Land theft and destruction/Ethnic cleansing
Israeli bulldozers raze 4 east Jerusalem buildings (AP)
AP - Israeli bulldozers destroyed at least two homes and two other buildings in contested east Jerusalem on Tuesday, resuming the demolition of Palestinian property after a halt aimed at encouraging peace talks.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/
Israel razes inhabited Palestinian home in Jerusalem (Reuters)
Reuters - Israel razed an inhabited Palestinian home in East Jerusalem on Tuesday for the first time in eight months, effectively ending an unofficial demolition freeze imposed under U.S. pressure to revive peace talks.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/
Council approves construction of 32 new homes in East Jerusalem
Approval is part of plan to build a total of 250 apartment units in Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood, despite Obama administration's characterization of Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem as settlements.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/
Israel To Expropriate 30 Dunams Near Hebron
The Israeli Authorities decided to illegally expropriate 30 Dunams of Palestinian lands that belong to villagers of Beit Ola, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
http://www.imemc.org/article/
Prisoners society warns 8 face deportation
Tubas - Ma'an - Eight prisoners will face an Israeli military court on 19 July, and could be deported, the Palestinian Prisoners Society director in Tubas in the northern West Bank reported on Tuesday. Mahmoud Sawafta identified one of the eight as Taleb Khaled Tayeh Bani Odah from Tammun in the Tubas district, detained on 21 May 2006 and serving a year and a half sentence which finished in December 2008. Sawafta called the human right groups and the International Red Cross to exert pressure on the Israeli authorities and prevent the deportation of Bani Odah. The official said the deportation would be to another country, but was unable to give details.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Libyan Flotilla, Solidarity/Activism/Boycott, Sanctions & Divestment
Libyans say Israel orders Gaza aid ship to Egypt (AP)
AP - The Libyan organizers of an aid ship trying to breach Israel's three-year blockade of Gaza say an Israeli military vessel has confronted the ship and ordered it to change course for the Egyptian port of el-Arish.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/
Gaza: Hundreds urge Libyan ship to continue
Gaza – Ma'an – Hundreds of Gaza residents brought Libyan flags and photos of Libyan President Omar Ghadafi to the city's main square on Monday, urging a Libyan ship to stay its course for the Strip. Following an announcement by Palestinian MK Ahmad Tibi on Sunday, denying Israeli reports that The Hope would be diverted to the Egyptian port of Al-Arish, independent Gaza PLC member Jamal Al-Khudari said residents of the besieged area once again came out to thank a nation for its support.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
IDF preparing for forceful interception of Libya-sponsored aid ship bound for Gaza
An internal IDF probe into May 31 Gaza flotilla incident found only professional mistakes in planning and carrying out the operation.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-
Foreign Ministry advises IDF: Don't stop Gadhafi ship until it approaches Gaza waters
Ministry's legal department says uncertain whether ship intends to break Gaza blockade since its documentation indicates it is headed for El-Arish, Egypt.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-
MK Ben-Ari: Sink Libyan Ship
MK Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) said Sunday that the best way to handle the Libyan ship on its way to Gaza with “humanitarian” supplies was to sink it. The ship, he said, was “a threat to Israel's independence. In order to prevent a flood of hundreds of ships and thousands of refugees gathering on our borders, the ship must be sunk.
http://www.israelnationalnews.
Jordanians to deliver Gaza aid overland via Egypt
A group of Jordanian activists and trade unionists set off for Gaza on Tuesday to deliver the blockaded Palestinian enclave aid relief and medical supplies overland from Egypt, organisers said. "The convoy left today for Gaza... 150 people including unionists, journalists and academics as well as 25 vehicles carrying supplies and medical said," Alaa Borqan, spokesman for the Islamist-dominated trade unions, told AFP. "The group plans to establish a hospital for children in Gaza. The convoy is expected to arrive at the Rafah crossing on Wednesday, and we are currently in touch with the Egyptian authorities to grant us entry."
