by Gary Leupp
Source: Counterpunch.org
Vice President Joe Biden, apparently speaking on behalf of the Obama administration, has just given Israel the green light to bomb Iran.
“Israel can determine for itself — it’s a sovereign nation — what’s in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else,” he told ABC’s “This [...]
July 8, 2009
Biden, Israel and Iran…
July 8, 2009
Did U.S. okay Israel construction of 2,500 settlement homes?
Israel had won agreement from the United States for the continued construction of 2,500 housing units in settlements in the West Bank, despite U.S. calls for a freeze, according to the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv.
Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said the United States and Israel have been trying to find common ground on the sensitive settlement [...]
July 8, 2009
Patient dies in Gaza due to the siege, death toll reaches 349…
A Palestinian man from Gaza was announced dead on Wednesday after doctors were unable to treat him because of the Israeli siege on the Strip.
Abed Al Haleem Zo’rob, aged 44, had brain cancer; he was denied from leaving the costal region to get the life saving medical care he needed. Doctors tried to save his [...]
July 8, 2009
US: 37 of 50 States are Bankrupt…
Astonishing to me is the fact that no one seems to understand the ultimate result of the current policies and practices of Washington D.C. and the Federal Reserve Bank, the Fed. I have studied our economic situation for about 3 hours per day for the last 8 months and conclude we are bankrupt. Think about [...]
July 8, 2009
Israeli soldiers kidnap 13 Palestinian civilians…
Zionist regime soldiers have invaded a number of towns in the West Bank and kidnapped 13 Palestinian civilians.
Local sources said on Tuesday that Zionist troops attacked the cities of Ramallah, Nablus, Bethlehem, and Hebron (al-Khalil), adding that they rummaged around, ransacked homes, and kidnapped 11 civilians.
In another attack on the same day, Israeli soldiers detained [...]
July 8, 2009
US calls for ‘even stricter’ sanctions on Iran…
Amid White House plans to address the issue of the Iranian nuclear program, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US will push for “even stricter” sanctions to be imposed on Tehran.
“We would ask the world to join us in imposing even stricter sanctions on Iran to try to change the behavior of the [Iranian] [...]
July 8, 2009
Big Brother is Watching You: Pervasive Surveillance Under Obama…
Under the rubric of cybersecurity, the Obama administration is moving forward with a Bush regime program to screen state computer traffic on private-sector networks, including those connecting people to the Internet, The Washington Post revealed July 3.
That project, code-named “Einstein,” may very well be related to the much-larger, ongoing and highly illegal National Security Agency [...]
July 8, 2009
The Age of Despotism…
by Chuck Baldwin
Source: NewsWithViews.com
This past Independence Day weekend, my friend, LCDR (Retired) Guy Cunningham, delivered an outstanding address here in Pensacola, Florida, in which he said that America is now in “The Age of Perfidy.” He went on to say that our country is soon to enter “The Age of Despotism.” I candidly confess that [...]
July 8, 2009
Al Gore invokes spirit of Churchill in battle against climate change…
Al Gore invoked the spirit of Winston Churchill yesterday when he urged political leaders to follow the example of Britain’s wartime leader in the battle against climate change.
The former US Vice-President accused governments around the world of exploiting ignorance about the dangers of global warming to avoid taking difficult decisions.
Speaking in Oxford at the Smith [...]
July 8, 2009
RIGHTS: New Charges Added to Blackwater Lawsuit…
NEW YORK, (IPS) – New charges filed against private security contractor Blackwater accuse the company of murder, destruction of audio and videotaped evidence, distribution of controlled substances, tax evasion, child prostitution, and weapons smuggling.
The new charges were filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act (RICO) by several of the Iraqi civilians who were [...]
July 8, 2009
Suspected US missile kills 10 in Pakistan…
ISLAMABAD – A barrage of missiles believed fired from a U.S. unmanned plane destroyed a Taliban training camp on a mountain close to the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing at least 10 insurgents, two intelligence officials said.
The suspected drone fired six missiles at the mountain top training camp in the Karwan Manza area of South [...]
