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January 28 2007
By George Lakoff *
The elimination of Natanz would be a major setback for Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but the conventional weapons in the American arsenal could not insure the destruction of facilities under seventy-five feet of earth and rock, especially if they are reinforced with concrete."
—Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker, April 17, 2006
"The second concern is that if an underground laboratory is deeply buried, that can also confound conventional (…)

I continue with another piece to expose corporate control of academia in response to the article by Angela Jancius on "Battling the Neoliberalization of University Life". In this article I highlight how globalisation attracts dangers associated with a lack of genuine educational values, quality control and regulation. I also expose some of the recent moves that new corporations have made in order to gain further control on Academia.
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It has been widely argued that globalisation is (…)

3 Pakistani Generals Perish in Air Crash
Azhar Masood, Arab News —
Thursday 7 February 2008 (30 Muharram 1429)
ISLAMABAD, 7 February 2008 — A Pakistani Army helicopter crashed yesterday in the country’s northwest, killing three generals and five other soldiers.
The aircraft went down in South Waziristan, said Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, the director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate.
The area has been the scene of intense fighting between Pakistani forces and (…)

Olmert to hold emergency meeting on dollar rates
Slipping dollar rate, subsequent industry losses prompt PM to call emergency meeting with finance minister, trade and labor minister, governor of the Bank of Israel and head of National Economic Council to discuss possible countermeasures
Gad Lior
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is expected to hold an emergency meeting concerning the recent fluctuations the dollar rates, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Thursday.
Olmert has summoned Finance (…)

By Patrick Wintour
"I’ll be president of Europe if you give me the power - Blair"
Tony Blair has been holding discussions with some of his oldest allies on how he could mount a campaign later this year to become full-time president of the EU council, the prestigious new job characterised as “president of Europe”. Blair, currently the Middle East envoy for the US, Russia, EU and the UN, has told friends he has made no final decision, but is increasingly willing to put himself forward for (…)

Petition against the nomination of Tony Blair as "President of the EuropeanUnion"
http://www.stopblair.eu/
We, European citizens of all origins and of all political persuasions, wish to express our total opposition to the nomination of Tony Blair to the Presidency of the European Council.
The Treaty of Lisbon provides for the new post of President of the European Council, to be elected by the Council for a mandate, renewable once only, of two and a half years. Under the terms of the (…)

By Kathy Marks and Daniel Howden, The Independent
A “plastic soup” of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the continental United States, scientists have said.The vast expanse of debris - in effect the world’s largest rubbish dump - is held in place by swirling underwater currents. This drifting “soup” stretches from about 500 nautical miles off the Californian coast, across the northern Pacific, past Hawaii and almost (…)

(DUBLIN) - Ireland’s foreign minister warned the country’s voters Tuesday against rejecting a new EU treaty, saying critics were using the same "myths" as when the country vetoed a former pact.
Dermot Ahern said Ireland, which sent shockwaves when it voted out the Nice Treaty in 2001, could not "turn its back" on the European Union in a referendum on the new, so-called Lisbon treaty, or Reform Treaty, this year.
Ireland, whose long-booming "Celtic Tiger" economy was seen as a model for (…)

US troops admit abusing Iraqis
aljazeera.net :: 2007-05-05 ::
US involvement in Iraq have been dogged by claims of mistreatment of Iraqi detainees and civilians [AFP]
Almost one in ten US combat troops deployed in Iraq have mistreated a civilian, according to a new survey conducted by an army mental health advisory team.
The report, released on Friday, also found that less than half of the soldiers and marines surveyed would report a fellow serviceman for killing or injuring an (…)

HRW: Rights eroded in Iraq in 2007 with civilians targeted
AFP :: 2008-02-01 ::
Human rights in Iraq deteriorated for much of 2007 while sectarian violence targeting civilians swelled the number of displaced to around 4.4 million, half of them abroad, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
"Attacks on civilians by various insurgent and militia groups continued," HRW said in a bleak assessment of Iraq in its annual report.
This included the single deadliest attack since the war began in (…)