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Joe Stork is the Washington Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, “Human Rights Watch.” On Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, he gave a talk at the Palestine Center, in Washington, D.C. His remarks focused generally on the humanitarian consequences of the Israeli Occupation Forces’ 19 month highly restrictive blockade and recent, 23-day war directed at the 1.5 million people trapped in Gaza. About an estimated 1,300 Gazans were killed, many of them children, and over 5,300 more were (…)

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers (Traducción al Español abajo)
A most disturbing report is circulating in the Kremlin today stating that the newly installed US President Barack Obama has survived, during his first day in office, a coup attempt designed to plunge the United States into ‘immediate’ war and threaten our World’s existence.
According to these reports, the Bush appointed Chief Justice of the United States, John Roberts, ‘deliberately’ failed to (…)

The Mandate Also Requires U.S. Interrogators to Adhere Strictly to Army Rules
By JAKE TAPPER and HUMA KHAN
Following a meeting with 16 retired military officers today, President Obama signed three new executive orders, the first of which calls for shutting down the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention center "as soon as practicable, and no later than one year from now," as ABC News first reported Wednesday.
"The president believes that what he did today will enhance the security of (…)

By VALUR GUNNARSSON and JILL LAWLESS
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Police used tear gas to break up an angry protest outside Iceland’s parliament early Thursday, and two officers were hospitalized after being hit by rocks, the force said.
It was the first time the country’s police had used tear gas in more than half a century, and came as demonstrators mount increasingly violent protests against a government they blame for leading once-prosperous Iceland into economic ruin.
Demonstrators, (…)

The Economy Tanking rapidly! Faster than expected! Prepare NOW!
The economy is collapsing faster than expected. The dollar will be gone in a matter of months. DR Ron Paul said on Tuesday the Treasury is already looking for a new currency. The Banksters have stolen all the money they can from us! The economy will NOT get better for many years... Many many years...
And most Americans sit and watch their TV’s and are told everything is going to be alright!
Its NOT and we know it! (…)

Paul Volcker, the former chief of the U.S. Federal Reserve and current economic adviser to President Barack Obama warns of U.S. dollar Crash
Tobias Bayer (Frankfurt)
He was famous for his tough anti-inflation rate at the top of the U.S. central bank in the’80s. Now the 81-year-old adviser to Obama. In unusually sharp words, he drew a gloomy picture of the U.S. economy.
Paul Volcker, the former chief of the U.S. Federal Reserve and current economic adviser to President Barack Obama, has (…)

At the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2009, the “Bring the Guard Home! It’s the Law” campaign held a press conference. One of the speakers was Rep. Michael Fisher (D) of the Vermont legislature. He was recently elected to his fifth term in office. Rep. Fisher is one of the leaders of an initiative to have state governments pass a law to “bring the National Guard home.” In his remarks, he charged: “The war in Iraq has no proper legal authorization. The authorization (…)

Source Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com) thanks Fox News
Barack Hussein Obama’s inauguration speech
http://www.yidio.com/barack-obamas-inauguration-speech/id/3733798594
Barack Obama’s inaugural address in full
Barack Obama has been sworn in as the 44th US president. Here is his inauguration speech in full.
"My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank (…)

By PAUL KRUGMAN
Old-fashioned voodoo economics — the belief in tax-cut magic — has been banished from civilized discourse. The supply-side cult has shrunk to the point that it contains only cranks, charlatans, and Republicans.
But recent news reports suggest that many influential people, including Federal Reserve officials, bank regulators, and, possibly, members of the incoming Obama administration, have become devotees of a new kind of voodoo: the belief that by performing elaborate (…)

By Cnaan Liphshiz
The Immigrant Absorption Ministry announced on Sunday it was setting up an "army of bloggers," to be made up of Israelis who speak a second language, to represent Israel in "anti-Zionist blogs" in English, French, Spanish and German.
The program’s first volunteer was Sandrine Pitousi, 31, from Kfar Maimon, situated five kilometers from Gaza. "I heard about the project over the radio and decided to join because I’m living in the middle of the conflict," she said. (…)