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Land Theft and Destruction
Bat Ayin settlers uproot trees from Palestinian land
Hebron – Ma’an – Israeli settlers uprooted more than 150 olive and
grape trees from Palestinian-owned land in Wadi Abu Ar-Rish, near the
settlement of Bat Ayin, south of Bethlehem, on Monday, witnesses said.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=38731
302 Palestinians face demolition, 20 displaced in June
Last
month, Occupation forces distributed demolition orders to 32 families
in the Jordan Valley. The demolitions, if carried out in total, are set
to affect 304 people. Demolitions began in June, and on the 17th
bulldozers leveled structures in Jiftlik and Wadi Malih, displacing 20
people. For years, the people of the Jordan Valley have faced these
types of attacks, which aim to drive them from their lands and clear
the land for settlement expansion.
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1986.shtml
Palestinian plots up for grabs, By Dan Nolan in Haifa
A Palestinian advocacy group is accusing Israel of removing by stealth,
what Palestinians see as a one of the key elements of any future peace
deal – the right of return for refugees. Adalah, a legal centre for
Arab rights in Israel, claims that the possibility of Palestinians
returning to the homes they left in what is now Israel is slowly being
eroded away by the sale of an increasing number of their properties to
private individuals.
http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/06/200962121323361453.html
Israeli human rights group lawsuit exposes government complicity in settlement expansion
As
the lawsuit filed by several Israeli human rights groups, including
Yesh Din, continues its proceedings in the Israeli High court, the
documents that continue to be exposed show a wide swath of support for
Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank by the Israeli
government, in violation of both international law and Israel law.
http://www.imemc.org/article/60892
Settlements expand as Palestinians re-pitch tents
Israel
said Sunday it has allocated $250 million to West Bank settlements in
defiance of American pressure to freeze expansion even as Israeli
bulldozers raze the homes and lands of Palestinian Bedoins. Israel
plans to allocate the money over the next two years, with the vast
majority of it.
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/06/21/76629.html
Displacement of population, gradual takeover of and water resources and land, underway in Qalqilia
Qalqilia
/ PNN – Farmers in the village of Azzun Al Atma are among thousands
throughout the West Bank who have suffered land loss due to Israeli
occupation. The Qalqilia Governorate village is slated to lose barns,
cattle sheds and water tanks. Israeli forces handed out demolition
orders Sunday.
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5855
Demonstrators march in Al Ma’asara
Demonstrators
gathered in Al Ma’sara today to protest the construction the wall and
the illegal expansion of Israeli settlements. 100 Palestinians,
Israelis and internationals marched through the streets carrying a
30-foot long Palestinian flag, chanting against the Wall and demanding
an end to the occupation. As the march approached a main thoroughfare,
soldiers blocked the road with razor wire and refused to let the
demonstrators pass. Protesters gave speeches and shouted at the
soldiers, demanding to know why they had blocked their peaceful march.
Tensions mounted when a soldier began making menacing gestures at an
elderly Palestinian woman, but the situation deescalated without
confrontation. At one point the protesters sat down in the shade of the
Palestinian flag and began having a picnic. The protest lasted for a
little over an hour, and dispersed peacefully.
http://palsolidarity.org/2009/06/7251
Ni’lin residents demonstrate against the Apartheid Wall
Following
a relatively calm demonstration last week, and the unprovoked murder of
Aqel Sror on 5 June, demonstrators marched towards the Apartheid fence
with apprehension, unsure of what force would meet them. It was eerily
quiet as demonstrators managed to reach the wall without the whistle of
tear gas flying through the air.
http://palsolidarity.org/2009/06/7256
Violence and Aggression Against Palestinians
Israeli navy seizes fishermen, boats off Gaza shore
Gaza – Ma’an – The Israeli navy seized four Gazan fishermen on Monday
morning after stopping their boats off the Gaza City coast. They were
taken to Israel’s Ashdod port, north of the Gaza Strip.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=38728
Israeli troops overrun coffee shop, workshops in Jenin
Jenin – Ma’an – Israeli soldiers overran a coffee shop and a number of
stone workshops at the Ash-Shuhada area of southern Jenin on Monday.
