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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 [...]
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US: Katrina
The second guilty plea in the Danziger Bridge case today revealed additional details about the conduct of New Orleans police after Hurricane Katrina and suggested more prosecutions of higher-ranking officers are yet to come.
Former police detective Jeffrey Lehrmann pleaded guilty to failing to report a felony in connection to a [...]
Posted in Arms Trade, Asia, Assassination, Cyberwar, Drugwar, Education, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Shorter Question Everything Also tagged China, Education, Iran, Israel, Katrina, McCarthy, Mexico, Palestine, Russia, START, Texas, Venezuela Leave a comment
U.S. man arrested in Yemen worked in nuclear plants
Reuters/By Mohamed Sudam and Scott DiSavino Mohamed Sudam And Scott Disavino – Fri Mar 12, 6:17 pm ET
SANAA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yemen said on Friday it was holding a U.S. citizen suspected of being an al Qaeda militant who killed a hospital guard last week, and a U.S. firm said the suspect had worked at [...]
Posted in CBRN, Created Terror, Middle East Also tagged Abdulmutallab, agents provocateurs, al-ciada, Nuclear, Sharif Mobley, Yemen Leave a comment
Middle East Quartet condemns Israeli settlement plan
AFP
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The Middle East diplomatic Quartet condemned Israel’s plans to build new settler homes and said unilateral actions would not be recognized by the international community.
The group — the European Union, the United States, Russia and the United Nations — “condemns Israel’s decision to advance planning for new housing units in East [...]
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Iran
Saudi Arabia has dismissed US claims that Riyadh would use its leverage to pressure China to approve new sanctions against Iran.
According to the Saudi official news agency, SPA, an official in Riadh rejected a claim by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on the issue of pressuring China to support fresh sanctions against Iran, IRNA reported [...]
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Arab MK: U.S. beginning to question Israeli policy on Palestinians
Haaretz
Knesset Member Ahmed Tibi has lashed out over the treatment of American lawmakers brought to Israel by the J Street organization, warning that unconditional U.S. support for Israel is on the wane
Amnesty report condemns US death rates of women in childbirth
Those from poor, African American and Native American backgrounds most at risk
Sarah Boseley/Guardian
The death rate of women giving birth in the US is worse than in 40 other countries, including nearly all the industrialised countries, Amnesty International said today in a report that describes the country’s approach to maternity care as “disgraceful and scandalous”.
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Chile
What the hell, planet earth! Chile was just slammed by a 7.2 aftershock, as inaugural ceremonies for right-wing billionaire president-elect Sebastián Piñera began in Valparaiso. Chile was devastated by an 8.8-magnitude quake on Feb. 27.
US: Mississippi
Mississippi’s Itawamba County school district has cancelled a prom after Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old student, asked permission to bring [...]
Posted in Climate, Education, Eliminationism, Feminism, Latin America, North America, Phenomena, Shorter Question Everything Also tagged Chile, earthquake, Education, Homophobia, Mississippi Leave a comment
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Dubai
Interpol joined an international task force investigating the Dubai assassination of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. The international policing organization also said it was convinced of the broad, international scope of the crime.
The notices, short of international arrest warrants but a request to Interpol members to detain the named people for extradition, bring to 27 the [...]
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