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CHRISTIAN MEDIA
WORLDWATCH
MONDAY JULY 26, 2010
Ex-CIA chief
Hayden: Military action against Iran 'seems inexorable'
Ex-CIA Director Michael Hayden said Sunday, July 25, that during his tenure
(under President George W. Bush), a strike was "way down the list" of options.
But now it "seems inexorable" because no matter what the US does diplomatically,
Tehran keeps pushing ahead with its suspected nuclear program.
Talking to CNN's State of the Union, General Hayden predicted Iran would build
its program to the point where it's just below having an actual weapon. In his
view, "That would be as destabilizing to the region as the real thing."
DEBKAfile's sources take this as affirmation that neither Saudi Arabia,
the Persian Gulf states nor Israel will be willing to live on constant edge with
an Iran which can build nuclear bombs or warheads whenever it likes. They note
that Hayden has added his voice to a growing number of leading American figures
and publications which have indicated in the past fortnight that the military
option against Iran has climbed the top of President Barack Obama's list of
priorities.
According to our Washington sources, the US president switched course after
hearing Saudi King Abdullah assert explicitly: "We cannot live with a nuclear
Iran."
Abdullah added he no longer believes diplomacy or sanctions will have any effect
and made it clear that if the Americans continued to back away from direct
action to terminate Iran's advance on a nuclear bomb, the Saudi and its allies
would go their own way on the nuclear issue.
Today, therefore, the White House is no longer willing to countenance Iran's
nuclear development advancing up to the threshold of a weapons capacity and
stopping there. And since Tehran will never cede its prerogative to determine
every stage of its nuclear program without outside interference, the only option
remaining to the United States is military.
DEBKAfile's Washington sources add that the White House was finally
brought to the point of seriously considering military action against Iran, as
Gen. Hayden noted - not as a result of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu's efforts at persuasion - which failed, but because of the Saudi
ruler's ultimatum.
The Middle East can therefore expect far-reaching military shifts and
redeployments in the coming weeks -but Israel is not likely to gain any kudos
for this new development because it has lost considerable traction under the
incumbent government. [no further content]
Source: debka.com
LINK
North Korea warns
of nuclear response to naval exercises
North Korea said it would counter U.S. and South Korean joint naval exercises
with “nuclear deterrence” after the Obama administration said the government in
Pyongyang shouldn’t take any provocative steps.
North Korea will “legitimately counter with their powerful nuclear deterrence
the largest-ever nuclear war exercises to be staged by the U.S. and the South
Korean puppet forces,” the National Defense Commission said, according to the
Korean Central News Agency.
The maneuvers, which involve 20 vessels and 200 aircraft from the U.S. and South
Korea, pose a threat to the country’s sovereignty and security, Ri Tong Il, an
official with North Korea’s delegation to the ASEAN Security Forum, told
reporters in Hanoi yesterday.
Ri’s comments came after North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun sat in the
same room with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Hanoi for a security
meeting of Asia’s largest powers. Clinton condemned North Korea for being “on a
campaign of provocative, dangerous behavior,” urging Kim Jong Il’s regime to
change.
Still, the “door remains open for North Korea,” Clinton later told reporters.
“We are willing to meet with them, willing to negotiate, to move toward normal
relations” if North Korea commits itself to giving up its nuclear weapons
program, she said.
U.S. State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley said in Washington yesterday
that North Korea “would be better served by reflecting on the current situation,
not taking any further aggressive actions or provocative steps.”
The U.S. said this week it will intensify sanctions against North Korea and
conduct military exercises with South Korea in waters surrounding the peninsula.
The USS George Washington, a nuclear-powered carrier, and three destroyers
called into South Korean ports this week in a show of force.
“North Korea may very well go ahead with missile launches or even a third
nuclear test to show it won’t bend to U.S. pressure,” said Yang Moo Jin, a
professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul. “North Korea must
have sensed that the U.S. and South Korea are after its regime’s collapse.”