Soldiers checked the identities of a number of workers and residents,
but no one was detained, according to local sources.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=38732
Palestinian harvest in Hebron disrupted by settlers and Israeli forces
On
a piece of land located between two Jewish settlements (Kiryat Arba and
Givat Ha’Avot) in an area north-east of Hebron, Palestinian farmers
attempted to harvest their land. Accompanied by international from ISM
and Israeli activists from Tayyoush, Palestinians hoped to participate
in an agricultural activity on the al Jabari family land. The group’s
objective was to harvest barley and olive tree branches to feed the
family livestock.
http://palsolidarity.org/2009/06/7253
Israeli settler violence against Palestinians is routine, and unreported
Joseph Dana reports: Just
got an update from Amiel, a Ta'ayush member, who was in Safa this
morning. He told me that settlers uprooted around 150 olive and grape
leaf trees in Safa as a protest of our action last Saturday. Some of the grape leaf trees in the video were uprooted this morning.
http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/06/israeli-settler-violence-against-palestinians-is-routine
-and-unreported.html
Detainees
Israeli forces raid Tulkarem, summon residents for interrogation
Tulkarem – Ma’an – Israeli forces raided Nur Shams Refugee Camp and
other areas in and around the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Sunday
morning. Firing in the air, Israeli soldiers knocked down the doors of
Palestinians’ houses, handing over written orders summoning residents
for interrogation by the Israeli intelligence.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=38714
IOF troops round up 12 Palestinians
Israeli
occupation forces at dawn Monday rounded up 12 Palestinians from the
West bank districts of Al-Khalil, Bethlehem and Qalqilia, the IOF
command announced.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/
Mousa Abu Maria, activist and co-founder of the Palestine Solidarity Project in Beit Ommar, was released from prison
Mousa
Abu Maria, activist and co-founder of the Palestine Solidarity Project
in Beit Ommar, was released from prison last night after spending just
over 14 months in Administrative Detention. He wants to thank everyone
who supported him throughout his detention.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=34128
Hamas MP denounces IOA refusal to release Fatah MP after completing his sentence
Hamas
MP Dr. Salem Salama has condemned the Israeli occupation authority
(IOA) for refusing to release Fatah MP Jamal Huwail after completing
his sentence.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/
War Crimes
British researcher: Israel used dirty bombs during its war on Gaza
Peter
Eyre, a British researcher in the usage of uranium during wars,
revealed that the laboratory tests showed that Israel had used dirty
bombs which have devastating results in the long run.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/
STUC supports Palestinian Human Rights Case against the UK Government
June
20, (Pal Telegraph) - The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) today
added its support to the challenge of the Palestinian Human Rights
organisation Al-Haq against the UK Government in British Courts. The
state of Israel is in breach of international laws, having committed
serious violations of Geneva Convention principles. Specifically Israel
has breached laws outlawing indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks
on civilians after its attacks in Gaza earlier this year.
http://www.paltelegraph.com/world/uk-news/1165-stuc-supports-palestinian-human-rights-case-against
-the-uk-government
Humanitarian Issues
Transcript
of former US President Jimmy Carter's Address to the United Nations
Relief Works Agency's Human Rights Graduation in Gaza, June 16, 2009.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22871.htm
Israeli forces re-erect checkpoint evacuated earlier in June
Ramallah – Ma’an – Israeli forces on Monday morning re-erected the
Atara checkpoint north of Ramallah in the central West Bank, which was
removed earlier this month.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=38723
Red Cross: Israeli Settlements in Hebron Cause Huge Suffering for Palestinians
Hebron, SANA_ Chairman of the Red Cross International Committee Office
Matthew Bennati asserted on Monday that the violence practiced by the
Israeli settlers has a negative influence on the Palestinian people who
live in the old city of Hebron, pointing out that the strict measures
imposed on their movement have made their life very difficult.
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2009/06/22/232295.htm
Fatah Collaborators
Gazan officer, fearing for his life, asks to stay in Israeli detention
PA loyalist who escaped Hamas by infiltrating Israel, turning himself in asks court not to send him back.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3734839,00.html
Political Developments
No meeting between Mishaal and Uraikat
A
reliable source has denied media reports that Khaled Mishaal, the
political bureau chairman of the Movement, had met with Saeb Uraikat,
who is heading the PLO department of negotiations.
