Friday, June 19, 2009

Re: [bangla-vision] Toward A Theory Of Why We Get Nowhere



On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Graham Jukes <grahamjukes@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:


Transparency? What a joke!! Iraq war inquiry will sit in secret, has no power to apportion blame... and, oh yes, won't report until after the election
Opponents said his announcement revealed the hollowness of his repeated pledges to open up the political system and rebuild trust in democracy.
 
Only a full public inquiry can satisfy all those who have lost loved ones in
this war, both British and Iraqi. We cannot allow the main political parties,
which voted for the war, to keep this inquiry behind closed doors. Only a full
public inquiry can establish why parliament and government ignored the biggest
protest movement ever seen in Britain. Most importantly, only a full public
inquiry can begin to have the transparency necessary so that the full truth
comes out. That means disclosure of evidence and minutes of meetings, the
public questioning of ministers and their aides, and full accounting of Tony
Blair's relationship with George Bush.

 
 

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,331,578"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq 4,312
icasualties.org/oif/

The War in Iraq Costs
$674,596,070,325
See the cost in your community
www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

The American Empire Is Bankrupt By Chris Hedges

This week marks the end of the dollar's reign as the world's reserve currency. It marks the start of a terrible period of economic and political decline in the United States. And it signals the last gasp of the American imperium. That's over. It is not coming back. And what is to come will be very, very painful.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22836.htm

Plus hundreds of thousands of destitute women left with children to feed and no husbands, prostituting themselves

in Iraq and neighbouring lands like in Syria.

Why so much loss of life, waste and destruction, just to get one man

Well ?  That's transparent also isn't it?

 

 

David Icke Newsletter Preview

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM …
 
 
 
… BUT SEE IT AND YOU'RE 'RACIST' 

The David Icke Newsletter Goes Out On Sunday

The political creed of Zionism has big ears and a long trunk and I think it's time that was pointed out. It also stampedes through our lives at every level and that needs to be said, too.

It has created a pincer-movement on the human mind by hijacking staggering amounts of political, corporate, banking and media power on one side and by using the fear of being called 'anti-Semitic' if you dare to state the bloody obvious.

They have been able to do this by equating in public perception that Zionism = Jewish people. It does not. Zionism is a political creed introduced by the House of Rothschild to advance the goals of the Illuminati families that are largely controlled by the Rothschilds. 
   
When people think of Zionism they think of Jewish people. When they think of Israel they think of Jewish people. That's understandable given the propaganda, but it is seriously misleading and those instant connections need to be broken if we are going to understand what's going on here.

Zionism means Rothschild just as Israel means Rothschild. When we see the extraordinary number of Zionists in key positions around the world we are looking not at 'manipulating Jews', but manipulating Zionists representing the interests and demands of the Rothschilds and the agenda for global tyranny.

 
 
 
 
Brian Gerrish talks about Common Purpose, a secret organisation in the UK
http://e.blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fblip.tv%2Frss%2Fflash%2F1731669%3Freferrer%3Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Frense.com%25252F%26source%3D3&showplayerpath=http%3A%2F%2Fblip.tv%2Fscripts%2Fflash%2Fshowplayer.swf&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftpucorg.blip.tv%2Frss%2Fflash&brandname=tpuc.org&brandlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpuc.org&enablejs=true&allowm4v=true
The Economic Agenda  http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/members/dicke5.htm David Icke - Live At Oxford Union Debating Society 01 of 11:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMLk4N2FyBM&feature=player_embedded How money works
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-515319560256183936&ei=ZVKMScmGHqierALw5Yi3Cw&q=money+masters
Unsubscribe type same into subject line:- grahamjukes@blueyonder.co.uk PASS ON.
 

