Tuesday June 30th 2009 - links page

Color Revolutions, Old and New  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14168
Special Note - A quote...."In his new book, "Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order," F. William Engdahl explained a new form of US covert warfare - first played out in Belgrade, Serbia in 2000. What appeared to be "a spontaneous and genuine political 'movement,' (in fact) was the product of techniques" developed in America over decades."
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Obama faces a Persian rebuff  ---  http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KG01Ak03.html
Special Note - Some quotes...."When Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei used a colorful Persian idiom to characterize European and American officials and when he underscored that the ground on which they stood inevitably gets "soiled", he made it clear that Tehran will not easily forget the fusillades of mockery that the US and Britain in particular fired over the past fortnight to tarnish its rising regional profile. In a veiled warning, Khamenei said, "Some European and American officials with their idiotic remarks about Iran are speaking as if their own problems [read Iraq, Afghanistan] have all been resolved and Iran remains the only issue for them."  ---  "It is a little-known slice of history that in the countdown to the Anglo-American coup in Tehran against Mohammed Mosaddeq in 1953, the US Central Intelligence Agency lost nerve just as the Tehran street protests - eerily similar to the recent unrest - were about to be staged, but the British intelligence outpost in Cyprus which coordinated the entire operation held firm, forced the pace and ultimately created a fait accompli for Washington. -- At any rate, Tehran is going after Britain - "the most treacherous of foreign powers", to use Khamenei's words. Marching orders have been given to two British diplomats posted in Tehran, and four local employees working in the British Embassy remain under detention for questioning." -- bold by website editor
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The Truth Alone Will Not Set You Free -- But it sure helps. - mpg
  ---  http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090629_the_truth_alone_will_not_set_you_free/
A quote...."Our economic crisis—despite the corporate media circus around the death of Michael Jackson or Gov. Mark Sanford’s marital infidelity or the outfits of Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest incarnation, Brüno—barrels forward. And this crisis will lead to a period of profound political turmoil and change. Those who care about the plight of the working class and the poor must begin to mobilize quickly or we will lose our last opportunity to save our embattled democracy." -- also posted at CommonDreams  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/06/29-2
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More on the US-NRE's Honduran Coup....

Showdown in Honduras: The Rise, Repression and Uncertain Future of the Coup  ---  http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1941/1/
A quote...."Worldwide condemnation has followed the coup that unseated President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras on Sunday, June 28. Nation-wide mobilizations and a general strike demanding that Zelaya be returned to power are growing in spite of increased military repression. One protester outside the government palace in Honduras told reporters that if Roberto Micheletti, the leader installed by the coup, wants to enter the palace, "he had better do so by air" because if he goes by land "we will stop him." -- bold by website edittor -- also posted at ICH  ---  http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22946.htm
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Latin American Nations Begin Economic and Political Blockade Against Coup Government
  ---  http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/kristin-bricker/2009/06/latin-american-nations-begin-economic-and-political-blockade-agains
A quote...."Border Closings, Suspension of Aid, and Cutting of Diplomatic Relations Present a Non-Violent Response to a Violent Coup."
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100,000 Workers in Honduras Go On “Indefinate” Strike Til Zelaya is Returned to Power
  ---  http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/100000-workers-in-honduras-go-on-indefinate-strike-til-zelaya-is-returned-
to-power-while-obamas-team-looks-for-a-legal-loop-hole-to-keep-from-calling-this-a-coup-and-oh-yeah-u-s-military/
A quote...."While Obama’s Team Looks for a Legal Loop-Hole to Keep from Calling this a Coup. And oh yeah… U.S. Military Helicopters are now Flying Misisons in Honduras -- Zelaya supporters also were active Tuesday, with three major public-sector labor unions launching a general strike, a union official told CNN. About 100,000 workers joined the strike, said Oscar Garcia, vice president of the Honduran water workers union SANAA. That number could not be independently verified.
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Democracy Derailed in Honduras  ---  http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090713/grandin/single
A quote...."When Honduran president Manuel Zelaya--who was rousted out of his bed on Sunday morning by a detachment of armed soldiers and forced into exile still in his pajamas--took office in early 2006, unionists, peasant activists and reformers expected little of the center-right politician, a rancher and member of the establishment Liberal Party. Neither did the handful of elite Honduran families who, bankrolled by foreign finance, control their country's media, banking, agricultural, manufacturing and narcotics industries. "You are only temporary, while we are permanent," they told him soon after his inauguration, according one report, reminding Zelaya that he served at their pleasure." -- also posted at CommonDreams  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/06/30-11
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Why President Zelaya's Actions in Honduras Were Legal and Constitutional
  ---  http://rebelreports.com/post/133319827/why-president-zelayas-actions-in-honduras-were-legal
A quote...."Zelaya attempted to give Hondurans the gift of participatory democracy. It was the coup leaders who violated the constitution. Those who say otherwise are wrong."
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Honduran Coup Turns Violent, Sanctions Imposed  ---  http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6223
A quote...."Thousands of Hondurans are now in the streets to protest the coup d'etat in their country. They have been met with tear gas, anti-riot rubber bullets, tanks firing water mixed with chemicals, and clubs. Police have moved in to break down barricades and soldiers used violence to push back protesters at the presidential residence, leaving an unknown number wounded." -- also posted at CommonDreams  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/06/30-10
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Situation in Honduras “a test for democracies in western hemisphere”
  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-06-30/Situation_in_Honduras__a_test_for_democracies_in_western_hemisphere_.html
Video - A quote...."The outcome of the political crisis in Honduras will be an indication of how strong democracies in America are, believes Andres Martinez, program director at the New America Foundation."
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Zelaya vows return to Honduras, defies arrest threat  ---  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR2009063001604.html
A quote...."TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya vowed on Tuesday to return to Honduras flanked by foreign leaders to serve out his term, defying a warning from an interim government that he faces immediate arrest."
also posted at UDW  ---  http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1948/68/
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Military Coup in Honduras by ~Latuff2  ---  http://latuff2.deviantart.com/art/Military-Coup-in-Honduras-127650642
Cartoon - Click on the image to enlarge. - mpg
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More On The Iranian Election....

Israeli News Now Just Making Sh-t Up about Iran…  ---  http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/israeli-news-now-just-making-shit-up-about-iran/
A quote....

“… a report emerged of the hangings of six supporters of defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi“  JPost
“… sources in Iran told this reporter in a telephone interview…”
“… no independent confirmation of the report… “

There used to be a time when unsourced, unconfirmed propaganda couldn’t make it past your laughing editor.  Didn’t some guy get fired some years back for “making up” stories at the New
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Iconic photo of Iranian protester is faked: reveals Italy's most conservative mainstream paper
  ---  http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/06/29/iconic-photo-of-iranian-protester-is-faked-reveals-italys-most-conservative-mainstream-paper/
A quote...."There is a picture circulating on the web, framed perfectly. It depicts an Iranian girl doing an unlikely American gesture, a striking parallel to the picture of a solitary Chinese youth standing in front of tanks at Tienanmen Square in Beijing. We can expect to see this picture soon everywhere on Internet."
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Ahmadinejad orders probe into Neda's 'suspicious' death  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14165
A quote...."Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked the Judiciary chief to conduct a through investigation into the death of Neda Aqa-Soltan, an Iranian woman who was shot dead in Tehran's post-vote protests. -- In a letter to Iran's Judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi on Monday, Ahmadinejad called for a serious probe into the "suspicious" death of Neda and recognizing elements behind her killing." -- The Iranian government is getting a little bit paranoid, and rightfully so.  But also keep in mind, given the odd circumstances of Neda Aqa-Soltan's death, it's possible she might have been murdered for personal reasons, by an angry relative, or a jealous boyfriend.  The Iranian cops should first investigate to see if anyone held a grudge against her before going on a wild geo-political goose chase. – mpg
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Iran crisis 2 by ~Latuff2  ---  http://latuff2.deviantart.com/art/Iran-crisis-2-127545888
Cartoon - Click on the image to enlarge. - mpg
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Israeli Doctors Colluding in Torture  ---  http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22953.htm
A quote...."June 30, 2009 "Information Clearing House" --- Israel’s watchdog body on medical ethics has failed to investigate evidence that doctors working in detention facilities are turning a blind eye to cases of torture, according to Israeli human rights group. --  The Israeli Medical Association (IMA) has ignored repeated requests to examine such evidence, the rights groups say, even though it has been presented with examples of Israeli doctors who have broken their legal and ethical duty towards Palestinians in their care. --  The accusations will add fuel to a campaign backed by hundreds of doctors from around the world to force Yoram Blachar, who heads the IMA, to step down from his recent appointment as president of the World Medical Association (WMA)." - also posted at ElecIntifada   ---  http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10631.shtml  ---  Paging Dr. Mengela, paging Dr. Mengela, please pick up the white courtesy telephone......
