian
The Obama administration is moving forward with plans to fund groups that support Iranian dissidents, records and interviews show, continuing a program that became controversial when it was expanded by President Bush.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22919.htm
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Deadly US Air-strike on Afghan Village
Channel 4 Video Report
- Warning – The report by Jonathan Rugman contains scenes which viewers may find distressing.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22924.htm
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Deadly Reasons to Oust Incumbents in 2010
By Ed Ciaccio
All those of us who claim to care about others both here and abroad, about justice, and about peace, must become relentless in our efforts to fundamentally change the current pro-corporate, anti-human system of our country, starting with the current members of Congress.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22913.htm
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Congress Just Gave Itself Nearly 4 Billion For Expenses
By Greg Bacon
How sweet it is! How would you like a job with a six figure salary and the ability to vote yourself an additional healthy chunk of taxpayer money to be used for “expenses?”
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22918.htm
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Hillary Is Wrong About the Settlements
By Elliott Abrams
Mr. Bush said, “In light of new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli populations centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of final status negotiations will be a full and complete return to the armistice lines of 1949.” Several previous administrations had declared all Israeli settlements beyond the “1967 borders” to be illegal.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22911.htm
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Auschwitz Survivor
“I Can Identify with Palestinian Youth”
By Adri Nieuwhof
In the past, the European media have written extensively about extreme right-wing politicians like Joerg Haider in Austria and Jean-Marie Le Pen in France. But when Ariel Sharon was elected [prime minister] in Israel in 2001, the media remained silent. But in the 1980s I understood the deeply fascist thinking of these politicians.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22912.htm
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No Reason to Favor Private Health Insurers
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
What we are now witnessing in Congress and the White House is a total, ugly capitulation to the money and power of the private health insurance industry. If the private health insurance industry maintains its stranglehold on the national system, then taxpayers will pay even more money for the worst national health care system in the world.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22915.htm
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Wary of Dollar, China Wants Super-sovereign Currency
By Zhou Xin and Chris Buckley
China’s central bank renewed its call on Friday for the creation of a super-sovereign reserve currency to reduce the dollar’s global domination, which it said had worsened the financial crisis.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22923.htm
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Will the ‘Dollar Wars’ Kill What’s Left of the American Dream?
By Scott Thill
 Countries yoked to America’s currency, and therefore its cratering empire, want to kick the dollar to the curb. And that’s bad news for the U.S.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22921.htm
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Who’s A Low Level Terrorist? Are You?
By Emily Spence
Recently, an American Civil Liberties Union report pointed out, “Anti-terrorism training materials currently being used by the Department of Defense (DoD) teach its personnel that free expression in the form of public protests should be regarded as ‘low level terrorism.”
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22917.htm
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Back To The Point Of Departure
By John Pilger
TS Eliot wrote that the point of any journey was to find out where you came from. As I bore my bulging canvas bag to the wharf at Circular Quay, not far from where my Irish great-great-grandparents had landed in leg irons, I hoped the point of my journey would become clearer once my ship had sailed.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22916.htm
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A People’s History Of The United States – (The 20th Century)
By Howard Zinn
The complete audio book.
Click here to listen
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22922.htm
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Foreign troops’ death toll rising in Afghanistan:
Medical personnel at the US-run Bagram military hospital in Afghanistan say there has been an increase in troop casualties and that they expect more in the coming days.
http://www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/1761.html
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114 Democrats and 164 Republicans Vote Against Leaving Afghanistan …
EVER
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/43929
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Guardian council rules out fresh Iran election:
Country’s top legislative body declares vote was ‘healthiest’ since 1979 Islamic revolution
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/26/iran-middleeast
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Arrest of entire Iranian newspaper staff condemned:
Reporters Without Borders attacks arrest of journalists on Mir-Hossein Mousavi’s newspaper, Kalemeh Sabz
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/26/iranian-newspaper-staff-arrested
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Iran claims FBI blocking Web sites:
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting network claims the FBI ordered Washington to disconnect 80 news, social networking and other Web sites, including the Beirut bureau of Press TV, because of depictions of government protesters.
http://snipurl.com/ky9vl
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Chavez sees US, Europe behind Iran protests:
He said protests and violence that have rocked Iran since the contested vote appear part of a recurring strategy by U.S. and European intelligence agencies to destabilize “enemy” governments.