 
Toward A Theory Of Why
We Get Nowhere
(Including an article by H.G. Wells)
By Dick Eastman
6-14-9
 
                                                                       http://rense.com/general86/theor.htm 
 

Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government
15 June 2009
All items are here:

Iraq inquiry to hear evidence in private --Findings will not be published until next summer 15 June 2009 The Prime Minister today announced his inquiry into the Iraq war would be held in private - to the dismay of campaigners. And its findings will not be published until next summer, after the date of the next General Election - an announcement met by jeers from Opposition MPs. Gordon Brown said the probe would be conducted by non-politicians, led by ex-Whitehall mandarin Sir John Chilcot.

'It's an affront to British democracy that this war went ahead despite the overwhelming majority of people being against it.' Demonstrators protest at secret inquiry 15 Jun 2009 Protesters angry at the Government's decision to hold the Iraq inquiry in secret gathered at Westminster today. As Prime Minister Gordon Brown addressed MPs, a crowd of demonstrators who were furious at the move filled Parliament Square.

Mission accomplished! Iraq unveils foreign oil contract shortlist --Exxonmobil, Total, BP, BG International and Premier Oil have been shortlisted to bid for contracts to work on Iraq's oil and gasfields. 10 Jun 2009 Three British companies have been shortlisted to bid for contracts to work on Iraq's oil and gas fields, pitting themselves against 32 other non-Iraqi companies in a televised, two-day bidding procedure revealed at Baghdad's Oil Ministry. BP, BG International and Premier Oil were among the 120 companies who put themselves forward in June last year, and which now appear on the shortlist of 35 companies who are invited to submit proposals for consideration by a panel of experts at the Ministry. Along with other oil majors including Exxonmobil and Total, they are due to present proposals on June 29 and 30 to work on one of six oil fields and two gas fields.

As Iraq runs dry, a plague of snakes is unleashed --An unprecedented fall in the water levels of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers has left the rural population at the mercy of heat, drought – and displaced wildlife. 15 Jun 2009 Swarms of snakes are attacking people and cattle in southern Iraq as the Euphrates and Tigris rivers dry up and the reptiles lose their natural habitat among the reed beds. Doctors in the area say six people have been killed and 13 poisoned. The plague of snakes is the latest result of an unprecedented fall in the level of the water in the Euphrates and the Tigris, the two great rivers which for thousands of years have made life possible [until Bush arrived] in the sun-baked plains of Mesopotamia, the very name of which means "between the rivers" in Greek.

CIA head says Cheney almost wishing US be attacked 14 Jun 2009 CIA Director Leon Panetta says former Vice President [sic] Dick Cheney's criticism of the Obama administration's approach to terrorism almost suggests "he's wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point." Panetta told The New Yorker for an article in its June 22 issue that Cheney "smells some blood in the water" on the issue of national security. [Right, and Obama many of Bush-Cheney's 'burrowers' in his administration, so no surprises if another 9/11-style terror attack takes place.]

Afghan intelligence detains Al-Jazeera reporters 15 Jun 2009 Afghanistan's intelligence agents have reportedly detained two producers working for Doha-based satellite TV channel, Al-Jazeera. Qais Azimy and Hamedullah Shah, who work for the station's English and Arabic services, have been held by Afghan authorities since Sunday. The station said in a statement that it has been unable to contact the two since then. "Al-Jazeera is officially requesting information from the Afghan authorities and is calling for Qais and Hamedullah's immediate release," the statement read. It remains unclear why the two have been arrested by Afghan forces. [Notice that US media coverage of detention of reporters only takes place when the offending power is an adversary of the US, such as Iran or North Korea?]

Afghanistan has patchy control in Helmland 14 Jun 2009 The governor in Afghanistan's most violent province has said the government now only controls eight of its thirteen districts. The governor of Helmand has said the government has lost control in three Helmand districts on the northern end of the province and two in the south.

US general assumes command in Afghanistan 15 Jun 2009 US General Stanley McChrystal, tasked with carrying out the new US 'strategy' in the war against the Taliban, has formally assumed command of international troops in Afghanistan. McChrystal, a former commander of special operations forces in Iraq and Afghanistan [war criminal], was nominated in May after the United States sacked his predecessor and called for "new thinking" in the fight against the insurgency.

Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan: officials 15 Jun 2009 Two NATO force soldiers and 29 militants were killed in violence in Afghanistan, authorities said Monday, as a new US commander took over foreign troops battling the tide of attacks. The Canadian soldier was killed on Sunday while attempting to defuse two roadside bombs, Canadian officials said... An Estonian soldier was killed on Monday in an ambush in the Nad Ali area in the southern province of Helmand, the defence ministry told reporters in Tallinn.

Neo-Nazis are in the Army now --Why the U.S. military is ignoring its own regulations and permitting white supremacists to join its ranks. By Matt Kennard 14 Jun 2009 As the conflicts have dragged on, the military has loosened regulations, issuing "moral waivers" in many cases, allowing even those with criminal records to join up... The lax regulations have also opened the military's doors to neo-Nazis, white supremacists and gang members -- with drastic consequences. Some neo-Nazis have been charged with crimes inside the military, and others have been linked to recruitment efforts for the white right... Many white supremacists join the Army to secure training for, as they see it, a future domestic race war. Others claim to be shooting Iraqis not to pursue the military's strategic goals but because killing "hajjis" is their duty as white militants... Tom Metzger is the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and current leader of the White Aryan Resistance. He tells me the military has never been more tolerant of racial extremists. "Now they are letting everybody in," he says.

Pakistani warlord threatens to launch attack on Washington 14 Jun 2009 Pakistani warlord Baitullah Mehsud threatened to attack Washington and the White House, as he claimed responsibility on Tuesday for this week's assault on the police training academy in Lahore. Mehsud leads the biggest faction of the Pakistani Taliban, an Islamic militia, operating in the South Waziristan tribal region that borders Afghanistan. Earlier this month, the U.S. put a $5 million bounty on his head, describing him as a key commander of al Qaida [al-CIAduh].

U.S. to enforce U.N. sanctions on DPRK: Biden 14 Jun 2009 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said the United States would enforce sanctions set in the 1874 UN Security Council Resolution on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), NBC networks reported on Sunday. The United States will enforce the resolution, said Biden in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press." The resolution condemns Pyongyang's recent nuclear and missile tests and includes provisions for inspecting cargo coming out of the DPRK, a total ban on weapons exports from the country and stronger financial sanctions.

North Korea in 'early phase of all-out confrontation with US' 14 Jun 2009 North Korea has pledged to begin work "weaponising" plutonium to create another nuclear bomb as it delivered a furious response to a UN resolution ordering a fresh round of sanctions against the state. The government of leader Kim Jong-il said it was now in the "early phase of all-out confrontation with the US" as it sought to raise tensions on the Korean Peninsular to dangerous new levels.

1 dead, several injured in Tehran: Reports 15 Jun 2009 Reports indicate that one person has been killed and several others have been injured in shootings that broke out following a pro-Mousavi rally in Tehran. Supporters of former premier Mir-Hossein Moussavi, who according to interior ministry figures suffered a crushing defeat in Friday's presidential election, gathered in central Tehran on Monday to voice their protest against what they called 'vote-rigging'.

In Tehran, anti-West protests erupt too 15 Jun 2009 As pro-Moussavi supporters staged a civil rally in Tehran, demonstrators from the opposite camp have gathered outside the British and French embassies in Tehran. Waving Iranian flags and chanting anti-US and British slogans, the demonstrators gathered on Monday to protest what they called western involvement in Iran's internal affairs.

The Iranian People Speak 15 Jun 2009 The election results in Iran may reflect the will of the Iranian people. Many experts are claiming that the margin of victory of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the result of fraud or manipulation, but our nationwide public opinion survey of Iranians three weeks before the vote showed Ahmadinejad leading by a more than 2 to 1 margin -- greater than his actual apparent margin of victory in Friday's election. While Western news reports from Tehran in the days leading up to the voting portrayed an Iranian public enthusiastic about Ahmadinejad's principal opponent, Mir Hossein Mousavi, our scientific sampling from across all 30 of Iran's provinces showed Ahmadinejad well ahead.