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Israel Attacks Justice Boat; Kidnaps Human Rights Workers; Confiscates Medicine, Toys and Olive Trees
http://www.freegaza.org/en/home/hope-fleet-news/976-israel-attacks-justice-boat-kidnaps-human-rights-workers-confiscates-medicine-toys-and-olive-trees
Action Alert - A quote...."[23 miles off the coast of Gaza, 15:30pm] - Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (see below for a complete list of passengers). The passengers and crew are being forcibly dragged toward Israel." -- also posted at ICH   ---  http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22950.htm  ---  For more on this issue see also video....Huwaida Arraf: Israel's policy has nothing to do with security...DN! Israel Threatens Free Gaza Aid Ship in International Waters:
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Israeli gunboats seize Gaza aid ship  ---  http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4861.shtml
Action Alert - A quote...."Press release, Free Gaza Movement -- Jul 1, 2009, 00:17 -- 30 June 2009 -- Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the Spirit of Humanity, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (see below for a complete list of passengers). The passengers and crew are being forcibly dragged toward Israel."
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Jewish settlers burn Palestinian crops  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m55583&hd=&size=1&l=e
A quote...."NABLUS, (PIC)-- Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian homes in Assira Qabalia village, south of Nablus city, and set fire to their crops on Monday night, local sources reported."
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Quebec Trade Federation Votes to Support Boycott on Israel  ---  http://atheonews.blogspot.com/2009/06/quebec-trade-federation-votes-to.html
Action Alert - A quote...."Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ) a major trade federation in Quebec has voted to support the international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israeli apartheid, a major step forward for the Palestinian solidarity movement in Quebec." -- For more on how to boycott Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page"  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/  ---   of this website. - mpg
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Iraqis party as U.S. trooops pull out  ---  http://www.examiner.com/x-12837-US-Headlines-Examiner%7Ey2009m6d30-Iraqis-party-as-US-trooops-pull-out
A quote...."Despite recent attacks and questions as to whether or not Iraqi forces are ready to rule their own country, the Iraqis are obvious in their blatant joy that they want U.S. soliders to get out of their country. Today marks the official pull out of approximately 130,000 U.S. troops. Not only are the Iraqis rejoicing, celebrating, and dancing in the streets; the Iraqi people have declared to day a national holiday. Even with rising tensions and conflicts, it is clear that the Iraqis are joyous to have U.S. troops withdraw." -- Well, not all of them - see below - mpg
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Gen. Odierno Concedes Troops Remain in Iraqi Cities, Won’t Say How Many
  ---  http://news.antiwar.com/2009/06/30/gen-odierno-concedes-troops-remain-in-iraqi-cities-wont-say-how-many/
A quote...."On Sunday he declared all troops were out of Iraq’s cities, but today top US commander in Iraq General Raymond Odierno conceded that “a small number” of US troops are still there, and “will remain in cities to train, advise, coordinate with Iraqi security forces, as well as enable them to move forward.”
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Iraq's attempt to bring foreign investors into oil industry comes up dry  ---  http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/thatseemsfair/latimes0232.html
A quote...."Iraq was seeking bids from firms to develop eight of its existing oil and gas fields, but only one contract was awarded to develop one oil field after a public auction that was televised live from Baghdad's Rashid Hotel inside the heavily fortified Green Zone. The disappointing outcome to the widely anticipated event, which was planned a year ago, suggested international oil firms aren't as eager to invest in Iraq as the Iraqi government had been hoping -- and that there will be no quick fix for the country's looming financial problems." -- They'll have to do it themselves.  Here's a suggestion for the Iraqis, sue the US-NRE for the trillions of dollars worth of damage it did to the country and use that to help build Iraq's own national oil and gas industry.  It would be the only fair thing to do. - mpg
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[British] Army faces 20 more abuse claims from Iraqi civilians
  ---  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/army-faces-20-more-abuse-claims-from-iraqi-civilians-1726191.html
A quote...."The British Army faces 20 fresh claims of torture and abuse of Iraqi civilians in a series of damaging cases being prepared by human rights lawyers in the High Court in London."
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$2,000 for a Dead Afghan Child - $100,000 for Any American Who Died Killing it  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m55594&hd=&size=1&l=e
A quote...."After Obama apologized for the strike which the Afghan government claimed killed well over a hundred ordinary country folk, came the report that the families of those killed, and subsequent Afghani dead falling in harms way of the US military, continuing as before, can apply to receive up to $2,000 compensation. This is the price the great United States of American puts on an Afghan or Pakistan human being, while awarding $100,000 to families of Americans who die while fighting and killing wherever."
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A United Opposition - Hezbollah After the Elections  ---  http://www.counterpunch.org/lamb06302009.html
A quote...."While on the surface the pro-US team here did preserve its ‘majority’ the Hezbollah led opposition actually won the election by nearly ten percent of the popular vote. Of approximately 1,495,000 votes cast on June 7, 815,000 voted for the National Lebanese Resistance led by Hezbollah while 680,000 voted for the March 14 government parties.
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Asian banks may fund Iran's S Pars gas field  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99407&sectionid=351020103
A quote...."Iran is holding negotiations with two Asian banks on a 1-billion-euro ($1.40 billion) bond to invest in its huge South Pars gas field, a senior Iranian energy official says."
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House passes $44B Homeland Security spending bill
  ---  http://www.roguegovernment.com/House_passes_%2444B_Homeland_Security_spending_bill/16273/0/17/17/Y/M.html
While we all get less "secure" every day.  Many of you idiots out there in la-la land voted for these guys....what the heck were you thinking? - mpg -- A quote...."The House passed a $44 billion spending bill Wednesday that awards the Homeland Security Department a 7 percent budget increase, with money for more border patrol agents and for anti-piracy efforts off the coast of Somalia."
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Creepy, revealing quote from White House staffer  ---  http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/06/30/white_house/index.html
A quote...."Jane Hamsher details the extremely aggressive tactics the White House and House leadership used to coerce liberal environmentalist members to vote for the cap-and-trade bill despite their belief that it helped polluters more than it did anything else...."
also posted at CommonDreams  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/06/30-8
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Did leak from a laboratory cause swine flu pandemic?
  ---  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/did-leak-from-a-laboratory-cause-swine-flu-pandemic-1724448.html
A quote...."It has swept across the world killing at least 300 people and infecting thousands more. Yet the swine flu pandemic might not have happened had it not been for the accidental release of the same strain of influenza virus from a research laboratory in the late 1970s, according to a new study." -- This website editor just keeps thinking of Steven King's "The Stand". - mpg
also posted at RogueGov  ---  http://www.roguegovernment.com/Did_Leak_From_Laboratory_Cause_Swine_Flu_Pandemic%3F/16272/0/18/18/Y/M.html
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True or False: U.S. Economic Stats Lie  ---  http://www.smartmoney.com/investing/stocks/true-or-false-u-s-economic-stats-lie/?page=all
By the Numbers - With Pros and Cons - mpg -- A quote...."How’s the economy treating you? Chances are, your answer is colored largely by three things: whether you’re working (if you want to), how much you’re making and how quickly your expenses are rising. Economists rely heavily on the same factors to judge the nation’s health. At last count, 9.4% of the workforce is jobless. Compared with a year ago, the goods and services we produce are worth 5.7% less while the ones we buy are 0.7% cheaper." -- also posted at ICH  ---  http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22948.htm
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The Great Bank Robbery: How the Federal Reserve is destroying America
  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-06-30/The_Great_Bank_Robbery__How_the_Federal_Reserve_is_destroying_America.html
A quote...."As global leaders struggle to rescue their nations from economic breakdown, the legitimacy of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency is under attack. Perhaps the problem lies with the Fed."