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=986145〈=eng_news
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US ‘has agents working inside Iran’:
Brent Scowcroft said on Wednesday that “of course” the US had agents in Iran amid the ongoing pressure against the Iranian government by protesters opposed to the official result of its presidential election.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/06/2009624225744811593.html
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Iranian envoy: CIA involved in Neda’s shooting?:
Though the video appeared to show that she had been shot in the chest, Ghadiri said that the bullet was found in her head and that it was not of a type used in Iran.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/25/iran.ambassador/
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Obama rejects Iran apology call:
“I don’t take Mr Ahmadinejad’s statements seriously about apologies, particularly given the fact that the United States has gone out of its way not to interfere with the election process in Iran,” Obama said during a news conference on Friday in Washington with German Chancellor Angela Merke
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/06/2009626183654681469.html
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Obama Raises Doubts About Dialogue With Iran:
In Washington, President Obama accused Tehran of violating “universal norms, international norms,” and saying that the bravery of the Iranian people is “a testament to their enduring pursuit of justice.”
http://snipurl.com/ky9yl
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US denied Iran official visa for UN meeting:
Tehran’s U.N. envoy on Friday accused the United States of denying Iran’s first vice president and members of his delegation visas to attend a three-day U.N. conference on the global financial crisis.
http://snipurl.com/ky9zs
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran :
‘Ahmadinejad win requires primed IDF’:
“The scope of threats against us has widened from Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists to Iran, which is working to attain nuclear capabilities. We will not remove any option from the table and advise others to do the same,” the defense minister said
http://snipurl.com/kya0h
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Israeli Army amasses troops, military hardware along Lebanese border:
The Israeli Army stepped up its presence along the border with Lebanon deploying armored tanks and setting up fortifications as it intensified airspace violations in the area, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported
http://snipurl.com/kya19
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Nixon administration pressured Israel on nukes:
The memorandum, part of a collection of memos and tape recordings released Tuesday by the Nixon Presidential Library, shows efforts to get Israel to sign the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. This would have required Israel to open itself to international inspection and dismantle any nuclear weapons program it had.
http://www.kansascity.com/437/story/1276898.html
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Israel tries to block Jordan’s nuclear cooperation with others:
Israel is trying to block Jordan’s bids to obtain nuclear technology for peaceful uses through agreements with the world’s leading nuclear powers the daily Alarab Alyawm reported Wednesday, citing a senior diplomat.
http://snipurl.com/kya2q
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US sending weapons to Somalia:
The US has revealed it is sending weapons and cash to the Somali government to aid its fight against al Shabab.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/americas/2009/06/200962520481752248.html
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Official: U.S. to Bolster Aid to Train Somali Forces:
The Obama administration has decided to bolster efforts to support Somalia’s embattled government by providing money for weapons and helping the military in neighboring Djibouti train Somali forces, U.S. officials said Thursday.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/26/official-bolster-aid-train-somali-forces/
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Rights body: AU should investigate peacekeepers’ actions in Somalia:
An AU peacekeeping force of 4,300 troops from Uganda and Burundi is propping up the Somali government, which is wobbling under a fierce onslaught
http://snipurl.com/kya8w
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US won’t use force on NK ship:
THE United States will not use force to inspect a North Korean ship suspected of carrying banned goods, an American official was quoted as saying yesterday. North Korea has in response escalated threats of war, with a slew of harsh words including warnings that it would unleash a “fire shower of nuclear retaliation” and “wipe out the (US) aggressors” in the event of a conflict.
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=405557&type=World
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US needs to be able to search NKorea ships:
Top lawmaker: His comments came after a US Navy destroyer began tracking the Kang Nam 1, a North Korean ship suspected of carrying weapons to Myanmar in what would be a violation of a United Nations embargo on Pyongyang’s arms sales.
http://snipurl.com/kyac2
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Obama administration seeks to quash suit by 9/11 families:
The Obama administration has intervened to quash a civil suit filed against Saudi Arabia by survivors and family members of victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/saud-j26.shtml
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Telecoms Aided Iran Government to Censor Internet:
A new report finds telecoms in Europe have helped the Iranian government develop one of the world’s most sophisticated mechanisms to censor the internet. It’s called deep packet inspection, and it’s also being used here at home.
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/23/deep_packet_inspection_telecoms_aided_iran
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Night chopper flights over L.A. are tied to military training:
Since June 15, Blackhawk helicopter pilots have been practicing dives and climbs around the city to prepare for assignments overseas. The sessions end Saturday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-copters26-2009jun26,0,5276214.story
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The Sickening Influence of Campaign Contributions:
If Congress fails to enact health care reform this year-or if it enacts a sham reform designed to bail out corporate medicine while excluding the “public option”-then the public will rightly blame Democrats, who have no excuse for failure except their own cowardice and corruption.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090624_the_sickening_addiction_that_may_kill_reform/
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