Palestinians: Netanyahu is 'sabotaging' peace efforts 14 Jun 2009 The Palestinian Authority on Sunday criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's highly anticipated foreign policy speech, in which he called for immediate peace talks and endorsed the creation of Palestinian state without military capabilities. An aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the speech "sabotages" regional peace efforts, due to Netanyahu's refusal to accept an influx of Palestinian refugees into Israel and his unwillingness to compromise on the status of Jerusalem.

Lebanon charges 2 colonels with spying for Israel 15 Jun 2009 Two Lebanese army colonels have been charged with spying for Israel as the country continues a campaign against Israeli spy networks. Military prosecutor Saqr Saqr charged the two, who were arrested last month, with providing Israel with information about military and security positions, as well as civilian locations and aiding Israeli forces, a court official said.

Life in paradise as Guantanamo Four take a dip, eat ice cream, and plan first Uighur restaurant in British territory of Bermuda 15 Jun 2009 They look like ordinary tourists as they stroll along the seafront on the British territory of Bermuda, but these four men are far from regular sunseekers for they have spent the last seven years locked up in Guantanamo Bay. The former terror suspects are Uighurs - members of China's Muslim Turkic-speaking minority... They were detained by the Americans, who eventually determined they were not a threat to the United States. But because no country volunteered to take them and it was feared they would be detained and tortured if they were returned to China, the men were left in limbo.

FM denies Yemeni Guantanamo detainees transferring to Saudi Arabia 14 Jun 2009 An official source at Foreign Ministry denied on Sunday reports that Yemeni inmates at Guantanamo Bay prison would be transported to terrorist rehabilitation centers in Saudi Arabia. The source told 26sep.net that the Yemeni and American sides still continued their talks over transporting the detainees to Yemen and tackling their situation.

Recovered debris suggests jet crashed suddenly 14 Jun 2009 Debris recovered so far from Air France flight 447 seems to indicate the jet plunged suddenly into the Atlantic Ocean and did not explode in the sky, Brazilian experts said Saturday. Almost two weeks after the Rio-Paris flight disappeared at sea, former pilot Ari Germano told O Globo newspaper that he was "struck" by at least one of the photographs released Friday by the Brazilian Air Force. According to Germano, who has written a book about air crashes, the images suggested that the Airbus A330 passengers were caught by surprise and the tragedy unfolded so rapidly that the crew did not have the time to react.

EU and US draw up plans for new counter-terrorism regime 15 Jun 2009 European governments and the Obama administration today outlined aims for a new joint regime for combating terrorism. The proposals are based on common principles that would make it impossible to run detention camps such as Guantánamo Bay or secretly abduct suspects in the operations known as extraordinary rendition. EU officials say that the aim was also to come up with a broader joint agenda for fighting international organised crime, intelligence sharing, international travel security and data protection.

Whitehall plans new cyber security centre --US and Canada may join UK to fight off infiltration 14 Jun 2009 A national cyber security centre to combat the growing threat of criminal gangs and foreign states hacking into Whitehall and big business is to be announced this month by the prime minister. The centre will be the main theme of a revised national security strategy paper from No 10 which will place much greater emphasis on tackling the threat. The organisation will be similar to an agency being created by Barack Obama who is appointing a cyber tsar to fight what the US president referred to last month as "weapons of mass disruption". Britain has been holding talks with the US and Canada to co-ordinate operations against cyber attacks by foreign powers and terrorists.

'We don't want to end up with National ID Lite.' Administration Plans to Rebrand Real ID Law --The new plan, called Pass ID, keeps elements of Real ID, such as requiring a digital photograph, signature and machine-readable features such as a bar code. 14 Jun 2009 Yielding to a rebellion by states that refused to pay for it, the Obama administration is moving to scale back rebrand a federal law passed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that was designed to tighten security requirements for driver's licenses, Homeland Security Department and congressional officials said... Privacy groups also objected, saying Real ID should just be killed.