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Ron Paul Wins Support to Audit Fed Reserve  ---  http://www.infiniteunknown.net/2009/06/30/ron-paul-wins-support-to-audit-fed-reserve/
A quote...."Rep. Ron Paul so far has won 245 co-sponsors to a bill that would require a full-fledged audit of the Federal Reserve by the end of 2010."
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On Giving Goldman a Chance  ---  http://www.lewrockwell.com/taibbi/taibbi8.1.1.html
A quote...."After my recent piece about Goldman, Sachs   ---  http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/taibbi8.1.1.html  ---  hit the newsstands last week, I started to get a lot of mail. Most of it was thoughtful and respectful criticism, although there was an amusingly large number of people writing in impassioned defense of their right, under our American system, to be ripped off by large impersonal financial companies. “If my pension fund is buying [crap mortgages] from Goldman, and my pension fund loses lots of value, that’s not Goldman’s fault,” wrote one reader. “No one is forcing anyone to buy anything. The only thing Goldman is guilty of is making profits.” -- I’m not even going to go there – the psychology of a human being who would take the time to actually write in a complaint like that is so bizarre that it would take more time than I have today to even begin discussing it."
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Debt Deflation in America - What the Jump in the U.S. Savings Rate Really Means  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14153
A quote...."Many families are able to remain financially afloat by running down their personal savings and cutting back their spending to try and avoid bankruptcy. This diversion of income to pay creditors explains why retail sales figures, auto sales and other commercial statistics are plunging vertically downward in almost a straight line, while unemployment rates soar toward the 10 per cent level. The ability of most people to spend at past rates has hit a wall. The same income cannot be used for two purposes. It cannot be used to pay down debt and also for spending on goods and services. Something must give. So more stores and shopping malls are becoming vacant each month. "  - also posted at CounterPunch   ---  http://www.counterpunch.org/hudson06302009.html
& Creative-i   ---  http://www.creative-i.info/?p=8023  ---  It's called a debt spiral, or as this website editor likes to say...."The Great Unwind". - mpg
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Monday June 29th 2009 - links page

More on the US-NRE's Honduran Coup....

A Few Thoughts on the Coup in Honduras  ---  http://rebelreports.com/post/132342133/a-few-thoughts-on-the-coup-in-honduras
Special Note - A quote...."It is impossible to imagine that the US was not aware that the coup was in the works. At minimum, the US could have flexed its tremendous economic muscle before the coup and told the military coup plotters to stand down."
also posted at ICH  ---  http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22944.htm
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Two Military Battalions Turn Against Honduras Coup Regime
  ---  http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/two-military-battalions-turn-against-honduras-coup-regime/
Breaking News - Posted on June 29, 2009 -- A quote...."Community Radio “Es Lo de Menos” was the first to report that the Fourth Infantry Battalion has rebelled from the military coup regime in Honduras. The radio station adds that “it seems” (“al parecer,” in the original Spanish) that the Tenth Infantry Battalion has also broken from the coup."
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Gabriela Gurvich, “Honduras: Dawn of General Strike”  ---  http://www.creative-i.info/?p=7984
A quote...."here was a curfew until 6 AM.  The city is militarized.  Hondurans remain in the streets, demanding the return of their president, Manuel Zelaya, keeping a vigil all night. -- This Monday morning began in Honduras with people demanding the return of democracy, ready for struggle.  There was a curfew until 6 AM.  The city is militarized, but Hondurans remain in the streets, demanding the return of their president, Manuel Zelaya."
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Chaos erupts after Honduras coup  ---  http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090629/wl_nm/us_honduras_president
A quote...."TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Shots were fired near the presidential palace in Honduras where protests erupted after the army ousted and exiled leftist President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday in Central America's first military coup since the Cold War."
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Honduran president vows to return  ---  http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/06/200963013510285645.html
A quote...."The Honduran president ousted by a military coup and forced into exile has said he will return home on Thursday. -- Speaking in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, late on Monday, Manuel Zelaya said: "I go to Tegucigalpa on Thursday. I'm the elected president, I will fulfil my four-year term."
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“Zelaya may be returned soon”  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-06-29/_Zelaya_may_be_returned_soon_.html
Contains Video - A quote...."If the major protests following the coup of Honduras President Manuel Zelaya continue, the country’s government will have to return him, says Mark Weisbrot, co-director at the Centre for Economic and Policy Research."
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Coup in Honduras: Military Ousts President Manuel Zelaya, Supporters Defy Curfew and Take to the Streets
  ---  http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/29/coup_in_honduras_military_ousts_president
A quote...."In the first military coup in Central America in a quarter of a century, the Honduran military has ousted the democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya. Former Parliamentary speaker Roberto Micheletti, who was sworn in as Zelaya’s replacement on Sunday, has imposed a two-day nationwide curfew. But hundreds of Zelaya supporters remain on the streets, and shots were fired at protesters near the presidential palace early Monday morning. We go to Honduras to speak with Honduran medical doctor and award-winning human rights activist, Dr. Juan Almendares, and NYU professor of Latin American history, Greg Grandin. [includes rush transcript]"
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Claim: Leftist leader assassinated in Honduras  ---  http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/29/claim-leftist-leader-assassinated-in-honduras/
A quote...."The leader of Honduras’ only major left-leaning party has been killed by the country’s military, says a report in the NarcoNews blog."
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Obama's Real Message to Latin America? - The Coup in Honduras  ---  http://www.counterpunch.org/kozloff06292009.html
Special Note - A quote...."Whatever goodwill existed last week [between the US and Venezula] however could now be undone by turbulent political events in Honduras.  Following the military coup d’etat there on Sunday, Chávez accused the U.S. of helping to orchestrate the overthrow of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya.  “Behind these soldiers are the Honduran bourgeois, the rich who converted Honduras into a Banana Republic, into a political and military base for North American imperialism,” Chávez thundered.  The Venezuelan leader urged the Honduran military to return Zelaya to power and even threatened military action against the coup regime if Venezuela’s ambassador was killed or local troops entered the Venezuelan Embassy."
also posted at ICH  ---  http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22934.htm
& OhBummer  ---  http://obamboozled.blogspot.com/2009/06/coup-in-honduras.html
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Coup d'Etat Underway in Honduras: OBAMA’S FIRST COUP D’ETAT  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14152
A quote...."[Note: As of 11:15am, Caracas time, President Zelaya is speaking live on Telesur from San Jose, Costa Rica. He has verified the soldiers entered his residence in the early morning hours, firing guns and threatening to kill him and his family if he resisted the coup. He was forced to go with the soldiers who took him to the air base and flew him to Costa Rica. He has requested the U.S. Government make a public statement condemning the coup, otherwise, it will indicate their compliance.]"
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The Honduran coup: another US destabilization operation  ---  http://wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/zela-j30.shtml
A quote...."While publicly opposing the military coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday, the Obama administration on Monday indicated that it will not cut off aid to the Central American country or demand Zelaya’s reinstatement."
