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US presses Israel on settler row
BBC
The US has said it is awaiting a “formal” response from Israel amid a row over its decision to build 1,600 new homes in occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel angered the US by announcing the move during a visit by Vice-President Joe Biden aimed at backing peace talks.
Russia claims Arctic undersea territory
UPI
MOSCOW, March 15 (UPI) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has repeated Russia’s claims to the Arctic continental shelf, thought to be rich in oil and gas reserves, officials said.
Rising temperatures have meant a reduction in sea ice, making hydrocarbon deposits under the Arctic Ocean more accessible, RIA Novosti reported Monday.
Norad Flight Exercise Planned For Washington, D.C.
No. 023-10 / March 15, 2010
Defense.gov
North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct a three-day exercise, Falcon Virgo 10-06, beginning Tuesday and ending Thursday in the skies over the National Capital Region (Washington, D.C.). There will be two flights per night on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the first flight scheduled to take place between midnight until [...]
Bloggers vs MSM, in a nutshell
1. Bloggers are writing for a growing audience; journalists are writing for a shrinking audience.
2. Bloggers can’t be let go. Journalists live in continual fear of being let go.
3. Bloggers don’t have anyone telling them what to do. Journalists do, all the time.
4. Journalists used to believe they could write stories that could change things. [...]
Shorter Question Everything
Diego Garcia
“It is depressingly similar to the rhetoric we heard prior to the war in Iraq in 2003.”
Hundreds of powerful US “bunker-buster” bombs are being shipped from California to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for a possible attack on Iran.
The Sunday Herald can reveal that the US government [...]
Posted in Bases, Created Terror, Cyberwar, Intelligence, Middle East, Shorter Question Everything Tagged agents provocateurs, Diego Garcia, FBI, Hal Turner, Iran, US Leave a comment
AP Exclusive: Pentagon gun was from Tenn. police
DEVLIN BARRETT / Associated Press Writer
Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn.
Law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that both guns were once seized in criminal cases in Memphis. The officials [...]
Posted in Arms Trade, Created Terror, Mass Shooting Tagged John Patrick Bedell, Las Vegas, Pentagon, Tennessee Leave a comment
Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants
DEXTER FILKINS and MARK MAZZETTI/NYT
KABUL, Afghanistan — Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, according to military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States.
Spy Takes US/Israeli Secrets to Grave
Published on The Smirking Chimp (http://www.smirkingchimp.com)
By Robert Parry
Last week’s death of Israeli spymaster David Kimche – and the omissions in his obituaries about his most sensitive operations, especially those regarding the United States – are a reminder of how much crucial history is being lost as key figures from this era take [...]
Posted in Created Terror, Espionage, Intelligence, Middle East Tagged CIA, David Kimche, Israel, US Leave a comment
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