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  • UN Peacekeeping Paramilitarism
    15 February 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    UN Peacekeeping Paramilitarism - by Stephen Lendman
    The world community calls them "Blue Helmets" or "peacekeepers," and the UN defines their mission as "a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace" by implementing and monitoring post-conflict peace processes former combatants have agreed to under provisions of the UN Charter. The Charter empowers the Security Council to take collective action to maintain international peace and security that includes (…)

  • Concerned Citizen
    14 February 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts02122007.html
    February 12, 2007
    Dump the Dollar!
    How the World Can Stop Bush
    By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
    What would be the consequences of a US or Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear energy sites?
    At the 2006 Perdana Global Peace Forum, Australian medical scientist Dr. Helen Caldicott provided an authoritative analysis of the devastating impact on human life that would result from the radiation release from such an attack.
    Dr. Caldicott described the (…)

  • Voice of the White House February 10, 2007
    14 February 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Voice of the White House February 10, 2007
    TBR News.org – February 10, 2007
    “Today, the entire staff here is being fascinated by the comic drama being played out over at the DoD concerning the so-called “Iranian Roadside Bombs.” U.S. Defense chief Robert Gates would like the sheepies to believe that ‘some serial numbers’ and ‘markings’ on ‘projectile fragments’ they found in Iraq, implicate Iran. Their invented serial numbers and markings on explosives used in Iraq provide ‘pretty good’ (…)

  • Putin Orders Russian Military Forces To Attack US Forces During Iran Invasion ?
    13 February 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers
    Russian Military Analysts are reporting today that President Putin has issued orders to the Russian Interior Ministry to ‘immediately’ dispatch Spetsnaz (Special Forces) troops to Iran to protect ‘vital’ Russian assets, including the Bushehr Nuclear power plant.
    These reports state that this order from President Putin to the Interior Ministry includes the phrase, “against any and all hostile forces”, and which analysts state is (…)

  • Israeli Politics of ‘Archeology’ in Jerusalem
    13 February 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Nicola Nasser*
    The Israeli arrogance of being the regional military super power, unequivocally backed by the U.S. world super power, is dictating a kind of politics that deals trivially with the national and religious grievances of Israel’s geopolitical neighbors, whom the Jewish state is supposedly aspiring to live with in peace and as a regional integral part, while at the same time she is pursuing policies that antagonize those same neighbors to preclude altogether whatever potential (…)

  • INVADE IRAN? WHY NOT?
    12 February 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    You know the standard talk by now, pure rhetoric about how the bombing and/or invasion fo Iran by the U.S. or Israel/Great Britan is likely to initiate worldwide conflagration, with Muslim populatons from Palestine to Indonesia attacking "Allied Interests", and then sending suicide bombers to our homeland to destroy our infrastructure and way of life?
    Mule muffins! I have it on good authority from my friends and contacts in Washington....good folks like Cheney, Rove, Feith and Rice, that (…)

  • IRAK : More attacks target national grid
    10 February 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Azzaman, February 8, 2007
    Saboteurs have destroyed five more pylons linking Baghdad to the power stations in Baiji in the north, the Ministry of Electricity said.
    It is the second attack on the high voltage line in less than two weeks.
    A ministry source said the latest attack has led to a total blackout in Baghdad. The resulting outage has covered other parts of the country, the source said.
    Power shortages have worsened since the 2003 U.S. invasion. The authorities blame sabotage. (…)

  • Israel’s Aquifer that provides 20% of water could become unusable
    10 February 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Israel’s Aquifer that provides 20% of water could become unusable
    09/02/2007 By Zafrir Rinat, Haaretz Correspondent
    One of Israel’s three sources for fresh water, the coastal aquifer, is in danger of becoming unusable because of contamination, according to data collected by the Water Authority and the Health Ministry.
    The data shows that over the past decade, 160 wells were shut down (because of various kinds of contamination) from an overall figure of 1,000 wells, which provide about (…)

  • Top archaeologist: Temple Mount dig not necessary
    10 February 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Top archaeologist: Temple Mount dig not necessary
    JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST
    Feb. 9, 2007
    Archaeologist Meir Ben Dov, who headed previous excavation work at the Temple Mount, said Friday morning there was no need for the current renovations to be carried out at the Mughrabi Gate and that the planned bridge was not required.
    During an interview to Israel Radio, Ben Dov also said that the excavations were illegal and had not received the required permits. (…)

  • CIA, Iranians at Same Nuke Conference: Here’s Attendees List
    10 February 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Scooter Libby Outed Unit That Spied on Iran at Nuke Conference
    Scooter Libby is on trial for perjuring himself in regard to his outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame and thus her front company Brewster Jennings. Jean C. Edwards is a former CIA agent who recently listed Valerie Plame’s famous CIA front company Brewster Jennings Associates as her own former employer. Edwards attended at least three conferences with nuclear engineers and scientists from Iran, Pakistan, and other prospective (…)