Ri said the George Washington’s presence threatened security on the peninsula,
which has been divided for more than half a century. Pak maintained the need for
a peace treaty to replace a cease-fire, signed in 1953, to guarantee the
peninsula’s security, Ri said.
“It’s no longer the 19th century with gunboat diplomacy,” Ri said. “It is a new
century and the Asian countries are in need of peace and development.” . . .
.
Japan will send four naval officers to the drills, the government’s top
spokesman said today.
Four officers of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force will board a U.S. ship as
observers for the joint military exercise from tomorrow to July 28 in the sea
between South Korea and Japan, said Yoshito Sengoku, chief cabinet secretary.
“It’s important to promote coordination among Japan, U.S. and South Korea,”
Sengoku told reporters in Tokyo.
Source: bloomberg.com
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Note: see also Doubts Surface On North Korea's Role In Ship Sinking LINK
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Iran, Brazil, Turkey to discuss
nuclear fuel swap
TEHRAN -- The top diplomats of Iran, Brazil and Turkey will discuss nuclear fuel
supplies for Tehran in Istanbul on Sunday, in the first such gathering since the
Islamic republic was slapped with new sanctions. Iran's Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki was to meet his Brazilian and Turkish counterparts, Celso
Amorim and Ahmet Davutoglu, "to discuss ... the Tehran Declaration about the
fuel swap," his ministry's spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast was quoted as saying by
ISNA news agency. A Turkish diplomat in Ankara, speaking to AFP on condition of
anonymity, confirmed the three ministers would meet over lunch. "The agenda of
the meeting will be nuclear issues. Its aim is to show that diplomatic
initiatives are continuing" for a resolution of the international standoff over
Tehran's controversial atomic drive, the diplomat added.
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Note: see also Mottaki: Iran Ready For Talks On Nuclear Fuel Swap Deal
- "Tomorrow this ... letter will be conveyed to the IAEA (the
International Atomic Energy Agency) in Vienna and then we can immediately start
negotiations for the details of exchanging of the fuel"
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Iran says it has 100 vessels for each U.S. warship
Iran's former naval chief says country has 100 military vessels to
confront each US warship
A former naval chief in Iran's Revolutionary Guard says his country has set
aside 100 military vessels to confront each U.S. warship that poses a threat.
General Morteza Saffari is quoted by the conservative weekly Panjereh Saturday
as saying that troops aboard U.S. warships are "morsels" for Iran to target in
the event of any American threat against Iran. In 2008, Iran put its most
powerful military force, the Revolutionary Guard, in charge of defending the
country's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, a vital oil route. The U.S.,
which has ships in the Gulf, has not ruled out a military strike to thwart what
it suspects is an Iranian nuclear weapons program. Iran denies its atomic
program is aimed at making weapons. [no further content]
LINK
Israel Returns 3 Flotilla Ships to Turkey
The ministerial cabinet has decided that Israel will return three vessels to
Turkey that were involved in a recent flotilla attempt to break the Jewish
State's marine blockade of Gaza. The boats were among the six vessels that were
halted by Israel Navy commandos and brought to Ashdod Port on May 31 after they
ignored repeated requests to change their course away from the prohibited
direction. Although the flotilla was purported to be filled with humanitarian
aid for the people of Gaza, organizers refused to bring the goods to Ashdod for
inspection by Israel prior to transport through the land crossings into the
region. According to the Anatolia news agency, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu told reporters Friday that Israel would release the vessels the next
few days, “after technical preparations are finished.”
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Note: see these related stories:
Tony Blair: Aid Flotillas Not Helpful - Quartet envoy asks Lebanese
Gaza-bound ships to reconsider journey
LINK
Hamas Slams UN For Denouncing Flotillas - International body accused
of "collaboration with the Israeli occupier" ... Israel's Defense Minister Ehud
Barak called the planned Lebanese flotilla "an unnecessary provocation" on
Friday, stating that the ships would be "stopped at sea" if they failed to heed
Navy orders to dock at Ashdod Port rather than sailing directly for Gaza
LINK
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MORE NEWS & COMMENTARY
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Opinion: WHAT
HAPPENED TO OUR 'RIGHT TO PRIVACY? (Dr. Laurie Roth)
The ‘control’ wagons continue to circle [as] many in the U.S. masses are
distracted by the empathy words, crises responses, and manipulated national
security and environmental needs.