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Chavez threatens to invade as Honduran army stages coup
  ---  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chavez-threatens-to-invade-as-honduran-army-stages-coup-1723090.html
A quote...."In the first successful military coup in Central America since the end of the Cold War, the army sent masked soldiers into the presidential palace before dawn. The President, who was in dispute with his military about a planned constitutional referendum, was then escorted to a military plane which took him into exile. -- Mr Chavez went on state television later in the day claiming that the coup leaders had taken away the Cuban ambassador to Honduras and left the Venezuelan ambassador by the road in the capital, Tegucigalpa, after beating him. He said that if troops enter his embassy "that military junta would be entering a de facto state of war," and "we would have to act militarily". -- also posted at ICH  ---  http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22936.htm
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Zelaya in Nicaragua  ---  http://hondurasnews.com/2009/06/28/zelaya-in-nicaragua/
A quote...."The vice-minister of security of Costa Rica, Jose Towers, confirmed that the government of Venezuela has sent an airplane that has landed in Costa Rica, to take Zelaya to Nicaragua this afternoon. There he will participate in an emergency meeting of ALBA in Managua."
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UN General Assembly president slams Honduras coup
  ---  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest-of-World/UN-General-Assembly-president-slams-Honduras-coup/articleshow/4714050.cms
A quote...."UNITED NATIONS: The president of the UN General Assembly, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, has strongly condemned the army coup that deposed President."
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Brazil's Lula calls for Zelaya return in Honduras  ---  http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=179432&bolum=104
A quote...."Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned on Monday the military coup in Honduras and said Brazil would only recognize a government headed by deposed leader Manuel Zelaya."
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Pathetic Progressives Ignore Coup  ---  http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/pathetic-progressives/
A quote...."I have never been so ashamed to have at one time considered myself in league with some of these so-called “progressive” websites or the people that frequent them."
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More On The Iranian Election....

Evidence of Revision: BBC Caught In Mass Public Deception With Iran Propaganda
  ---  http://www.sott.net/articles/show/187855-Evidence-of-Revision-BBC-Caught-In-Mass-Public-Deception-With-Iran-Propaganda
Special Note - A quote...."The BBC has again been caught engaging in mass public deception by using photographs of pro-Ahmadinejad rallies in Iran and claiming they represent anti-government protests in favor of Hossein Mousavi. "
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Police, Basij 'imposters' arrested in Iran  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14166
Special Note - A quote...."Iranian police officials have reportedly arrested the armed imposters who posed as security forces during post-election violence in the country. -- Iran's Basij commander, Hossein Taeb, said Monday that the imposters had worn police and Basij uniforms to infiltrate the rallies and create havoc. -- Taeb added that the recent anti-government riots have killed eight members of the Basij and wounded 300 others."
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Secret camera leads to arrest of 9 in British embassy in Iran
  ---  http://www.examiner.com/x-6572-NY-Obama-Administration-Examiner%7Ey2009m6d28-Secret-camera-leads-to-arrest-of-9-
in-British-embassy-in-Iran?cid=email-this-article
Special Note - A quote...."The government of Iran arrested 9 members of the British Embassy accusing them of taking part in anti-goverment demonstrations after they were filmed by a secret camera that had been placed, unbeknownst to embassy members, inside the British embassy" -- see also....Five British embassy staff freed  ---  http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/five-british-embassy-staff-freed-2814140
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CIA has Distributed 400 Million Dollars Inside Iran to Evoke a Revolution
  ---  http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/cia-has-distributed-400-million-dollars-inside-iran-to-evoke-a-revolution/
Special Note - A quote...."Former Pakistani Army General Mirza Aslam Beig claims the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has distributed 400 million dollars inside Iran to evoke a revolution."
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Sickening Hypocrisy: the CIA's Dirty War in Iran  ---  http://www.sott.net/articles/show/187611-Sickening-Hypocrisy-the-CIA-s-Dirty-War-in-Iran
Special Note - A quote...."Having won the presidential election by a landslide, Ahmadinejad and his backers within the Iranian regime should be basking in the glory of an overwhelming mandate from the Iranian people. Instead they face unrelenting pressure from within and without as they confront their deadliest crisis yet. The US and British media is presently falling over itself to broadcast images of an Iranian protestor shot dead in broad daylight, while repeatedly decrying "election fraud" in Iran."
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Beware the Dreaded Iranian Curse  ---  http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis153.html
Special Note - A quote...."WASHINGTON – We keep making the mistake of dealing with each new foreign crisis as a distinct and unique event, rather than as part of a historical-political continuum. Here is a sad example: -- In 1982, my old friend and Georgetown University Foreign Service School classmate, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, was executed in Tehran after mounting a failed attempt to overthrow Iran’s Islamic Republic."
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Ahmadinejad votes [go] up after partial re-count  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99387&sectionid=351020101
Ha! It was only twelve votes, but it's still funny. - mpg -- A quote...."A random re-count of 10 percent of votes cast in Iran's June 12 elections results in a slight increase of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's votes in some cities. -- After ballot boxes were randomly chosen and re-counted in the presence of the Guardian Council, interior ministry and district governor representatives, Ahmadinejad's votes increased in the province of Kerman, Fars news reported on Monday." -- For more on this issue see....It's The Votes That Count - 06-28-09 - mpg
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/itsthevotesthatcount-mpg-reficultnias-062809
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After Iran election, Israel beefs up air force  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99398&sectionid=351020202
War Alert - A quote...."The Israeli Air Force has launched an upgrade of its F-15 fleet, equipping the jets with complex systems that would enable them to carry out long-distance attacks. - Both the Israeli F-15s and F-15Is -- another version of the F-15 developed by an American manufacturer for the IAF -- are currently being equipped with two advanced weapons systems."
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US soldiers leaving Iraq's cities  ---  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8125547.stm  ---  For the moment. - mpg
A quote...."US troops are withdrawing from towns and cities in Iraq, six years after the invasion, having formally handed over security duties to new Iraqi forces."
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American forces quit Baghdad as gleeful Iraqis cheer  ---  http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=103613
A quote...."BAGHDAD: US troops pulled out of Baghdad Monday, triggering jubilation among Iraqis hopeful that foreign military occupation is ending six years after the invasion to oust Saddam Hussein. " -- Dream on. - mpg
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Iraq's VP Hashemi to boycott oil tenders  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8582543
A quote...."There are many existing reservations over this vital issue concerning Iraq's oil resources," Hashemi said in a letter, posted on his website, to Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani. -- he urged the minister to "hold off on awarding bids to the winning companies and give parliament enough time to study these bids," said the letter, released by Hashemi's office."
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The scramble for Iraq's 'sweet oil'  ---  http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/06/20096288505111580.html
A quote...."With proven oil reserves of around 112 billion barrels and up to another 150 billion barrels of probable reserves, Iraq is the greatest untapped prize for international oil companies. -- To put that in context, if Iraq does turn out to have around 300 billion barrels of oil, it will rival the world's biggest producer Saudi Arabia - which has around 160 billion barrels of proven reserves."
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Report: Pakistan's Ideological Blowback  ---  http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6215
A quote...."If the bucolic Swat valley, tucked into the Himalayas less than 100 miles from the capital city of Islamabad, is a bellwether for Pakistan's war against the Pakistani Taliban,1 the war is going badly."
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Afghan Leader Says Guards Working for U.S. Killed Police Chief  ---  http://www.effedieffe.com/content/view/7773/183
A quote...."KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- President Hamid Karzai accused Afghan guards working for U.S. coalition forces of killing a provincial police chief and at least four other security officers during a gunbattle outside a government office Monday. -- In a harshly worded statement, Karzai demanded that coalition forces hand over the private security guards involved. But the governor of Kandahar later said 41 guards connected to the incident had been disarmed and arrested by Afghan authorities." -- also posted at WarInIraq  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/200595
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Egypt arrests Brotherhood leaders  ---  http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/200962913525029507.html
A quote...."Egyptian authorities have detained seven members of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest Islamic opposition group. -- The arrests on Monday, which included three senior leaders, were part of a security crackdown on the organisation, Abdel Moneim Abdel-Maksoud, the group's lawyer, said." -- also posted at WarInIraq  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/200596
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Russian Troops Mass Near Georgia For War Games  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-4683-0-3-3--.html
A quote...."Russia on Monday started its biggest military exercises in the Caucasus since its war with neighbouring Georgia last year, mobilising thousands of troops in a clear warning to its foes."