http://www.hindustantimes.com/
Pink Floyd duo outshine Kate Moss at Palestine charity gig
It is not often that Kate Moss finds herself upstaged. But the supermodel's enthusiastic turn on the tambourine was overshadowed by a rare reunion of Pink Floyd legends David Gilmour and Roger Waters.They took to the stage at the Hoping For Palestine charity gala, where guests bid at an auction throughout the night to raise money for Palestinian refugee children.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/
Met pays £25,000 to twins for injuries at Gaza demo
Police apologise to brothers for force used during protests outside Israeli embassy in London. The Metropolitan police has paid £25,000 to twin brothers who claimed they were attacked by police during demonstrations in London against the Israeli invasion of Gaza. Ashley and Russell Inglis said they both needed hospital treatment after being struck on the head with a baton by a police officer during a protest outside the Israeli embassy in January 2009. Ashley, 28, said he had been part of a crowd shouting "shame on you" at the police after they had seemed to attack another demonstrator.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/
Violence/Aggression (...and pretending to kill Palestinians for fun)
Israel raids Nablus and Hebron, no detentions were reported
West Bank, July 13, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) invaded on Tuesday morning several neighborhoods in Nablus in the northern West Bank, while raided a house in the town of Seir, east of Hebron, and conducted search operations. Witnesses said that the occupation forces supported by several military vehicles stormed the neighborhood of the Al-Maslakh and public housing in Nablus where they roamed the area near Balata, no detentions were reported.
http://www.paltelegraph.com/
Israel paves the way for killing by remote control
With the 'Spot and Shoot' system, soldiers aim guns at Palestinians while sitting in an operations room miles away.
http://www.thenational.ae/
Detainees
IOF troops arrest son, brother of Hamas detained leader
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested on Monday the son and the brother of detained Hamas leader Sheikh Ibrahim Jabr, 50, at a military roadblock near Al-Khalil city.
http://www.palestine-info.co.
Israel forces arrest six Palestinians
RAMALLAH: Israeli forces operating in West Bank cities arrested six Palestinians on Monday, Israeli and Palestinian security sources said. The Palestinian sources said that the six Palestinian were detained in the cities of Jenin and Hebron after house search operations. Israeli security sources told the Army Radio that the detainees were wanted by the Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet and were taken to unknown locations for questioning. Israeli defense establishment says the arrest campaigns in Palestinian cities are part of its war against Palestinian armed groups.
http://arabnews.com/
Israeli troops penetrate into Al-Qarara town, arrest three Palestinians
RAMALLAH, July 13 (KUNA) -- The Israeli occupation troops on Tuesday penetrated into the outskirts of the Al-Qarara town east of Khan Younis southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said that a number of Israeli tanks accompanied by bulldozers moved into the outskirts of al-Qarara and began razing farmland amid gunfire without injuries. Israeli forces carry out daily incursions on the border with the Gaza Strip and deprive citizens of access to their farmland. In the West Bank, Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians in the village of Beit Rima near Ramallah and the village Al-Shyoukh in Hebron after a raid on their homes.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/
The Siege (Gaza & West Bank)/Humanitarian and Human Rights
Access Denied
This week the UN told us what we already know; Israel's movement restrictions are hugely damaging to Palestinians' quality of life. Michael Carpenter and Rebecca Fudala scoured the Occupied Territories to show how damaging these restrictions are.
http://www.palestinemonitor.
Soldiers Close the Jordan Valley Area
Israeli soldiers closed on Monday night after midnight the Jordan Valley area in the occupied West Bank, and declared it a closed military zone.
http://www.imemc.org/article/
IOF erects new checkpoint in Hebron
Hebron, July 13, (Pal Telegraph) IOF erected today morning a militant checkpoint in the area of Hanina southern to the town of Dura in Hebron, southern West Bank. Witnesses said that the Israeli occupation forces erected a checkpoint, detained citizens and wreaked havoc in the area, pointing to the presence of three militant jeeps to guard the checkpoint with a number of Israeli soldiers and so-called border guards. According to same witnesses, the region has witnessed an intensive presence of Israeli soldiers who stopped the citizens and their vehicles and checked their identity cards. The area south of Hebron, witnesses an escalation of the intense security procedures of Israeli occupation forces and the presence of barriers belonging to the army and so-called border guards and Israeli police hunting the citizens and their vehicles.
http://www.paltelegraph.com/
Israeli colonization means life of poverty for W. Bank children
Israel's policies of land confiscation, expanding settlement colonies, and discriminatory building permit restrictions are forcing more Palestinians -- especially children -- into a desperate economic and humanitarian crisis in the occupied West Bank, according to a report by Save the Children UK (STCUK).