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/
Fatah deadlock continues
Kadoumi
and his allies, however, are convinced that no matter how much the PA
and Fatah cheapen themselves before Israel, and how subserviently they
behave vis-ŕ-vis the Israeli army, Israel will still treat them with
contempt and refuse to give them any concession of substance in return.
Indeed, the rejectionist speech by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu on Sunday seemed to vindicate the views of Kadoumi and his
allies while weakening the stature of Abbas.
http://www.xpis.ps/Uploadarticles/1067articles%20Fatah%20deadlock%20continues.doc
Netanyahu: No Foreign Troops in PA Territory
22/06/2009 “The international guarantees Israel is seeking to ensure
that a future Palestinian state remains demilitarized does not mean the
introduction of foreign forces,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told
the cabinet at its Sunday meeting.
Expanding on his speech last week at Bar-Ilan University in which he
said international guarantees were necessary to make sure a future
Palestinian state would be demilitarized, Netanyahu said rather that
occupied Jerusalem wanted international acceptance of the principle
that Israel could take the actions it thought necessary to ensure the
future state's demilitarization. "We need effective measures to ensure
demilitarization," Netanyahu said. "The existing ones in Lebanon and
Gaza are not effective."
http://almanar.com.lb/NewsSite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=91035&language=en
Ben-Eliezer: Let Mubarak lead peace process
Prime Minister Netanyahu faces contrasting pressures ahead of Europe
visit: While Labor ministers urge immediate progress in peace process,
Likud's Yaalon stresses 'there is no partner' on Palestinian side.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3734533,00.html
Other News
CIA Declassifies Report on Israel’s Nukes
The
1960 report defends Israel's nuclear ambitions, offers guidance on
handling today's nuclear-hopefuls. June 17, 2009 "Washington Post" --
“We do not believe that Israel will embark on the development of
nuclear weapons with the aim of actually starting a nuclear war,” reads
the declassified 48-year-old CIA Special National Intelligence
Estimate. The estimate, publicly released June 5 by George Washington
University’s National Security Archives, continues, “Possession of a
nuclear weapon capability, or even the prospect of achieving it, would
clearly give Israel a greater sense of security, self-confidence and
assertiveness.”
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22872.htm
ADL incites against raising funds for Palestinians
ADL
has urged the US Justice Department to investigate whether a U.S.-based
campaign is raising funds for "the purpose of providing material
support to Hamas."
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/
Jewish groups blast 'anti-Zionist' conference at Toronto university
A
controversial conference on peace in the Middle East is set to start
Monday at Toronto's York University, despite sharp criticism from local
and international Jewish groups, who have called the partly
government-sponsored event a "blatant exercise in anti-Zionist
propaganda."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1094640.html
Ministry seeks to strengthen Palestinian cultural scene by meeting with young writers
Gaza
/ PNN – Palestinian writers and poets are continuing to bring voice to
the contemporary political situation. The Ministry of Culture honored
both this week in Gaza City. The Palestinian ministry met with young
writers and thinkers to discuss ways to strengthen and develop the
Palestinian cultural scene. The meeting was attended by other
government representatives, professors from the Islamic University, and
a number of Palestinian intellectuals, writers, and poets.
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5844
EU supports Palestinian cultural heritage as part of “Jerusalem Capital of Arab Culture” events
Ramallah
/ PNN – A display of the unseen Umayyad mosaics from East Jerusalem's
Dome of the Rock are being exhibited in Ramallah. Few Palestinians
have access to them given the restrictions on entering Jerusalem
imposed by the occupying Israeli administration.
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5866&Itemid=28
Media Bias
Washington Post on one suicide bombing
"In
an act fraught with symbolic significance, a suicide bomber blew
himself up at the mausoleum of the father of Iran's Islamic revolution,
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, while unrest continued across Tehran in
defiance of a ban on demonstrations."" I wonder if Palestinian bombings were ever described as "fraught with symbolic significance."