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Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Global Capitalism, Why He Won’t Renew the US Base in Manta, Chevron in the Amazon, Obama’s War in Afghanistan, and More   ---  http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/29/ecuadoran_president_rafael_correa_on_global  ---  A quote...."In a national broadcast exclusive, we speak with the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa. He was in New York attending the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development. In a wide-ranging interview, we speak with President Correa about global capitalism, his decision not to renew the license for the US military base in Manta, the $12 billion lawsuit against Chevron brought by thousands of Amazon residents for toxic oil pollution, Ecuador’s relationship with Colombia, and his advice to President Obama: “To learn more and come to better understand the region, and that [Obama] not let himself be taken along by the power of certain media outlets that are compromised with certain ideological fundaments, and that the heroes aren’t necessarily heroes, and the villains aren’t necessarily villains.” [includes rush transcript]
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Versailles Treaty 90 years on: international law still ignored
  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-06-28/Versailles_Treaty_90_years_on__international_law_still_ignored.html
Contains Video - A quote...."Even though it has been 90 years since the Treaty of Versailles, a peace deal signed at the end of WWI which ended the conflict between Germany and the Allied Powers, its legacy is still being felt today."
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Red Cross: Israel trapping 1.5m Gazans in despair  ---  http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1096443.html
A quote...."The Red Cross released a damning report Monday on the effects of the Israel-led blockade on the Gaza Strip, describing the 2-year-old measure as having trapped the coastal territory's 1.5 million residents "in despair."
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URGENT ALERT - Israeli Navy surrounding SPIRIT and threatening to open fire
  ---  http://freegaza.org/en/home/hope-fleet-news/967-urgent-alert-israeli-navy-surrounding-spirit-and-threatening-to-open-fire
Action Alert -- A quote...."Monday, 29 June 2009 23:57 Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 00:07 Written by Free Gaza Team -- At 1:40 am, the Israeli Navy surrounded the SPIRIT while in international waters off the coast of Israel as it is on its way to the Gaza Strip. We got a call from the boat saying that they were being threatened, told to turn back or they would be fired on. -- Huwaida Arraf, one of the delegation leaders, was on the phone with the Israeli gunboats, and we could hear her saying, "You Cannot Open Fire on Unarmed Civilians" several times. At this writing, they are surrounded by several ships shining bright lights into the SPIRIT."
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Israeli soldiers poisoned well in West Bank village, say local officials  ---  http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=38866
A quote...."Jenin – Ma’an – Israeli soldiers poured dirt, stones and toxic chemicals in the only well in the hamlet of Khirbat Makehl near the village of Ya’bad in the northern West Bank overnight on Saturday, according to Palestinians in the community."
also posted at AtheoNews   ---  http://atheonews.blogspot.com/2009/06/israeli-soldiers-poisoned-well-in-west.html
& WarInIraq  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/200586
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UN rights mission hears of Gaza children's suffering  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m55567&hd=&size=1&l=e
A quote...."GAZA CITY (AFP) -- A UN human rights mission listened to testimony about the suffering of children in the Gaza Strip on Monday before wrapping up two days of public hearings into alleged Israeli war crimes."
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Israeli settlers attack two Nablus villages  ---  http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=38905
A quote...."Nablus – Ma’an – Two Palestinians were injured on Monday evening when crowds of Israeli settlers attacked villages of Asira Al-Qibliya and Far’ata southwest of Nablus."
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Casualties rising in Gaza's "buffer zone"  ---  http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10630.shtml
A quote...."There was an explosion, maybe 20 meters away. Then another immediately after.  I realized I had been hit," said Saleh Ahmad al-Medani, pulling aside the collar of his T-shirt to show one of three places where he was punctured by the metal darts known as "flechettes." The razor-like flechettes are dart-shaped bits of metal packed by the thousands into a single shell that are approximately two inches long."
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Pro-Israel Lobby Alarmed by Growth of Boycott, Divestment Movement  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m55570&hd=&size=1&l=e
A quote...."The movement to call Israel to account for its crimes against the Palestinian people is growing. It is "invading the mainstream discourse, becoming part of the constant and unrelenting drumbeat against Israel." It could eventually threaten the existence of the Jewish state by undermining the support it receives from its strongest backer, the U. S. government. That was the message of alarm delivered by the Executive Director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Howard Kohr, to the AIPAC Policy Conference on May 3.[1]"
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AIPAC In Panic Mode ROFL  ---  http://irish4palestine.blogspot.com/2009/06/aipac-in-panic-mode-rofl.html
Action Alert - A quote...."Awe, poor little Israel, according to the Zionist Entity AIPAC controlling American Politicians and American Foreign Policy, it would appear they are starting to enter the "OMG Panic Mode" due to the ongoing (and very excellent) boycott and divestment campaign against the Rogue Statelet referred to as "Israel" check this out for a refreshing burst of "Feel Good" -- For more on how to boycott Israel see the websites listed in the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page"  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/  ---  of Reficultnias
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Waking Up Is Hard to Do - posted at Consortium News  ---  http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/061609.html
  ---  http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/062809a.html
A quote...."....we are easy to control as a mass of isolated individuals, which is held together by norms and regulations, bureaucracies, military, and police, and concepts such as the nation state, the church and the corporation. -- If we are to stay in this model of society, I fear we will live in perpetual war until we destroy ourselves by not paying attention to the fact that something is drastically wrong."
also posted at OnlineJournal  ---  http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4858.shtml
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Exclusive: Top CIA lawyers to face legal complaints over roles in interrogation program
  ---  http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/29/top-cia-lawyers-legal-complaints/
A quote...."A grassroots coalition will file complaints today with the Washington, D.C. bar against two Central Intelligence Agency lawyers for their involvement in authorizing the use of controversial interrogation techniques against detainees in US custody. -- Velvet Revolution, a coalition of over 150 grassroots groups, will register complaints against CIA lawyers Jonathan M. Fredman and John A. Rizzo."
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Obama Administration Shuts Down 9/11 Families Lawsuit - Of course he did, the Saudi Royals are his "friends" too.
  ---  http://infowars.net/articles/june2009/290609Lawsuit.htm
A quote...."The Obama administration has effectively ended the efforts of families of victims of the September 11th attacks to bring lawsuits against members of the Saudi Royal family for financial links to the conspiracy. -- The Supreme Court today ruled that it will not allow any lawsuits to go ahead, just a few weeks after the government filed a court brief asking that the case be quashed.
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US: The Eavesdropping Continues  ---  http://www.sott.net/articles/show/187969-US-The-Eavesdropping-Continues
A quote...."Once again, the country is learning about how the federal government has been exceeding its legal authority and violating Americans' most basic rights in the name of fighting terrorism. -- In a disturbing article in The Times   ---  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/us/17nsa.html?_r=2&ref=politics  ---  on Wednesday, James Risen and Eric Lichtblau said that Congressional investigations suggest that the National Security Agency continues to routinely collect Americans' telephone calls and e-mail messages - perhaps by the millions."
also posted at OhBummer  ---  http://obamboozled.blogspot.com/2009/06/us-eavesdropping-continues.html
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H.R. 675: Building Obama’s Civilian National Security Force  ---  http://www.infowars.com/hr-675-building-obamas-civilian-national-security-force/
A quote...."In January, without any recognizable corporate media coverage, Rep. Bob Filner, a California Democrat, introduced H.R. 675. The bill would amend title 10 of the United States Code and extend to civilian employees of the Department of Defense the authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms. The bill was referred to the Armed Services Committee on January 26, 2009."
also posted at GlobRsrch  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14160
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Cheney's Top Torture Lawyers Now Work for Obama  ---  http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/44042
Special Note - A quote...."We've heard of John Yoo and Alberto Gonzales, and maybe even Jay Bybee. Some of us recall John Ashcroft, Michael Mukasey, and even David Addington. William Haynes, Stephen Bradbury, and Douglas Feith occasionally make the news. If I had any say about it all 40 of these facilitators of torture would be universally known -- plus the eight more that readers of this article will call to my attention and angrily accuse me of trying to cover for by only being aware of 40. I would also make universally known the fact that two of the worst now work for President Barack Obama.