http://electronicintifada.net/
Everyday life in Gaza, David Rose
The blockade has made Gaza a global symbol of hardship. To be sure, it has reduced much of its economy to ruins: with exports to the outside world impossible, the factories and workshops are closed, and unemployment is perhaps as high as 80 percent. Moreover, it is only 18 months since the end of Operation Cast Lead, the Israeli attack conducted to stop a rain of Gazan rockets, which reduced thousands of buildings to rubble and killed close to 1,500 civilians. Yet tough as most Gazans' lives are, they are getting on with them. And the often unspoken truth is that while the blockade has imposed a comprehensive block to Gazan productivity, it has become completely ineffective as a means of preventing imports. Moreover, not everyone is on welfare. The Palestinian Authority continues to pay the salaries of some 55,000 workers. There are NGOs, and the UN. In the teeming refugee camps, there is poverty and deprivation, but the blockade's worst consequence is the frustration of potential and productive energy.
http://mideast.foreignpolicy.
Israel opens Abu Salem crossing, enters 300 calves
Gaza, July 13, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - The Israeli authorities opened today Karem Abu Salem to allow the entry of limited quantities of fuel and aid into the Gaza Strip, while kept Al-Montar crossing closed. “The occupation authorities will open Abu Salem crossing to allow the entry of 150-160 vans loaded with aid and goods for industrial and agriculture sectors.” Raed Fatouh, Palestinian crossings official, said.
http://www.paltelegraph.com/
Hani Almadhoun: The Environmental Toll of the Gaza Siege
The siege on Gaza has many intended and unintended consequences. Three years under siege is a long time, but in those years the people of Gaza have learned to adapt with the frequent interruptions of their lives due to the circumstances imposed on Gaza. Every time you head to a Gaza market, you are reminded of those difficulties. If the price if your favorite item (i.e. fruit juice, potatoes chips, baby formula, and yogurt) is exceptionally high, the vendor is likely to blame the Israeli siege or the Egyptian authorities for a recent tunnel bust affecting supplies.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Despite Israeli blockade, innovation thrives in Gaza
The relentless Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip has squeezed many things, but it hasn't robbed people of their ability and desire to innovate and invent. At the Rashad al-Shawa cultural center in heart of Gaza City, dozens of local companies and individuals recently demonstrated hi-tech products and inventions at an exhibition sponsored by government and nongovernmental bodies. Rami Almeghari reports from the occupied Gaza Strip.
http://electronicintifada.net/
Gaza to Ramallah: Live up to pilgrimage promise
Gaza – Ma'an – The Gaza government accused its Ramallah counterpart of violating an agreement to process visas for Strip residents wishing to perform the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca. As a consequence, officials said, Hamas border officials are refusing passage to the few who have received permits, demanding all those who applied be issued papers or none will be permitted to travel.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Flotilla Fallout
Clinton urges Turkey: Don't sever dialogue with Israel
Secretary of State holds 45-minute conversation with Davotuglu, affirms U.S. commitment to helping deal with PKK.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/
Israeli probe faults flotilla raid planning but praises execution
The Israeli military has released its report into the deadly raid on the Gaza aid flotilla on May 31, which killed nine people. The 100-page document criticises the Israeli navy for "serious errors" in preparing and carrying out the assault at sea. But when it came to the conduct of Israeli soldiers during the raid, the report found no wrongdoing and instead, praised officers who took part in it. Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reports from Jerusalem. (July 13, 2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
MESS Report / IDF probe of Gaza flotilla carefully avoided placing real blame
Giora Eiland's conclusions on the takeover of the Gaza-bound flotilla are as ineffectual as those he provided four years ago after investigating the abduction of Gilad Shalit.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-
Turkish group dismisses Israeli report on Gaza flotilla raid
A group known as the "Free Gaza Flotilla" has dismissed the Israeli military's probe into the May 31 deadly raid on the aid convoy which killed nine people. The 100-page document criticises the Israeli navy for "serious errors" in intelligence and planning but found no wrongdoing on the part of those carrying out the raid and said "the use of live fire was justified". Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught reports from Istanbul. (July 13, 2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Israel: Use of live fire justified
Internal probe faults Israeli navy for poor planning but recommends no punishments.