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2009/06/washington-post-on-one-suicide-bombing.html
Solidarity
Bikini-clad activists crash Israeli beach party in Manhattan
Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - At least five young women crashed a
so-called beach party organized by the Israeli Foreign Ministry in New
York City's Central Park on Sunday. Clad in bikinis and holding signs
reading "Free Gaza" and "Sand won't cover your war crimes," the women
were quickly removed by police and security from "the Tel Aviv beach"
set up in Manhattan to celebrate the largest city in Israel's
centennial. According to US media reports the women, affiliated with
the anti-war group CODEPINK, covered themselves in mud to protest the
"dirty policies Israel holds towards Palestine," and chanted, "Tel
Aviv, you can't hide, we can see your dirty side!"
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=38726
US Presidential candidate from Green Party among those on board ships aimed to break siege on Gaza
Gaza
/ PNN – Cynthia McKinney of the Green Party in the US is among those
participating in the voyage of “Free Gaza” ships. Beginning a year ago
the Palestinian and European movement sailed from the Cypriot port of
Larnaca to the Gaza Strip in an effort to “break the siege.”
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5857
Israeli apartheid on trial in Canada
The village of Bil’in has taken its popular struggle into international
courts, as preliminary hearings against two Canadian firms will begin
today, June 22. The Quebec Superior Court will decide whether or not to
hear the village’s case against Green Mount International and Green
Park International, both of whom are involved in settlement
construction on confiscated Bil’in land, and both of whom are
registered corporations in Montreal.
http://stopthewall.org/worldwideactivism/1987.shtml
Open Letter to Palestine solidarity activists and human rights defenders
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1985.shtml
Analysis/Op-ed
Why aren't Jews outraged by Israeli occupation?
During
this year's AIPAC conference in Washington, Executive Director Howard
Kohr warned the 7,000-plus crowd that the global movement to
"delegitimize Israel" was gathering steam. "These voices are laying
the predicate for an abandonment," he said. His sentiments were almost
apocalyptic: "The stakes in that battle are nothing less than the
survival of Israel, linked inexorably to the relationship between
Israel and the United States. In this battle we are the firewall, the
last rampart."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1093667.html
When will we Reconcile with Ourselves?, By Joharah Baker for MIFTAH
Unfortunately,
far too many articles have been written about this subject. Every time
pen hits paper (or finger hits keyboard), a wave of remorse and unease
surely washes over any Palestinian writer who undertakes this task.
"Palestinian reconciliation" should not even be a phrase in our lexicon
much less a goal to which we aspire and have yet to reach.
http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=19896&CategoryId=3
Obama's game is to defeat the lobby from inside it
Obama's game is to defeat the Israel lobby from within. He could not defeat the
lobby from outside it; because Jews are simply too important in the
American power structure. That is why he could not run against the
lobby; he promised to try not to pander to it, and then he did pander. But now he is cracking it like a nut, and counting on Jews to do the cracking.
http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/06/the-other-day-a-jewish-friend-in-the-msm-who-supports-
obama-putting-pressure-on-netanyahu-on-settlements-said-it-was-a-danger.html
Lebanon
Lebanese Security Forces Arrest Israeli Spy in Ghazieh
22/06/2009 Another Israeli spy was uncovered on Monday in Lebanon…
The spy, named Mohamad Q.G., was arrested by Lebanese security forces
in the southern town of Ghazieh. Earlier, the General Security chief
General Wafiq Jezzini told Al-Manar that the few coming days would
witness the collapse of another set of Israeli Mossad-linked cells in
Lebanon. Four cells, formed of fourteen spies, were uncovered since
the beginning of June.
http://almanar.com.lb/NewsSite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=91105&language=en
Shiites in south fear government neglect, Israeli aggression after March 14 victory
A
large highway cuts through the green hills connecting Lebanon's south
to the Mediterranean Sea. Here, nestled amid banana trees and colorful
bougainvillea bushes, lies the port city of Tyre, a bastion of
Lebanon's Shiite community and a significant base of the Lebanese
opposition.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=103304
Sheikh Qabalan Demands Explanation to “Imperiled Entity” Comments
22/06/2009 The deputy head of the Higher Muslim Shiite Council Sheikh
Abdul Amir Qabalan questioned accusations against a “group of the
Lebanese.” In a statement, Sheikh Qabalan said he would have hoped to
see the role of religious authorities as one that is above all
sectarian and confessional divisions. He also warned against the danger
of instigating against the beliefs and doctrines of some Lebanese.