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Establishment view of Obama's civil liberties record  ---  http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/06/29/obama/index.html
A quote...."One of the most cherished weapons for dismissing political arguments without having to engage them is to claim they come from "the Far Left" or are confined to "liberal ideologues."  For years, that was what was said about withdrawing from Iraq even as majorities of Americans supported that position, and it is how the political and media establishment now demonize the call for investigations into Bush/Cheney crimes, despite large percentages and diverse ideological support for those views .  Exactly the same tactic is used to dismiss those who criticize Obama for adopting Bush policies in the areas of civil liberties and secrecy:  only people from the Far Left fringe or civil liberties extremists would equate Obama and Bush when it comes to such matters."
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The Cheating of Don Siegelman, Part I  ---  http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2009/06/cheating-of-don-siegelman-part-i.html
Part II  ---  http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2009/06/cheating-of-don-siegelman-part-ii.html
Part III  ---  http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2009/06/cheating-of-don-siegelman-part-iii.html
A quote...."We recently introduced our series of posts about the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and its unlawful ruling on the Don Siegelman case. Now it's time to dive into the details. Here is part 1 of "The Cheating of Don Siegelman."
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Where the Money Isn't Going  ---  http://atheonews.blogspot.com/2009/06/where-money-isnt-going.html
A quote...."Wherever I heard that hackneyed phrase, "If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging," it applies more today than anytime I can remember. What I don't understand is, when our government has spent billions on bank bailouts (not a good idea) on bailing out the stupidity of the automobile executives (a better idea because it saves jobs for working people), why are members of Congress and the drug and insurance lobbies feeding this fairy tale that we cannot afford single payer health care." -- also posted at CounterPunch  ---  http://www.counterpunch.org/abourezk06292009.html
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Worldwide Depression: Review of Global Markets  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14162
A quote...."As you have already seen this is a worldwide depression and no one will escape. Europe’s economy is already in a shambles as is the US economy. Inflation will rage all over the world, because every nation has created massive amounts of money and credit as demanded by US and British elitists. They have all overmedicated the patient. As the Broadway hit play of many years ago told us, we are going to have to go through a “Period of Adjustment.” Some nations will get off easier than others. There will be no decoupling and many nations could have revolutions."
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Debasing the Currency is Leading to Financial Collapse . . . Just As It Has for Thousands of Years
  ---  http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/06/shaving-stability-off-of-money-supply.html
A quote...."In a fascinating 22-page study of money and currency, Christopher Weber shows that every government - from Athens, to pre-collapse Rome, to the Islamic countries in the Middle Ages - which stuck to the Greek standard of coins has been stable and prosperous."
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Dollar Falls Most in Month as China Urges New Reserve Currency  ---  http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aQ.zWVPnOYYg#
A quote...."June 27 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar declined the most against the euro in a month and dropped versus the yen after China repeated its call for a new global currency."
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Sunday June 28th 2009 - links page

"In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy."

Saturday June 27th 2009 - links page

Will the 'Dollar Wars' Kill What's Left of the American Dream?
  ---  http://www.alternet.org/workplace/140876/will_the_%27dollar_wars%27_kill_what%27s_left_of_the_american_dream/
Must Read - A quote...."Here's a terrible joke: An elderly man walks into a bar and says, "I got good news and I got bad news." -- "What's the good news?" the bartender asks. -- "I stayed out of the stock market, so my retirement dollars are safe." -- "What's the bad news?" -- "They're dollars." -- OK, I said it was a terrible joke. But that may be what the dollar is becoming, now that the critical mass of wartime spending, rampant consumption, hyper-real finance  and environmental collapse has hit the fan." - also posted at ICH  ---  http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22921.htm
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ECONOMY:  "Patching Up Bretton Woods Makes No Sense  ---  http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47377
Related Article - A quote...."UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS) - The world community must take immediate action to overhaul the current global financial system – that's what a vast majority of political leaders and policymakers from the developing world who are attending a three-day U.N. conference on the global economic crisis are saying."
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Deadly Reasons to Oust Incumbents in 2010  ---  http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22913.htm
Must Read - A quote...."June 26, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- -There may be many reasons to vote against an incumbent, but surely, failing to prevent thousands of avoidable, unnecessary deaths must be the strongest reason. -- As a result of two recent Congressional votes, more Americans, Iraqis, Afghanis, and Pakistanis will continue to die or suffer unnecessarily, most of which could have been avoided if our members of Congress did their sworn duty instead of betraying us as well as the civilians in those three victimized countries."
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"Soooee, sooeee, calling all porkers"  ---  http://careandwashingofthebrain.blogspot.com/2009/06/soooee-sooeee-calling-all-porkers.html
Related Article - A quote...."Congress just gave itself nearly 4 BILLION for EXPENSES -- How sweet it is! -- How would you like a job with a six figure salary and the ability to vote yourself an additional healthy chunk of taxpayer money to be used for "expenses?" -- Need millions and millions each year to run your household? -- Then become a member of the Congressional royalty and you too can wallow in the pork of nearly FOUR BILLION dollars to be used for "expenses." - bold by website editor - also posted at ICH  ---  http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22918.htm
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A Withdrawal in Name Only  ---  http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6211  ---  No surprise of course. - mpg
A quote...."On November 17, 2008, when Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker signed an agreement for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, citizens from both countries applauded. While many were disappointed about the lengthy timeline for the withdrawal of the troops, it appeared that a roadmap was set to end the war and occupation. However, the first step — withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009 — is full of loopholes, and tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers will remain in the cities after the "deadline" passes."
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Afghan leader criticises US ambassador  ---  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090627/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanpoliticsusbritainvote
A quote...."KABUL (AFP) – President Hamid Karzai criticised Saturday the US ambassador's presence at a meeting calling for a decentralisation of his government, adding he would fight such moves "tooth and nail"."
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US gives up on eradicating Afghanistan’s opium  ---  http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/27/us-gives-up-on-eradicating-afghanistans-opium/
A quote...."Since the United States invaded Afghanistan, the country’s number one cash crop, opium, has repeatedly broken production records. By some estimates, the occupied territory now supplies some 90 percent of the world’s poppies."
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Release of "Holy Grail" Torture Document Delayed  ---  http://www.opednews.com/populum/linkframe.php?linkid=92630
A quote...."If the arc of the Obama administration truly bends toward transparency, it seems that we've still got a ways to bend."
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The Emperor's Seven Signing Statements  ---  http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/43996
A quote...."Lawless detention is the least of it. State secrets and warrantless spying scrape the surface. Drone attacks and ongoing torture begin to touch it. But central to the power of an emperor, and the catastrophes that come from the existence of an emperor, is the elimination of any other force within the government. Signing statements eliminate congress. Not that congress objects. Asking congress to reclaim its power produces nervous giggles."