http://english.aljazeera.net/
Political/Other Developments
Abbas urges Hamas to sign reconciliation deal (AFP)
AFP - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas Monday renewed calls for the Islamist Hamas movement to sign an Egyptian-drafted reconciliation document that would allow elections to take place.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/
Abbas continues tour in Romania
Bethlehem - Ma'an - President Mahmoud Abbas met with Romanian President Traian Basescu at the presidential headquarters in the nation's capital Bucharest on Monday. The visit comes as Abbas continues his Africa and East Europe tour, updating nations on the Palestinian situation, and solidifying support for the government program, including the plan of the 13th government to declare a state by 2011 if negotiations with Israel fail.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/
Israel's Arab and American Helpers
Erekat: No unilateral declaration of Palestinian state
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat tells Turkish state television that Israel is preventing direct peace talks by refusing to halt settlement activity or discuss permanent status issues.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/
U.S. conservatives form new pro-Israel lobby group
A group of leading American conservatives has set up a new group to attack President Obama over his "anti-Israel" stance, U.S. website Politico reports.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/
Rabbi Ovadia to Mubarak: Get well fast, your highness
Shas' spiritual leader send letter to Egyptian president, wishes him 'full, speedy recovery'.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Other News
Turkey determined to build industry zone in West Bank
Turkey's foreign trade minister said Tuesday that Turkey would definitely build an industrial zone in West Bank despite all the obstructions by Israel.
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-
Report: US threatens to cut Jordan's aid
Arab media reports Washington demanding Amman coordinate uranium enrichment with Israel.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
US threatens cuts in aid to its Arab friends, why not its Jewish one?
Critics of the US-Israel Special Relationship will often cite how many billions of dollars in aid the US gives the Jewish state each year and how that number dwarfs the amount given to any other country in the world. These critics often miss the fact that the US also gives large amounts of aid to the two neighboring Arab states which have signed peace treaties with Israel. And when these states misbehave--i.e., they do things that Israel doesn't like--the US threatens to cut that aid. Because Egypt wasn't doing enough to help Israel choke Gaza, for example, the US government threatened to reduce its aid. Now we have reports that the US is making noises about slashing Jordan's aid if it does not coordinate its uranium enrichment program with Israel. The image the layman is left with is of a spoiled brat with rich parents who buy him friends. I am waiting for the day when the US conditions Israel's foreign aid on its willingness to coordinate its nuclear program, not even with all the surrounding Arab countries, but just with Egypt and Jordan.
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/07/
Israel weighs responses to 'barrage' of international criticism
Officials say particularly concerned over UN probe of country's court system in the wake of the Goldstone report on the Gaza war.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-
Couple arrested for loud sex
They were placed in custody, and criminal records were filed against them for insulting a public official, a charge that carries a prison sentence of up to six months. The couple remained in custody until the early afternoon, for the most part cuffed. "When I asked the officers whether they didn't make noises when they had sex, I must have hurt the uniformed souls profoundly," the young woman told Ynet. She said she found the case especially threatening because she holds a security-linked position. "Neither of us has a criminal record. I can't believe that in one moment, and for nothing, Israel Police can just come into a citizen's private abode and turn him from a regular civilian into a criminal. I could lose my job over this," she added.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
The haredi school scam
Yedioth Ahronoth learns religious schools not teaching basic subjects despite receiving millions from State to do so. Economists: Rabbis want to keep public ignorant; in 20 years job market will be nonexistent.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Analysis/Opinion/Human Interest
A Special Place in Hell / Israelis need a Gandhi of their own, Bradley Burston
There is nothing more threatening to the occupation than the specter of Palestinian non-violence.
http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/
U.S. gov’t record label offers IDF album and many other hymns to Zionism, Philip Weiss
Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, which is a U.S. Gov't cocnern. My friend Bob Feldman writes: "If you do an advanced search on the Smithsonian music site by 'country,' you'll find that for 'Palestine Territory' there apparently are just 5 albums being distributed, while for 'Israel' there are 51 albums being distributed, including an album containing songs from the IDF."