ACLU Seeks Records About Laptop Searches At the Border --Border Patrol Policy Allows Officials to Search and Retain Information Without Suspicion (ACLU) 10 Jun 2009 United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) policy permits officials to search the laptops and other electronic devices of travelers without suspicion of wrongdoing, according to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU filed the FOIA request with CBP, a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to learn how CBP's suspicionless search policy, first made public in July 2008, is impacting the constitutional rights of international travelers.

GOP Activist Compares Michelle Obama to Escaped Gorilla 14 Jun 2009 A prominent South Carolina Republican killed his Facebook page Sunday after being caught likening the First Lady to an escaped gorilla. Commenting on a report posted to Facebook about a gorilla escape at a zoo in Columbia, S.C., Friday, longtime GOP activist Rusty DePass wrote, "I'm sure it's just one of Michelle's ancestors - probably harmless."

Top 10 Reasons Sarah Palin's Outrage is a Little Late... By Shannyn Moore 14 Jun 2009 3) Rush Limbaugh, "Everyone knows the Clintons have a cat. Socks is the White House cat. But did you know there is a White House dog?" And he puts up a picture of Chelsea Clinton. Chelsea Clinton is 13 years old... 2) "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno." John McCain, Palin's running mate. Should McCain apologize to every young woman in America?

No change: Obama ambassadorships still go to fundraisers, friends 12 Jun 2009 President Barack Obama promised change, but he's following one time-honored tradition: doling out plum ambassadorships to friends and big-money party donors. So far, Obama's contributors and friends have been awarded with plum posts in Canada, France, England, Japan, South Africa, Ireland, the Bahamas, Denmark, Argentina and the Vatican.

Lilly Sold Drug for Dementia Knowing It Didn't Help, Files Show 12 Jun 2009 Eli Lilly & Co. urged doctors to prescribe Zyprexa for elderly patients with dementia, an unapproved use for the antipsychotic, even though the drugmaker had evidence the medicine didn't work for such patients, according to unsealed internal company documents.

Peak Soil Investment: This Quiet Land Grab is Just Beginning By Q1 Publishing 12 Jun 2009 According to the Economist, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and China have been "quietly" buying up more than $20 billion of this asset. It's not oil or natural gas assets though. And it's not the molybdenum they need to build thousands of miles of new pipelines. They're buying up one of my favorite long-term investments, farmland.

California's hard times driving people back to the 'Dust Bowl' 14 Jun 2009 Fleeing the Great Depression and a drought unprecedented in American history, a vast wave of Oklahomans and Texans dubbed "Okies" loaded everything they could onto crowded vehicles during the 1930s and headed west for California. Today, in huge numbers, their grandchildren are moving back.

Projection: It'll be years before jobs return to much of U.S. 14 Jun 2009 Unlike the labor market collapse that killed millions of U.S. jobs in a matter of months, the nation's return to peak employment will not be nearly as uniform nor as swift. Only six metropolitan areas across the country are expected to regain their pre-recession employment levels by the end of 2009, according to projections from IHS Global Insight, a leading economic forecaster.

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Previous lead stories: Pentagon Plan: Cybercommand Will Be Run by Four-Star General --DoD views cyberspace as its domain as well, a new battleground after land, sea, air and space. 13 Jun 2009 A plan to create a new Pentagon cybercommand is raising significant privacy and diplomatic concerns, as the Obama administration moves ahead on efforts to 'protect the nation' from cyberattack and to prepare for possible offensive operations against adversaries' computer networks. Some administration officials have begun to discuss whether laws or regulations must be changed to allow law enforcement, the military or intelligence agencies greater access to networks or Internet providers when significant evidence of a 'national security threat' was found. Under plans being completed at the Pentagon, the new cybercommand will be run by a four-star general, much the way Gen. David H. Petraeus runs the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq from Central Command in Tampa, Fla.