We see several deceitful and manipulated techniques, designed to direct what we
do and know . . . .
The Smart Grid, as revealed by Pat Wood of AugustReview.com
masterfully shreds our 4th amendment rights and will attempt to lead our daily,
lifestyle choices around by the nose.
Another control scheme, hiding behind health of course is the forced national
Health ID card coming with the Obama care plan. It says plainly, right in the
body of the bill that we will all be issued a national health identification
card. It talks about this on page 62 and says that the operating rules,
effective not later than January 1, 2013 will use a machine readable
identification card. So much for privacy with your health . . . .
I predict if this UN American and unaffordable health plan is not
unfounded and trashed, all kinds of lifestyle information will be linked with
health issues and tracked with regulations, taxation and draconian rules. Gun
usage and mental health background will be linked to health care and costs.
Accounts and payments will be tracked by the IRS who has been assigned to run
this inspiring program. Imagine, your accounts being seized if your health
payment was behind or being disputed. Could this kind of intrusion and no doubt
linking everything to health and additional expense, be the final dictatorial
control over the people? There is more . . . .
We must stand for all our 4th amendment rights and not allow our government and
federal structures to hide behind environment, health, security, emergencies and
needs to steal and shred our constitutional rights and freedoms. Stand against
the insanity! Stand for our freedom.
Source: newswithviews.com
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[Note: The article referenced above at
AugustReview.com is not currently accessible. Instead, see Smart
Grid: Trojan Horse Of The New World Order?
LINK]
Commentary: THE CLEAR ACT OF
ANOTHER FEDERAL LAND GRAB (Cassandra Anderson)
U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) addressed Congress on July 15th to
report the Natural Resources Committee's passage of HR 3534, the Consolidated
Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources Act (CLEAR Act) of 2009. Congressman Gohmert
said that the bill was to "deal with the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico," but it
contains plans for the federal government to acquire land and was introduced in
2009.
The CLEAR Act is ambiguous - so if the bill is passed, federal agencies will
determine how it is implemented and how the land will be used.
Congressman Gohmert pointed out that a portion of the CLEAR Act contains a
provision for the federal government to spend $900 million a year to
purchase private land over the next 30 years, for a grand total of $27 billion
dollars over 3 decades. Gohmert noted that the federal government
already owns or manages about 30% of the land in America, most of it in the
western states. He said that the federal government has failed to maintain the
federal and national parks that it already controls and is $3.7 billion behind
in basic maintenance costs, according to one report. When land is federalized,
it is taken off of the tax payroll.
He went on to say that when the federal government acquires land, it makes
promises to generate revenue but then fails to utilize the resources; an example
is timber, as logging is prohibited in most federal lands. Mr. Gohmert then
showed a graph of how much money the federal government has spent to acquire
more land over the last few years:
2008 $100 million
2009 $150 million
2010 $300 million
Gohmert was incredulous that the federal government intends to raise its
purchasing allocations to $900 million a year for the next 30 years and
questioned "how in the world does that make sense"?
It makes perfect sense when the objectives of the UN's Agenda 21 are understood,
as Agenda 21 is the overarching blueprint for depopulation and total control
from the international level all the way down to the individual level, using the
environment as the excuse. Most people are unaware that one of Agenda 21
Sustainable Development's goals is to make 50% of America into 'Wildlands' that
are off-limits to humans and to herd people into 'Smart Growth' cities. Almost
all wealth is derived from land and its resources . . . .
Dr. Michael Coffman's thorough analysis, 'Taking Liberty' [see his website
LINK and video
LINK], is a
must-see for anyone who owns property, especially the region-by-region section
that explains how the federal government plans to take land in each area of the
U.S. in order to control the resources and transform the property into Wildlands.
