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  • US Escalating Covert Operations Against Iran
    29 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    From Reuters...
    US escalating covert operations against Iran
    06/29/2008 08:43 PM | Reuters
    Washington: US congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush’s funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine published online on Sunday.
    The article by reporter Seymour Hersh, from the magazine’s July 7 and 14 issue, centers on a highly classified (…)

  • More signs of Israeli/US preparations for attacking Iran (World Socialist Web Site)
    29 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    World Socialist Web Site 28 June 2008
    By Peter Symonds
    The visit by US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Mike Mullen to Israel yesterday is one more indication that the two countries are actively discussing a military strike on Iran. Mullen’s trip followed news that the Israeli air force carried out a major exercise earlier this month involving 100 fighter jets, backed by midair fuel tankers and rescue helicopters, flying some 1,500 kilometres westward over the Mediterranean (…)

  • No Ice At The North Pole/Polar Bears disappearing
    29 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Steve Connor
    It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.
    The disappearance of the Arctic sea ice, making it possible to reach the Pole sailing in a boat through open water, would be one of the most dramatic – and worrying – examples of the impact of global warming on the planet. Scientists say the ice at 90 degrees north may well have melted away by the summer.
    "From the viewpoint of science, (…)

  • John Bolton: Israel ‘Will Attack Iran’ just after the Election
    27 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Commondreams.org/The Telegraph/UK, June 24, 2008
    Israel ‘Will Attack Iran’ Before New US President Sworn In, John Bolton Predicts
    by Toby Harnden in Washington
    John Bolton, the former American ambassador to the United Nations, has predicted that Israel could attack Iran after the November presidential election but before George W Bush’s successor is sworn in.
    The Arab world would be “pleased” by Israeli strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, he said in an interview with The (…)

  • Saddam’s OIL! Connection
    23 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&a...
    Saddam Hussein was flooding the world OIL! market with cheap, er, low cost petroleum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum i.e. (sweet light crude http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_... ), as long as he was in power the world had access to cheap OIL!. It cost him his life.
    He was stretched by the neck and so, are we.
    Will Saddam deal the oil market a bad hand? (circa 1998)
    http://findarticles.com/p/articles/...
    "Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh" (…)

  • The Real State of Iraq
    22 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    American television loves natural disasters. The Burmese cyclones that may have carried off as many as 200,000 people offered the cameras high drama.
    The floods in Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri along the Mississippi River, which have wiped out thousands of homes, have been carefully detailed hour by hour.
    But American television is little interested in the massive disaster blithely visited upon Iraq by Washington. Oh, there is the occasional human interest story. Angelina Jolie’s visit (…)

  • Drivers block traffic, protest gas prices
    20 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Drivers block traffic, protest gas prices
    Heavy traffic jams on major highways as enraged taxi, bus drivers fight to reduce gas rates, diesel oil tax
    Roi Mandel
    18:59 , 06.19.08
    Thousands of professional drivers staged a massive demonstration went on a massive rally Thursday, embarking on their battle against the diesel oil tax the Finance Ministry is collecting from commercial vehicle owners. This protest follows the price-hike in gas prices.
    Major traffic flow was en route from (…)

  • Iraqi Refugee Crisis Grows As West Turns Its Back
    16 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Commondreams Published on June 15, 2008 by The Independent/UK
    With millions displaced, foreign countries take increasingly hardline stance
    by Kim Sengupta
    Source: kikoshouse.blogspot.com
    The plight of Iraqi refugees is now worse than ever, with millions struggling to survive in desperate conditions and with little hope of finding sanctuary.
    While the crisis continues, the world community, especially Western countries, have not only failed to help but are also erecting fresh (…)

  • How Iran Has Bush Over a Barrel
    13 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    How Iran Has Bush Over a Barrel
    By Robert Baer
    Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2008
    If wasn’t clear before it should be now: the Bush Administration can’t afford to attack Iran. With gas already at $4 a gallon and rising almost every day, Iran figuratively and literally has the United States over a barrel. As much as the Administration is tempted, it is not about to test Iran’s promise to "explode" the Middle East if it is attacked.
    The Iranians haven’t been shy about making clear what’s at (…)

  • may day in indonesia 2008
    12 June 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Thousands join May Day rally, urge fair treatment
    The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 05/02/2008 1:33 PM | Headlines
    The heat of the capital’s sweltering sun on Thursday did not stop thousands of people from joining the World Labor Day rallies, closing down Jakarta’s major thoroughfares and halting traffic.
    Some 18,000 people held two large rallies in front of the State Palace and the House of Representatives, shouting out their demands for higher wages and their objections to the (…)