New York drill for possible nuclear war --US security authorities have conducted a semi-clandestine nuclear fallout drill in the City of New York in order to be prepared "for the worst." 13 Jun 2009 The NYC Police Department (NYPD) in unison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) carried out a massive almost-covert anti-nuclear exercise codenamed 'New York, you have a problem' in order to gauge the metropolitan promptness in responding to such attacks. According to an AP report on Friday, hundreds of NYPD officers and FBI agents participated in the drill that involved the detection of a gamma-ray emitting device concealed in the heart of the urban area. The group was also accompanied by an elite corps of federal weapons specialists who, under a US attorney general mandate, found a simulated "nuclear device" and diffused it.

Judge: Ex-Bush lawyer can be sued over torture 13 Jun 2009 A prisoner who says he was tortured while being held for nearly four years as a suspected terrorist can sue former Bush regime lawyer John Yoo for coming up with the legal theories that justified his alleged treatment, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White's decision marks the first time a government lawyer has been held potentially responsible for the abuse of detainees. "Like any other government official, government lawyers are responsible for the foreseeable consequences of their conduct," White said in refusing to dismiss Jose Padilla's lawsuit against Yoo. White said. White, an appointee of former President [sic] George W. Bush, noted that Padilla's lawsuit accuses Yoo of helping to design administration policy on detention and torture, and then crafting legal opinions to justify it - stepping outside the usual role of a lawyer.

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Information Clearing House Newsletter
News You Won't Find On CNN
June 15, 2009
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"The process [of mass-media deception] has to be conscious, or it would not be carried out with sufficient precision, but it also has to be unconscious, or it would bring with it a feeling of falsity and hence of guilt.... To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed, to deny the existence of objective reality and all the while to take account of the reality which one denies - all this is indispensably necessary.": George Orwell in the book 1984

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Like the effect of advertising upon the customer, the methods of political propaganda tend to increase the feeling of insignificance of the individual voter: Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst and social philosopher, 1900-1980

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Half a truth is often a great lie: Benjamin Franklin

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There is no absolute knowledge. And those who claim it, whether they are scientists or dogmatists, open the door to tragedy. All information is imperfect. We have to treat it with humility: J. Bronowski

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Afghan Villagers Slain As They Took Cover

By Jon Swain

Tears streaming down her face, the Afghan woman sat in a corner of a room with no roof and broken windows, mourning 19 of her closest and dearest relatives. "They were parts of my heart," she said.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22833.htm

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EXCLUSIVE:

Former Gitmo Detainee Describes Prison Ordeal

Video

Former Guantanamo inmate Lakdhar Boumediene told FRANCE 24 in an exclusive interview about his seven-year ordeal in the US prison camp, where his protestations of innocence were met with escalating brutality from interrogators.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22835.htm

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Death In The Amazon

Indigenous Peoples' Global Fight with Big Business

By John Vidal

As mining and oil firms race for dwindling resources, indigenous peoples battle to protect their land, and often pay the ultimate price.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22837.htm

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Iran Protesters Defy Rally Ban

By Al Jazeera

In his first public appearance since the elections three days ago, Mir Hossein Mousavi, the defeated presidential candidate, told supporters at the rally in Tehran on Monday that he would take part if new elections were called.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22831.htm

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The Iranian Vote: Citizen Journalism Round-up

By Jessica Reed

As Iranian commenters claim that "traditional media have completely failed" them following the outcome of Friday's vote, many turned citizen journalists overnight - using collaborative platforms to publish their pictures and live accounts of what has been happening on the ground as efficiently as possible. Here's a selection of links to some interesting pages in English.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22832.htm

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Videos And Pictures From Protests in Tehran

Video

Finally I could upload the videos of clash and conflict between protestors to election results and riot police forces.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22834.htm

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Poll Predicted Landslide Victory for Ahmadinejad

By eCraftSpace

Does This Poll Show that Ahmadinejad Victory is Reliable?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22829.htm

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Dashing Fabricated Hopes:
The Meaning of Ahmadinejad's Victory

By Pierre Tristam

The point never has been for Iran to get a leadership the United States can deal with. That's the American perspective that's led nowhere for 30 years. The point is to get a leadership in the West willing to deal with whatever leadership Iran chooses for itself, on its own terms.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22830.htm