(See map showing the U.S. lands currently owned by the federal government at
source website) [emphasis added]
Source: morphcity.com
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ADDITIONAL NEWS & ANALYSIS
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Day 97:
Deepwater horizon alarms were turned off 'to help workers sleep'
LINK
Soot in the Sky, Gas in the Water
LINK
UCSB scientist studies microbes in the Gulf that eat gas and oil, but
deplete oxygen
Note: see also Geochemist In Gulf Says 'When It Rains, A Lot Of
Junk Comes Down From The Particulate'
LINK
Planned
Evacuation Alert: Experts: Health
Hazards in Gulf Warrant Evacuations
LINK
People bleeding internally, millions poisoned says 'EPA
whistleblower'
LINK
Censored Gulf evacuation report: Preparing to leave ...
Preparing to receive (Video)
LINK
[Red Flag]
BP Killing Off Horses On Public Land To Get Oil Leases
(7-13-10)
LINK
Note: see also
Interior Secretary Ken
Salazar's Take On Controversial Wild Horse Roundup
(1-14-10)
LINK
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Bombs kill 5 U.S. troops in Afghanistan
LINK
U.S. drone strikes kill eight militants in Pakistan
LINK
Gaza militants firing new type of rocket into Israel?
LINK
Police officials investigate to see if weekend hit from new, more
precise type
Al-Arabiya Director Calls Nuclear Iran 'Most Dangerous
Threat That is Facing Our Region in 100 Years'
LINK
Said he supported a military attack against Iran before it
produces nuclear weapons
EU plans to adopt 'toughest ever' sanctions against
Iran
LINK
The 'unravelling relationship' between Russia and Iran
LINK
Russia and Iran seemed to be good friends, but in recent weeks the
relationship has unravelled
[analysis]: Secret Military Files Reveal Shocking Details About
Failed War in Afghanistan
LINK
The documents show that coalition forces have killed
hundreds of civilians, Taliban attacks have soared and Nato
commanders fear Pakistan and Iran are fueling the insurgency
Texas Border City on Lockdown (Video)
LINK
Laredo residents warned to stay indoors after deadly Mexican turf war
erupts nearby
Mexican Drug Cartel Seizes Two Texas Ranches
LINK
Note: see also Los Zetas Drug Cartel Seizes Ranches In Texas Not
True? ... Well ...
LINK
Report: 3,100 firms, agencies
involved in war on terror (Followup)
LINK
'The complexity of this system defies description'
[analysis]: Guess what part of the Constitution goes next!
LINK
Drastic change in works to revamp whole Electoral
College
[analysis]: The case for impeachment
LINK
Former Congressman Tom Tancredo: Obama has violated his oath of
office over immigration
Note: see also Ex-Congressman: President A 'Threat,' Must Be
Impeached - 'We have man in White House who brazenly disregards his oath
of office'
LINK
Bank failure tally [101] for the year
LINK
White House Predicts Record $1.47 Trillion Deficit
LINK
Seven banks fail Europe's stress test LINK
[analysis]: Empty Store Shelves Coming to America
(Video)
LINK
[analysis]: Raw food raid highlights a hunger (Video)
LINK
Some people balk at restrictions on selling unprocessed
milk and other foods ... "How can we not have the freedom to
choose what we eat?" one says ... Regulators say the rules exist
for safety and fairness
Cold temperatures cause death, damage in South America LINK
World Warned Will Run Out Of IP Addresses In Less Than A Year
LINK
Gay Lutheran pastors to join church roster
LINK
Surviving dengue fever ... 'Indescribable, crazy pain' (Florida)
LINK
23 die of dengue fever in Honduras
LINK
Use of GM mosquitoes vs dengue mulled (Philippines) LINK
Report: Non-profit Health Insurers Hoard Cash LINK
HEALTH HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 23, 2010 LINK
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"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he
disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
Thomas Jefferson
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CHRISTIAN MEDIA
WORLDWATCH
TUESDAY JULY 27, 2010
- no news edition -
CHRISTIAN MEDIA
WORLDWATCH
WEDNESDAY JULY 28, 2010
Ahmadinejad: U.S. and
Israel plot wars within three months
DEBKAfile's Iranian sources quote President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad as saying: "We have precise information that the
Americans have devised a plot, according to which they seek to
launch a psychological war on Iran. They plan to attack at least
two countries in the region within the next three months," he
said, without specifying which countries were the subjects of
the alleged conspiracy, only hinting that America's senior
military ally in the region, Israel, was directly involved.