also posted at OpEdNews  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Emperor-s-Seven-Signin-by-David-Swanson-090627-597.html
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"Obama issues signing statement on $106B war bill   ---  http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obama-issues-signing-statement-on-106b-war-bill-2009-06-26.html  ---  26 Jun 2009 President Obama signed the $106 billion war-spending bill into law Friday, but not without taking a page from his predecessor and ignoring a few elements in the legislation. Obama included a five-paragraph signing statement with the bill, including a final paragraph that outlined his objections to at least four areas of the bill. President [sic] George W. Bush was heavily criticized for his use of signing statements, declaring he'd ignore some elements of legislation by invoking presidential prerogative." -- Paragraph quoted from CLG  ---  http://www.legitgov.org/
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Secret US-equipped 'Dirty Brigade' in Iraq forefront - http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gfGR2w5_2bDgnAx2ue6mYjPt5o3gD992GIH81  ---  26 Jun 2009 Iraqi security services employ an elite, American-trained force [death squad] with a reputation that leads many Iraqis to call it "the dirty brigade." Its real name is the Counter Terrorism Bureau. The elite units, armed with high-tech U.S.-made equipment, often pair up with American special forces to go after Iraq's foes. Formed soon after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, the force became known as the "Dirty Brigade" because it was secretive and until recently operated outside the Iraqi chain of command, reporting directly to its U.S. handlers. The little-known group was rumored to be used against the government's opponents in the political mainstream_ a charge denied by the Iraqis and the Americans. The group is reported to have doubled in size to about 9,000 members and now reports directly to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki." -- Paragraph quoted from CLG  ---  http://www.legitgov.org/
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Africom to Continue Under Obama - Of course it will, the New Roman Empire must expand.  It's that simple. - mpg
  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=14131
A quote...."With the Obama administration set to oversee significant increases in US security assistance programmes for African countries, Daniel Volman examines the US government's plans for its military operations on the African continent over the coming financial year. Stressing that the US president is essentially continuing the policies outlined under his predecessor George W. Bush, the author considers the proposed funding increases for initiatives like the Foreign Military Financing programme and the International Military Education and Training (IMET) programme. Pointing out that the administration is yet to offer any public explanation of its policy, Volman concludes that it would be a mistake to assume that there will be no US military action if the situation in Somalia deteriorates." -- also posted at BLN   ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-4659-0-27-27--.html
& OhBummer   ---  http://obamboozled.blogspot.com/2009/06/africom-to-continue-under-obama.html
& DProgram  ---  http://dprogram.net/2009/06/28/africom-to-continue-under-obama/
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Leaders of Pakistan and India Meet in Russia, Discuss Relations
  ---  http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2009/06/17/leaders-of-pakistan-and-india-meet-in-russia-discuss-relations/
A quote...."YEKATERINBURG (Russia), June 16 — The eight-month long Pakistan-India stalled peace process got a fresh lease of life as President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met here on the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)."
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Hezbollah keeps its eye on the ball  ---  http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KF27Ak01.html
Must Read - A quote...."DAMASCUS - Many years ago, French president Charles de Gaulle
said, "France has no friends; only interests." These words came to mind as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah recently met with anti-Syrian Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, a man who has loudly been critical of Hezbollah, for the first time in three years. "
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Israeli Army amasses troops, military hardware along Lebanese border
  ---  http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=103494
War Alert - A quote...."BEIRUT: The Israeli Army stepped up its presence along the border with Lebanon deploying armored tanks and setting up fortifications as it intensified airspace violations in the area, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported Thursday. In "unusual military activity," the Israeli Army deployed Merkava tanks and soldier carriers, among other armored vehicles, along the barb-wired fence separating Shebaa Farms from liberated Lebanese territories, the NNA said. "
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On The Iranian Election....

Iran and public opinion  ---  http://wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/pers-j27.shtml
Must Read - A quote...."The political, intellectual and social essence of these letters is revealed in its contemptuous reference to the World Socialist Web Site’s “tired blather about US imperialism.” For our angry critic, the role of American imperialism is an insignificant factor in developments in Iran, of interest only to those “stuck in a time warp.” -- In other words, “imperialism” belongs to the past. There is no reason to talk about it when examining contemporary events. Our critic does not tell us why this is so. The fact that the United States is presently waging war in three countries (Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan) that border Iran is dismissed as of no importance. Nor does it matter that Iran bestrides the strategically critical Persian Gulf and possesses immense reserves of oil and natural gas. We must also assume that the WSWS’s references to the CIA-sponsored 1953 coup against the Mossadeq regime and the subsequent quarter century of military dictatorship is also irrelevant “blather”—though we suspect that it remains very much on the minds of millions of Iranians who have not forgotten the Shah’s reign."
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US misunderstanding on Iran lingers  ---  http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KF27Ak03.html
Special Note - A quote...."WASHINGTON - After 30 years of enmity closed off most lines of communication, the recent crisis in Iran has suddenly engendered a boom of American interest in the Islamic Republic. -- But much of the attention in Washington and elsewhere in the US is often misplaced, misguided, or completely detached from the realities currently embroiling Iran in its most significant crisis since the 1979 Islamic Revolution."
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US Likely Source of Interference in Iran's Election  ---  http://atheonews.blogspot.com/2009/06/us-likely-source-of-interference-in.html
Analysis - A quote...."A recent article called “Ahmadinejad Won, Get Over It” by Flynt and Hillary Leverett is not the only source with serious credentials offering reasonable, non-sensational explanations for events around Iran’s presidential election."
also posted at PalestineChron  ---  http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15242
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Analyses of All Alleged Rigging Proofs in Election  ---  http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2009/06/analyses-of-all-alleged-rigging-proofs.html
Analysis - Charts - A quote...."Different elements raised DOUBTS about the recent Elections of Iran (2009). Let us analyze them one by one."
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Check out this debate and make up your own mind  ---  http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2009/06/check-out-this-debate-and-make-up-your.html
Contains Video - The "theocracy of the Mullahs". This is how the Western corporate press like to refer to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Well, judge for yourself and check out this special report about the fraud allegations in Iran and ask yourself the simple question: does this sound like the TV of a fanatical dictatorial state?"
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Iran deadlock drags on as Mousavi rejects part recount  ---  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090627/wl_afp/iran
Special Note - A quote...."TEHRAN (AFP) – Political deadlock continued in Iran as opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi on Saturday rejected a panel set up to hold a partial recount of votes in the disputed presidential election."
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Iran's Rezai ready to serve on vote review panel  ---  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090627/wl_mideast_afp/iranpoliticsvoterezai
A quote...."TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) – Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mohsen Rezai said on Saturday he was prepared to join a panel on post-election complaints if the other losers do as well, the ILNA news agency reported."
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Expediency Council urges restraint in vote probe  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99183&sectionid=351020101
A quote...."Iran's Expediency Council has called on all defeated candidates in the disputed presidential election to pursue their complaints through the legal system."
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Arrest of entire Iranian newspaper staff condemned  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/26/iranian-newspaper-staff-arrested
A quote...."Press freedom campaigning body Reporters Without Borders has condemned the arrest of the entire staff of Iranian presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi's newspaper, Kalemeh Sabz, as pressure on domestic journalists reporting the ongoing protests has intensified this week."
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Mousavi's Web Site Closed; Manages to send Message to Iranians Abroad  ---  http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/mousavis-web-site-closed-manages-to.html
A quote...."Kalemeh, the web site of opposition leader Mir Hosain Mousavi, has been closed down, as the regime tightens the screws in its crackdown on protests against what reformists see as the stealing of the Iranian election."
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For news-thirsty Iranians: Human Rights Software  ---  http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=32966
A quote...."New program helps Iranians to beat censorship, dissidents connect."
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Quiet crackdown drains force from Iran dissidents  ---  http://wire.antiwar.com/2009/06/27/quiet-crackdown-drains-force-from-iran-dissidents/
A quote...."EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media."
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Mousavi Agrees to Seek Rally Permits; 9 am Bazaar Gatherings called in Iran  ---  http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/9-am-bazaar-gatherings-called-in-iran.html
A quote...."AP is reporting that opposition leader Mir-Hosein Mousavi has agreed to the Interior Ministry's demand that he apply for a permit one week in advance for any demonstrations, and will cease calling for unlicensed rallies. This is an about-face on Saturday from his stance just 24 hours earlier, when he said that the election theft attempt would be crushed. Mousavi did complain that rallies for his rival Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are allowed without all this rigamarole, implying that the Interior Ministry is treating him and his followers unfairly. D'oh."
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U.S. Dollars Support Iranian "Dissidents" - Also known as the US-NRE's sure-fire, political-kiss-of-death. - mpg
  ---  http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22919.htm
A quote...."June 26, 2009 "USA TODAY" -- WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is moving forward with plans to fund groups that support Iranian dissidents, records and interviews show, continuing a program that became controversial when it was expanded by President "
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US denied Iran official visa for UN meeting
  ---  http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/June/international_June2176.xml&section=international&col=
A quote...."UNITED NATIONS - Tehran’s U.N. envoy on Friday accused the United States of denying Iran’s first vice president and members of his delegation visas to attend a three-day U.N. conference on the global financial crisis. -- “I am indeed delivering this speech on behalf of Dr. (Parviz) Davoudi, first vice president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who along with members of the Iranian delegation was not able to participate in the conference,” Iranian U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee told the U.N. General Assembly."