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/07/
Israel, The Master of Exploitation, Joharah Baker for MIFTAH
History and religion can be powerful tools in justifying the present. And nobody does this better than Israel. The problem is that Israel, its leaders and by proxy, its people, expect that they can exploit and twist history and religion without ever feeling the sting from the backlash of such exploitation from others. The starkest, and by far, the most hackneyed example of this is the Holocaust. At every opportunity, Israeli politicians drag up the Holocaust as a way of foremost, invoking pity for the Jewish people and thereby justifying its actions towards the Palestinians. It is appalling how the suffering and death of so many people – Jewish and non-Jewish for that matter – is cheapened and reduced to a mere political playing card. During his speech before the United Nations in September, 2009 following the horrific events of the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid the Holocaust guilt trip on thick. He held up a map of Auschwitz and a copy of what he said were "precise German instructions on how to carry out the extermination of the Jews." He focused on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadenejad and berated anyone who listened to him. "To those who gave this Holocaust denier a hearing, I say on behalf of my people, the Jewish people, and decent people everywhere: Have you no shame? Have you no decency?"
http://www.miftah.org/Display.
From a corporate perspective, there is no Green Line, Philip Weiss
Where is the Israeli left? Gone, right? No, we are in the midst of a great awakening and shift, and just as the American landscape is going to yield strange and important embraces (Anne Coulter and Dennis Kucinich, against a war on Iran), self-described radicalism in Israel will come to seem logical and reasonable, the only just response to a crisis. Here are members of a radical feminist group, Coalition of Women for Peace, arguing for BDS. Dalit Baum and Merav Amir at Palestine Note, saying it can't be limited to just the occupation.
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/07/
In ‘NYT,’ commenters brand Israel ‘fascist’, Philip Weiss
Ethan Bronner got the scoop today on Israel's investigation of the flotilla raid concluding that the 9 killings were justified. The piece included one line at odds with the Israeli narrative, the last line: "Passengers aboard the flotilla have mostly told a very different story, with some witnesses accusing the commandos of shooting randomly as they came aboard." Funny; it's like a parody of propaganda.
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/07/
Do U.S. Jewish leaders take Netanyahu seriously?
The PM failed to call for an 'eternal, undivided Jerusalem' last week, but U.S. Jewish leaders didn't seem to take notice.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-
Is Israel a Normal Country?, John Chuckman
This article starts with a brave question, and I think for most people the answer is apparent with the asking of the question. But like the famous line of T.S. Elliot, the piece ends, not with a bang, but a whimper. After asking a question which would never pass the lips of Israel’s establishment, the article makes the very claims and assertions the Israeli government would make.
http://palestinechronicle.com/
Jewish colonist rabbi says why the land should bloom only with Jews
Rabbi Gideon Perl, Regional Rabbi of illegal settlement Gush Etzion, explains the supposed right of Jews to live in the West Bank.
God gave us the land, didn’t you know?
http://antonyloewenstein.com/
Iraq
Monday: 6 Iraqis Wounded
At least six Iraqis were wounded in unusually light violence. Reports are often light around important religious holidays, as may be this case this week. Meanwhile, parliament has put off holding their next session for two weeks or until there is agreement on some issues.
http://original.antiwar.com/
Iraqi schools, once renowned, still reeling from war
The US has rebuilt and resupplied Iraqi schools. But amid continued sectarian violence and attacks on educational institutions and teachers, the system still needs security and hope.
http://rss.csmonitor.com/%7Er/
Still in deadlock, Iraqi Parliament delays session to select new president
BAGHDAD: Iraqi politicians on Monday postponed for two weeks a session of Parliament that should have picked the country's new president after failing to make any headway in talks on a coalition government, lawmakers said.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Lebanon
Sayyed Nasrallah, Khaled Meshaal Discuss Regional Developments
12/07/2010 Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah received Monday Hamas’s politburo chief Khaled Meshaal who offered condolences for the death of Ayatollah Mohamad Hussein Fadlullah. Meshaal was accompanied by Hezbollah Political Council member Hasan Hodroj and Hamas officials in Lebanon Oussama Hamdan and Ali Barakah. Sayyed Nasrallah and the Hamas delegation discussed recent developments in Palestine, Lebanon, and the region.