Ahmadinejad spoke Monday night, July 26, in an interview
restricted to the controlled Iranian media which make a point of
stressing the late hour.
He said the plot had two objectives: "First of all, they (the
Americans) want to hamper Iran's progress and development since
they are opposed to our growth," he said and secondly, "They
want to save the Zionist regime, because it has reached a dead
end and the Zionists believe they can be saved through a
military confrontation."
DEBKAfile's Iranian sources note that Ahmadinejad
deliberately avoided referring to his country's areas of
"growth" which he charges the US of opposing, because it is
non-existent. The economy is in rapid decline as every ordinary
Iranian knows to his detriment, while UN, US and European
sanctions have slowed drastically the only fields showing
progress, oil and gas field and industrial development, leaving
only the nuclear program and preparation of the military for
war.
Our Iranian and intelligence sources attribute the Iranian
president's reference to "precise information" to the
intelligence which has also reached Saudi and Gulf governments
of a decision reached in the White House to follow up sanctions
- if Russia, China and Turkey help Tehran bypass them - by
intensifying the squeeze on Iran with military steps. The first
would be orders to the US Navy to search Iranian ships
suspected of carrying cargoes prohibited by UN, US or European
sanctions on routes through the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the
Persian Gulf or the Arabian Sea.
Ahmadinejad's reference to two wars was his rejoinder to this
intelligence and a signal to Washington that US searches of
Iranian vessels would not go by without response. Two potential
arenas are American forces in the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea
or even Iraq, or a Hizballah attack on Israel.
The Iranian president ended the interview with a warning to US
President Barack Obama not to follow in the footsteps of George
W. Bush by sending US troops to fight new Middle East wars. [emphasis
added]
Source: debka.com
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Hizballah raises Mid
East tension to sabotage four Arab rulers' Beirut visit Friday
Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri Monday, July 26, consigned
another 1,500 troops to the country's southern border with
Israel to beef up the two brigades posted there. French
ambassador Denis Pietton, after an urgent meeting with the
Lebanese prime mister said the Lebanese reinforcement would be
there to defend French UNIFIL peacemakers who have been under
Hizballah attack.
However, DEBKAfile's military sources report that Hariri
acted to fend off Hizballah's threats of a military provocation
for disrupting Saudi King Abdullah's grand new venture. It will
be ushered in by the visit to Beirut Friday, July 30 of a group
of four Arab rulers: Saudi King Abdullah, Syrian president
Bashar Assad, Emir Khaled bin Khlaif al-Thani of Qatar and
Sheikh Hamad bin Issa al Khalifa of Bahrain. This is the most
distinguished a group of Arab leaders ever to visit the Lebanese
capital.
It will be presented formally as a gesture of support for the
Lebanese national unity government in which Hizballah is a
member, but its real purpose is to tempt Syrian president Bashar
Assad to phase out his support for Hizballah in return for Saudi
and Gulf recognition of his dominant role in Beirut.
Nasrallah . . . is determined to sabotage the move
by igniting the border, holding Israel responsible, and applying
all his resources in the region to hitting out at Saudi
interests. He was quoted as confiding to his aides in
the last few hours that he will never lie down for any Saudi
plot to weaken Damascus' ties with his movement, calling
Abdullah's bid an American-Israeli conspiracy which must be
nipped sharply in the bud.
And indeed, Monday, a suicide car bomber demolished the
Saudi-financed al Arabiya television network's Baghdad offices,
killing four people. DEBKAfile's counter-terror sources
credit an Iraqi Shiite terrorist group linked to the Lebanese
Hizballah, acting out Nasrallah's ultimatum to the Saudi monarch
that he can look forward to more mayhem to his interests in the
region if he goes through with the landmark visit to Beirut
Friday.