http://almanar.com.lb/NewsSite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=91078&language=en
Sentimental moments at the ballot box: Thomas Friedman warms his heart in Brummana, Lebanon
In
a June 16 Op-Ed column in the New York Times entitled “The Virtual
Mosque,” Thomas Friedman declares that events in Iran have raised
“three intriguing questions” for him: “Is
Facebook to Iran’s Moderate Revolution what the mosque was to Iran’s
Islamic Revolution? Is Twitter to Iranian moderates what muezzins were
to Iranian mullahs? And, finally, is any of this good for the Jews —
particularly Israel’s prime minister, Bibi Netanyahu?”
http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/06/21/sentimental-moments-at-the-ballot-box-thomas-friedman-warms-his-
heart-in-brummana-lebanon/
Iraq
Spate of bombings target Baghdad
Blasts take place days before US troops are planned to pull out from Iraq main cities.
Truck bomb attack kills 65 people in Iraq
At least 65 people were killed when a truck packed with explosives
detonated outside a mosque in northern Iraq Saturday, the police said.
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Truck+bomb+attack+kills+65+people+in+Iraq&
artid=yP5JqotziC0=
Iraq insurgents kill nine police
AFP
- Insurgents have shot dead nine police in Iraq's two most populous
cities of Baghdad and Mosul, police and government officials said on
Sunday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090621/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestpolice
Iraqis look forward to US pullout, but fear more attacks
Iraqi
taxi driver Haitham Nief is looking forward to the partial pull out of
US combat troops this month from the northern city of Mosul and
elsewhere. Mosul remains one of the most violent places in Iraq, but
Nief says he is sure the security situation will improve once the
Americans leave town and withdraw to camps outside.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=103299
Confidential memo reveals US plan to provoke an invasion of Iraq
A
confidential record of a meeting between President Bush and Tony Blair
before the invasion of Iraq, outlining their intention to go to war
without a second United Nations resolution, will be an explosive issue
for the official inquiry into the UK's role in toppling Saddam Hussein.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/21/iraq-inquiry-tony-blair-bush
Who Will Control Iraq's Oil?, By PATRICK COCKBURN
Furious
protests are threatening to undermine the Iraqi government's plan to
give international oil companies a stake in its giant oilfields in a
desperate effort to increase its declining oil production and oil
revenues. In less than two weeks time, on June 29 and 30, the Iraqi
Oil minister Hussain Shahristani will award service contracts to the
world's largest oil companies to develop six of Iraq's largest oil
producing fields over 20-25 years.
http://www.counterpunch.com/patrick06192009.html
Iran
Iran's Guards to 'crush' protests
Elite military unit warns Western countries against supporting "rioters".
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/200962211917155481.html
Transcript of Ayatollah Khamenei's Speech
If
our young didn't have any hope, they wouldn't partake in the election ,
if they didn't feel freedom, they wouldn't vote. Faith in the system
has been shown by the massive participation. The enemies target the
belief and trust of people on that system. This trust is the biggest
investment of the Islamic republic. They wanted to take it from us,
They want it to shake our trust in this system.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22874.htm
TV: Four family members of Iran's Rafsanjani released
TEHRAN,
June 21 (Xinhua) -- Four family members of Iran's influential former
President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani have been released, but his
daughter is still under custody, Iran's satellite channel Press TV
reported Sunday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/22/content_11578093.htm
One Killed As 'Suicide Blast' Hits Tehran Shrine
At
least one person has been killed after a suspected suicide bomber
reportedly blew himself up near the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini, the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009620132947283202.html
Protests in Tehran 21 June
Protesters force Basij to flee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00cSHvqTXwI
Western media coverage
As
I am still on the road (returning tomorrow night), I have not been able
to comment on the developments as much as I have wanted. But I did
manage to see some CNN coverage this morning at my hotel. What do you
expect from a network that relies on Octavia Nasr as "the senior Middle
East" expert for the network? But the hypocrisy is quite stunning.