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23 insurgents killed in Afghanistan: US occupation force:

The US occupation force along with Afghan security forces backed by war planes killed nearly two dozen insurgents in a clash in southern Afghanistan at the weekend, the US side said Monday.
http://snipurl.com/k6mic

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Taliban fighters murder female nurse in W Afghanistan:

Taliban militants in attack against government interests targeted a nurse along with her spouse, killing the armless couple in west Afghanistan, police spokesman in the region Abdul Rauf Ahmadi said Sunday.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6678119.html

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Canadian Occupation Force Soldier Killed In Afghanistan:

A Canadian military engineer was killed Sunday as he tried to defuse two roadside bombs hidden in a rural culvert.
http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=21690

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US begins closing Kyrgyz base:

Hub for Afghan military operations to close by August as ordered by Kyrgyzstan.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/06/20096158350890987.html

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13 killed in bomb blast, US drone attack in Pakistan:

A suspected US missile strike killed at least five people on Sunday in a tribal region where Pakistan's top Taliban commander is based, intelligence officials said, breaking a lull in such attacks and posing a test for growing anti-Taliban sentiment.
http://snipurl.com/k6ml0

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Q+A - Who are the Pakistani Taliban insurgents?:

Pakistan has ordered the military to carry out an offensive against Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and his fighters, a provincial governor said on the weekend.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090615/twl-uk-pakistan-violence-taliban-qanda-s-672dc0e.html

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Journalists shot at by Pakistani forces in Taliban conflict zone:

Pakistan's security forces allegedly opened fire on June 9 on members of a media team of AVT Khyber, a Pashto TV channel, and a photographer of the English daily newspaper Dawn, resulting in injuries to a cameraperson and a driver, the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has reported.
http://www.newswatch.in/newsblog/4284

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Gunmen kill 7 US-allied Sunni fighters in Iraq:

Six died after gunmen ambushed their minibus near the Iranian border. A local sheik condemned the attack. He says the men targeted had been working to "spread peace and security" in the area.
http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10530381&nav=Bsmh

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Two killed in Baghdad bombings:

Two people were killed and six wounded when two sticky bombs exploded on vehicles in a majority Shiite district of northern Baghdad on Monday, security officials said.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090615/twl-two-dead-in-baghdad-bombings-3cd7efd.html

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Fury as Brown reveals Iraq war inquiry will be held in secret:

Gordon Brown provoked fury today by revealing the long-awaited inquiry into the Iraq war will be heard in secret and will not report until after the next election.
http://snipurl.com/k6mox

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Another Whitehall whitewash:

Given what we know already from leaks, the secrecy surrounding the Chilcot Iraq inquiry is as absurd as it is scandalous
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/15/iraq-gordon-brown

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EU alarmed about mass executions in Iraq:

The European Union said Monday that it is "deeply disturbed" at reports that in recent days further death sentences were carried out in Iraq, probably totaling 20
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2007365&Language=en

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"Most" US troops out of Iraqi cities: US commander:

Most US troops have moved outside Iraqi cities and the American pull-out from the country's urban centres, due by the end of the month, is on schedule, the top US commander said on Monday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090615/pl_afp/iraqusmilitarypullout

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Shots fired as assive crowds defy Tehran rally ban:

It was reporrted that shots were fired at the protesters, killing at least one person.
http://snipurl.com/k6ms9

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Iran's disputed elections: the aftermath:

Follow live updates on the aftermath of the election
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2009/jun/15/iranian-elections

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The Iranian election results, by province:

What really happened in Iran during that election count? As thousands protest the results and demonstrate, we've gone to the Iranian Ministry of the Interior to get the official version of events.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/jun/15/iran1

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Poll: Most Israelis could live with a nuclear Iran:

Only one in five Israeli Jews believes a nuclear-armed Iran would try to destroy Israel and most see life continuing as normal should the Islamic Republic get the bomb, an opinion poll published on Sunday found.
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1092691.html