Aware of the Hizballah leader's plans and the danger to Israel,
defense minister Ehud Barak, now in Washington, issued one of
the sternest warnings ever heard from Israel Sunday, July 25:
"If Hizballah fires a rocket into Tel Aviv, we will not run
after each Hizballah terrorist or launcher … We will see it as
legitimate to hit any target that belongs to the Lebanese state,
not just Hizballah."
It was in the hope of averting this threatened face-off that
Hariri urgently beefed up Lebanese military strength on the
border with Israel. [no further content, emphasis added]
Source: debka.com
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Natural
gas could lead to new Lebanon-Israel war
Two countries exchange threats after reserves found
off coast
BEIRUT -- The discovery of large natural-gas reserves under the
eastern Mediterranean could potentially mean a huge economic
windfall for Israel and Lebanon, both resource-poor nations – if
it doesn’t spark new war between them. Hizbullah has blared
warnings that Israel plans to steal natural gas from Lebanese
territory and vows to defend the resources with its arsenal of
rockets. Israel says the fields it is developing do not extend
into Lebanese waters, a claim experts say appears to be correct,
but the maritime boundary between the two countries – still
officially at war – has never been precisely set . . .
Two fields, Tamar and Dalit, discovered last year, are due to
start producing in 2012, and experts say their estimated
combined reserves of 5.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas can
cover Israel’s energy needs for the next two decades. In June,
the US energy company Noble Energy, part of a consortium
developing the fields, predicted that Israel will also have
enough gas to export to Europe and Asia from a third field –
Leviathan, thought to hold up to 16 trillion cubic
feet of gas. Israel relies entirely on imports to meet its
energy needs, spending billions to bring natural gas from Egypt
and coal from a variety of countries. Energy independence would
have a major impact on the county.
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U.S. warns Abbas: Direct talks or lose
backing for state
U.S. President Barack Obama may not help set up a Palestinian
state if PA President Mahmoud Abbas does not enter direct
negotiations with Israel soon, according to a Palestinian
document obtained by the Associated Press. The news agency
reported yesterday that the document contained a warning to that
effect from a senior U.S. envoy. Palestinian Authority President
Mahmoud Abbas has refused to engage in direct talks with Israel,
citing the government's intransigence on settlements and the
fate of Jerusalem and a lack of trust in Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu. Netanyahu has repeatedly called for the resumption of
direct talks. An Arab League subcommittee on the Arab peace
initiative is expected to support the Palestinian position of
continued indirect negotiations with Israel, and not a move
toward direct talks.
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Jordan's king meets Israeli Prime
Minister in push for direct talks
AMMAN -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with King
Abdullah II on a surprise visit to Jordan on Tuesday as the
premier tries to convince Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to
upgrade Middle East peace talks. The Israeli-Jordanian summit
came a day after Abbas also held talks in Amman . . .
“The king and the prime minister discussed means to achieve
progress in efforts to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
in line with a two-state solution,” the royal palace said. “They
also discussed ways to create the right environment for
launching direct and serious peace talks between the
Palestinians and Israel.” A senior official told AFP that “the
meeting lasted for more than two hours during which the two men
discussed in a clear and straightforward way measures that can
be taken to achieve progress in the [Middle East] peace
process.” Netanyahu’s office said the two discussed “the need to
ensure direct, serious and effective negotiations between Israel
and the Palestinians that would address all final-status
issues.”
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Afghanistan Presses U.S. to Take Firmer
Line With Pakistan Over Terror Links
(CNS News) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s national security
council chided the U.S. government Tuesday for not taking a
tougher line with Pakistan over its alleged collusion with
terrorists operating in Afghanistan. “Having a contradictory and
vague policy against the forces who use terrorism as a tool for
interference and sabotage against others, have had devastating
results,” it said in a statement. The council said thousands of
Afghans and foreigners had been killed over the past nine years.