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2009/06/western-media-coverage.html
Mujahidin
I am aware that there are good people among the
demonstrators and that there are people who don't like Moussavi. But it
is important to dissociate any struggle agianst the Iranian regime from
the lousy Moussavi who--like the regime of Ahmadinajad--has blood on
his hands--more blood indeed. I also notice that the Shah stooges are
jumping in the frey among the Iranians in exile and the largest rally
in support of the Iranian protest movement in Paris was sponsored by
none other than the pro-Saddam Mujahdin Khalq which sent car bombs into
Iran. I am looking for an independent leftist movement that does not
chant Islamist slogans (like Moussavi) to support, while identifying
with the innocent victims who have been killed.
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2009/06/mujahidin.html
Iran And The Opportunist Left-Liberals
Readers
of this blog probably don’t need a run down of the anti-Iran campaign
being waged by the US/”western” media – so, instead, lets take a look
at three examples of the left-liberals: there are still those who
expect leftists to be more careful with their analyses, and to actually
base their words on facts, and realities – instead of the opportunism
that they are now displaying.
http://almusawwir.org/resistance/2009/06/15/iran-and-the-opportunist-left-liberals/
The gullible, useless, clueless and mindless Left
The situation in Iran is volatile and fluid and things could get much worse (there are already reports about Mousavi supporters being arrested with explosives!)
and it is way too early to draw some deep conclusions about these
events. One thing, however, is absolutely clear: the so-called "Left"
showed no common sense, no critical thinking and no analytical
capabilities whatsoever. Even the best Leftist websites and
commentators (Pepe Escobar, Counterpunch, etc.) swallowed the
propaganda of the Rafsanjani camp hook, line, and sinker. There is an
amazing irony here: the events in Iran are just about the perfect
example of a class struggle, and yet the Lefties missed that completely
even though this story was not without precedent.
http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2009/06/gullible-useless-clueless-and-mindless.html
Iran, Gucci anti-imperialism and movement anti-intellectuals
We know what a movement intellectual is, but perhaps we need a new category for James Petras, a movement anti-intellectual.
http://jewssansfrontieres.blogspot.com/2009/06/iran-gucci-anti-imperialism-and.html
U.S. and other world news
Padilla v. Yoo
The man once accused of being a 'dirty bomber' is cleared to sue a key player in George W. Bush's 'war on terror.'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061903116.html
U.S. admits Afghan airstrike may have killed 86 civilians
Report: And its issuance raises questions about whether the U.S. should
use a B-1B bomber — an expensive Cold War-era supersonic bomber
originally designed to penetrate the former Soviet Union's airspace and
drop nuclear weapons — to rout out Taliban hiding among Afghan
civilians.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/70417.html
Third US occupation force soldier killed in Afghanistan in single day
A third soldier of the US-led coalition soldier was killed in an attack in Afghanistan on Saturday.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2008587&Language=en
British occupation force soldier killed in Afghanistan
A
British soldier was killed by an explosion while on routine patrol in
southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Saturday.
http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/20/british-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan-5/
Helping Afghan Refugees as US Bombs Continue to Fall
Since
2001, the US Air Force has dropped nearly 31 million pounds (14,049
metric tons) of bombs on Afghanistan. The UN estimates that US
airstrikes alone accounted for 64 percent of the 828 Afghan civilians
killed last year.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zp-heller/helping-afghan-refugees-a_b_218153.html
Images
reveal full horror of 'Amazon's Tiananmen'
Warning - THESE IMAGES DEPICT STRONG VIOLENCE AND MAY BE UNSUITABLE FOR SOME READERS.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/images-reveal-full-horror-of-amazons-tiananmen-
1708990.html?action=Popup
Bahraini Shi'ites complain over settling Sunnis
DUBAI,
June 21 (Reuters) - Majority Shi'ite Muslims in the Gulf Arab state of
Bahrain, home to a U.S. navy base, are increasingly agitated over what
they say are government efforts to give Sunni foreigners nationality to
dilute Shi'ite numbers.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LH633091.htm
Yemeni who killed Jew gets death sentence
SANAA,
June 21 (Reuters) - An appeals court in Yemen sentenced to death on
Sunday a man who shot dead a Jewish compatriot. In March a court ruled
the man, Abdul-Aziz al-Abdi, was mentally unstable and sent him to an
psychiatric institution, but the victim's father appealed the verdict.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LL368328.htm |
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