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Why is Dennis Ross being ousted as Obama envoy to Iran?:

Dennis Ross, who most recently served as a special State Department envoy to Iran, will abruptly be relieved of his duties, sources in Washington told Haaretz. An official announcement is expected in the coming days.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1093058.html

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Israel sets terms for peace :

Israel's prime minister has laid out his terms for peace in the Middle East, giving the slightest of nods to the creation of a so-called Palestinian state, but with a host of conditions attached. The Palestinian Authority rejected the conditions, including the demand that the Palestinians have no army or control of its air space, saying that Binyamin Netanyahu's speech "sabotaged" peace efforts.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/200961511856215293.html

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Doublespeak:

Netanyahu backs demilitarized Palestinian state:

"I call on you, our Palestinian neighbors, and to the leadership of the Palestinian Authority: Let us begin peace negotiations immediately, without preconditions," he said. "Israel is committed to international agreements and expects all the other parties to fulfill their obligations as well."
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1092710.html

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Doublespeak: Rewarded:

Obama welcomes Netanyahu acceptance of Palestinian state:

The White House on Sunday welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's endorsement of a Palestinian state, and reiterated its commitment both to the Palestinian aspiration for sovereignty as well as Israel's security.
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1092720.html

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Full text of Netanyahu's foreign policy speech at Bar Ilan :

We are currently facing three tremendous challenges: The Iranian threat, the financial crisis, and the promotion of peace.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1092810.html

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Hamas slams Netanyahu's 'racist, extremist' ideology:

"This speech reflects the racist and extremist ideology of Netanyahu and denies all the rights of the Palestinian people," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum told AFP.
http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n184360

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Stop treating Gazans like savages: Carter:

Former US president Jimmy Carter urged Israel to lift a crippling blockade of Hamas-run Gaza Strip in an interview on Sunday, saying the territory's residents were being treated like savages.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=183042

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Poll: American Support for Israel, PA Declines:

49 percent of U.S. voters called themselves supporters of Israel, down from 57 percent in January. Supporters of the PA dropped a percentage point to seven percent. A total of 31 percent were either undecided or non-supportive of either position. Those who identified as Republicans showed the strongest support for Israel
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/166481

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Ethiopian Occupation Troops Say They Arrived in Balanbal Town to Fight Against Foreign Enemies in Somalia.-

The Ethiopian troops who reached in Balanbal town in central Somalia recently have said that they want to fight against what they called foreign enemies of Ethiopia in Somalia, officials told Shabelle radio on Sunday.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/06/15/4225368.htm

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Indians clash with armed police in Peru: Video report:

Up to 100 people have been killed this week alone in clashes between the Indians and armed police.
http://snipurl.com/k6n4x

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Inside the Peruvian Amazon: Video report -

"Warning - Video contains images that some readers may find disturbing
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22837.htm

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CIA head says Cheney almost wishing US be attacked:

CIA Director Leon Panetta says former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism of the Obama administration's approach to terrorism almost suggests "he's wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point."
http://snipurl.com/k6n85

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Ex-Bush attorney Yoo ordered to testify in Padllia case:

Former Bush administration attorney John Yoo was ordered on Friday by a federal judge in San Francisco to testify in an appeal brought by Jose Padilla, an American citizen who was held for more than three years and allegedly tortured while in U.S. military custody.
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/13/yoo-ordered-testify-padia/

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China Tells U.S.: You Broke the Dollar, Now Fix It: ,

 Beijing is diversifying its overseas investments and pressing U.S. officials for an "exit strategy" from the ultra-loose fiscal and monetary policies that China fears will eventually inflate away the value of its U.S. bond holdings and fell the dollar.
http://moneynews.newsmax.com/markets/dollar/2009/06/15/225175.html

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'Supermarkets set to refuse cash':

Dutch supermarkets are hoping to phase out the use of cash by 2014, the Financieele Dagblad reports on Thursday, quoting the retail board CBL.
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/06/supermarkets_set_to_refuse_cas.php
 
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