http://almanar.com.lb/
Telecom employee charged with spying for Israel
BEIRUT, July 13 (Reuters) - A Lebanese prosecutor on Tuesday charged an executive at state-owned mobile phone firm Alfa with spying for Israel and referred him to military court. Judicial sources said if Charbel Qazzi was convicted he could face the death penalty. Alfa, which is managed by Egypt's Orascom Telecom, said it had no comment on the news. Qazzi's arrest last month shocked the country because of his senior position in the company, and caused debate on how deeply Israel has infiltrated Lebanon's telecoms and security sectors.
http://www.reuters.com/
Lebanese closer to consensus on Palestinian refugees' rights
BEIRUT: Lebanese domestic debate over the extent of rights to be granted to Palestinian refugees seems to have settled on a basket of social and work rights that exclude property ownership, as Christian parties reached a compromise over the issue with the country's major political groups.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Palestinian Rights: All but Phalange Agree on New Law
12/07/2010 The majority March 14 coalition, except for the Phalange Party, has reportedly agreed on a new law that would grant Palestinians living in Lebanon the right to work and study. Lebanese daily An-Nahar newspaper on Monday quoted Future Movement bloc sources as saying that the law which was the result of successive meetings between the Future movement, the Lebanese Forces and the March 14 Secretariat General got everybody's approval, except the Phalange party. Phalange Party politburo member Sejaan Qazzi said the group objects the proposal suggesting giving Palestinian refugees the right to work. He told Lebanese daily As-Safir that his party demands modifications in the law on Palestinians civil rights.
http://almanar.com.lb/
Documentary to raise awareness of Lebanon's child beggars
BEIRUT: Social Affairs Minister Salim Sayegh launched an awareness documentary about child beggars, during a news conference Monday. The documentary is part of the ministry's program to protect street children. The program includes amending protection laws and forming a national protection and prevention plan.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Beyond Absurd: US: Lebanon war victims sue al-Jazeera
Plaintiffs claim Qatar-based network 'intentionally reported live coverage of locations of missile strikes inside of Israel to aid Hezbollah'; demand $1.2 billion in damages.
http://www.ynetnews.com/
U.S. and other World News
Blast kills 3 Afghans as civilian casualties soaring in Afghanistan
Three civilians were killed and another sustained injuries as their car ran over a mine in Sapera district of Afghanistan's eastern Khost province on Monday while on the same day an Afghan human right group condemned soaring civilian casualties in the war-torn country.
http://english.people.com.cn/
2010 deadliest year in Afghanistan
ARM's mid-year report "Civilian Casualties of Conflict" said Obama's policy of intensifying operations against the Taliban has not disrupted, dismantled or defeated the insurgents. On the contrary, it says, "the insurgency has become more resilient, multi-structured and deadly".
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.
Beating the Drums of War: US commander in Iraq: Iran threat has increased (AP)
AP - The top U.S. military commander in Iraq says the threat to U.S. troops from Iran-backed militants has increased but that it will not disrupt the American drawdown.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/
Iran Official Lambasts West's Double-Standard Policy On N. Program
Despite the rules enshrined in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) entitling every member state, including Iran, to the right of uranium enrichment, Tehran is now under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down West's illegitimate calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment.
http://english.farsnews.com/
World powers mull Brazil, Turkey's presence in Iran talks
World powers have not formally agreed that Brazil and Turkey can sit in on talks over a nuclear fuel supply deal with Iran, but neither have they explicitly ruled out such an arrangement, diplomats said Monday.
http://www.google.com/
Guantanamo inmate refuses plea deal
Young Canadian says US military tortured and abused him during eight year detention.
http://english.aljazeera.net/
George Tenet, As'ad Abukhalil
In 2003, after the American invasion of Iraq, George Tenet went on a secret trip to Qatar to meet with the Emir. He informed him that if Aljazeera does not change its coverage of the American invasion, the US would consider Aljazeera "a hostile target." I am told that a bitter argument ensued and obscenities were exchanged. [end]
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/
Rarely Seen Pictures Of The Devastating Consequences Of The BP Disaster
http://www.
Europe's continued obsession with what Muslim women wear: France to vote on veil ban
Bill set to be passed by lower house, but could still be found unconstitutional.
http://english.aljazeera.net/
www.TheHeadlines.org
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