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Author Naomi Klein Calls for Boycott of Israel  ---  http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22920.htm
Special Note - A quote...."June 26, 2009 "AFP" -- BILIN , West Bank - Bestselling author Naomi Klein on Friday took her call for a boycott of Israel to the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, where she witnessed Israeli forces clashing with protesters. -- "It's a boycott of Israeli institutions, it's a boycott of the Israeli economy," the Canadian writer told journalists as she joined a weekly demonstration against Israel's controversial separation wall." -- For more on how to boycott Israel, see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page"  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/  ---  of this website.
also posted at AmericanEveryman  ---  http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/author-naomi-klein-calls-for-boycott-of-israel/
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Cynthia McKinney Rejoins Voyage to Defy US-Israeli Blockade of Gaza - `Sink Us or Arrest Us!  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/200408
A quote...."When the Free Gaza Movement attempted to send a boatload of supplies to Gaza last December, the Israeli Navy rammed the vessel, the Dignity, almost sinking it. This week, activists will send two boats on the voyage from Cyprus to Gaza, carrying cement, toys and 38 passengers, among them former U.S. Rep. Cynthia Mckinney, who was also aboard the Dignity. Ms. McKinney sent a letter to President Obama, filling him in on the Gaza mission."
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Israeli Occupation Forces Attack & Arrest Activists in the West Bank -- http://palestinevideo.blogspot.com/2009/06/israeli-occupation-forces-attack-arrest.html
Contains Video - A quote...."IDF Clash with Israelis in the Village of Safa 27 June 2009: "West Bank village of Safa. Several people were injured, one with a broken leg, and 30 Israelis arrested Israeli soldiers blocked peace activists accompanying Palestinians to agricultural fields. For more info ibnezra.wordpress.com"
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PCDP: 98% of Palestinian prisoners in IOA jails subjected to torture  ---  http://atheonews.blogspot.com/2009/06/pcdp-98-of-palestinian-prisoners-in-ioa.html
A quote...."GAZA, (PIC)-- The Palestinian center for the defense of prisoners (PCDP) has charged that Israel was among the few countries in the world to exercise excruciating torture in its prisons in a bid to extract confessions from detainees."
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Israeli ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children - a report  ---  http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m55521&hd=&size=1&l=e
A quote...."DCI-Palestine* released a report which documents the widespread ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children at the hands of the Israeli army and police force - Palestinian Child Prisoners: The systematic and institutionalized ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities."
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Hamas leader Mash'al: Obama changed US rhetoric only  ---  http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=38808
A quote...."In a televised speech on Thursday in response to Obama’s 4 June address in Cairo, Mesh’al criticized Obama, saying he had changed US rhetoric toward the Palestinians, but not the situation on the ground. -- “What Obama said wasn’t new and wasn’t enough,” said Mash’al, speaking from Damascus where he resides in exile."
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G-8, Middle East Quartet Calls for a Complete Settlement Freeze  ---  http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article994
A quote...."The G-8 and the Middle East Quartet both called on Israel to freeze all settlement construction as a step towards resumption of peace talks."
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Mideast quartet urges Israel to halt settlements  ---  http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=32962
A quote...."Quartet calls on Israeli government to open border crossings as first step to advance peace."
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Maximizing Rights: The One State Solution to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
  ---  http://pulsemedia.org/2009/06/28/maximizing-rights-the-one-state-solution-to-the-palestinian-israeli-conflict/
Israel has to retreat to the 1967 borders, or it's a one state solution with the right of return...which means the end of the "Jewish" state.  It's that simple, they have very little time left to make up their minds. - mpg -- A quote...."In April George Bisharat wrote an article for the San Francisco Chronicle titled Changing the Rules of War   ---  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/01/EDKP16PF6S.DTL  ---  giving a legal perspective on Israeli conduct in Gaza.  He stated that “what is less appreciated is how Israel is … brutalizing international law, in ways that may long outlast the demolition of Gaza.”  I’m sure if you read it in April, you’d remember it, and if you haven’t read it, I can’t recommend it more highly."
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Obama contemplates Executive Order for detention without charges  ---  http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/06/27/preventive_detention/index.html
Special Note - A quote...."When Obama first unveiled his "preventive detention" policy, many defenders praised him (and claimed he was different than Bush) because of his vow that -- as he put it -- "my Administration will work with Congress to develop an appropriate legal regime."  But now, relying exclusively on three Obama officials speaking behind a veil of anonymity, Peter Finn and Dafner Linza of The Washington Post and ProPublica report that the White House is "crafting language for an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely."  TPM calls this "the latest installment in the Obama administration's tendency to mimic the Bushies on war on terror tactics."
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Thought Crime Bills Threaten Talk Radio  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-4661-0-5-5--.html
A quote...."HR 1966 has cleared the House and now faces the Senate as S.909, the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act (officially, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act). The bill is expected to sail through the Senate as it did in the House. It will provide federal assistance to the states, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for “other purposes.” It creates special protective status based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability."
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NSA’s cyber-security grab is a major expansion of web surveillance  ---  http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4847.shtml
A quote...."(WMR)  ---  http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/  ---  With Time magazine reporting that President Obama has narrowed his top choice for the White House “cyber security czar” position to former Virginia Republican Representative Tom Davis, a leading backer of the Bush administration’s surveillance powers over the Internet, comes word from WMR’s sources that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been given a green light by the Obama White House to embark on a major effort to establish total surveillance over the Internet."
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Homeland Security and US Army Plan Invasion of States  ---  http://revolutionradio.org/2009/06/26/homeland-security-and-us-army-plan-invasion-of-states/
A quote...."The Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security recently hosted a teleconference for law enforcement agencies and associations such as the National Association of Chiefs of Police to discuss the Obama Administration’s interest in using the military during “emergencies.”
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The Collapse Of The Non-Backstopped Agency Market  ---  http://zerohedge.blogspot.com/2009/06/collapse-of-non-backstopped-agency.html
Financial Alert - Charts - A quote...."Complete collapse in foreign interest for GSE debt: North American holdings of the latter have increased from 50% to 80% of total notional in one year!"
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Just Stop The Madness Already  ---  http://zerohedge.blogspot.com/2009/06/guest-post-just-stop-madness-already.html
Financial Alert - A quote...."California lost more than Michael Jackson on Thursday. - They also lost their credit rating as Fitch dropped them to A-minus and even that rating was immediately placed on negative credit watch. California faces a $24 billion-plus budget deficit for the fiscal year that begins Wednesday, rapidly declining sales tax revenues and an impotent legislature that can’t agree on solutions. Faced with the prospect of running out of cash, State Controller John Chiang said Wednesday the state will begin to issue IOUs for all general fund payments other than those categories protected by the state constitution, federal law and court decisions."
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Four banks fail, bringing 2009 tally to 44  ---  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/georgia-banks-fail-bringing-2009-tally-to-42
A quote...."SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Four banks in Georgia, Minnesota and California were closed by regulators Friday, as the ongoing credit crisis continued to claim victims."
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Japan's core consumer price fall raises more deflation fear  ---  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/japan-core-consumer-prices-fall-again
A quote...."TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japan's core consumer price index fell 1.1% in May from the same month a year earlier, according to government data released Friday, indicating risks that the nation might be slipping back into deflation."
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New Zealand economy contracts in record-long recession  ---  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-zealand-economy-contracts-in-record-recession
A quote...."LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- New Zealand's economy suffered another contraction in the first quarter -- a record fifth-straight decline -- as the nation sunk further into its longest-ever recession, according to data released Friday."
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Friday June 26th 2009

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