It urged its international supporters to formulate a unified
policy to deal with the violent campaign. “It is important for
us to take lessons from our bitter past experiences,” the
statement said. “Thus we must implement a crucial and clear
policy against terrorism, and put an end to the unclear
policies. This is the only way to success and this is the only
way to get Afghans together in the war against terrorism.” The
unauthorized leak of U.S. military documents revealing
collaboration between members of Pakistan’s Inter-Services
Intelligence agency (ISI) and the Taliban and other jihadist
groups may slow down Karzai’s recent policy of seeking warmer
relations with Islamabad . . . “It is really not
justifiable for the Afghan people that you give to a country $11
billion or more to help its reconstruction or strengthen its
security or defensive forces, but on the other hand, those very
forces train terrorism,” Rangeen Dadfar Spanta told reporters.
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Audit: U.S. cannot account for $8.7
Billion in Iraqi funds
BAGHDAD -- A U.S. audit has found that the Pentagon cannot
account for over 95 percent of $9.1 billion in Iraq
reconstruction money, spotlighting Iraqi complaints that there
is little to show for the massive funds pumped into their
cash-strapped, war-ravaged nation. The $8.7 billion in question
was Iraqi money managed by the Pentagon, not part of the $53
billion that Congress has allocated for rebuilding. It's cash
that Iraq, which relies on volatile oil revenues to fuel its
spending, can ill afford to lose . . . Seven years after
the U.S.-led invasion, electricity service is spotty, with
generation capacity falling far short of demand. Fuel shortages
are common and unemployment remains high, a testament to the
country's inability to create new jobs or attract foreign
investors. Complaints surfaced from the start of the war in
2003, when soldiers failed to secure banks, armories and other
facilities against looters. Since then the allegations have only
multiplied, including investigations of fraud, awarding of
contracts without the required government bidding process and
allowing contractors to charge exorbitant fees with little
oversight, or oversight that came too late.
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[scientists]: 'Spacequakes' Rumble Near
Earth
Researchers using NASA's fleet of five THEMIS spacecraft have
discovered a form of space weather that packs the punch of an
earthquake and plays a key role in sparking bright Northern
Lights. They call it "the spacequake." A spacequake is a temblor
in Earth's magnetic field. It is felt most strongly in Earth
orbit, but is not exclusive to space. The effects can reach all
the way down to the surface of Earth itself. "Magnetic
reverberations have been detected at ground stations all around
the globe, much like seismic detectors measure a large
earthquake," says THEMIS principal investigator Vassilis
Angelopoulos of UCLA. It's an apt analogy because "the total
energy in a spacequake can rival that of a magnitude 5 or 6
earthquake," according to Evgeny Panov of the Space Research
Institute in Austria. Panov is first author of a paper reporting
the results in the April 2010 issue of Geophysical Research
Letters. In 2007, THEMIS discovered the precursors of
spacequakes. The action begins in Earth's magnetic tail, which
is stretched out like a windsock by the million mph solar wind.
Sometimes the tail can become so stretched and tension-filled,
it snaps back like an over-torqued rubber band. Solar wind
plasma trapped in the tail hurtles toward Earth. On more than
one occasion, the five THEMIS spacecraft were in the line of
fire when these "plasma jets" swept by. Clearly, the jets were
going to hit Earth. But what would happen then? The fleet moved
closer to the planet to find out. "Now we know," says THEMIS
project scientist David Sibeck of the Goddard Space Flight
Center. "Plasma jets trigger spacequakes." ...
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Kansas Medical Board Files Complaint
over Abortions
WICHITA, KANSAS (AP) -- A Kansas doctor who provided second
opinions for a late-term abortion provider who was gunned down
last year could face disciplinary action from a state medical
regulatory board. Dr. Ann Neuhaus provided the second opinions
for Dr. George Tiller that are required under Kansas law for any
abortion performed after the 21st week of pregnancy when a fetus
is viable, or can survive outside the womb. The Kansas Board of
Healing Arts filed an 11-count disciplinary complaint against
Neuhaus over some of her second opinions, alleging the
Nortonville woman failed to properly evaluate whether an
abortion of a viable fetus was necessary to preserve the life or
health of the mother - as required by Kansas law . . .
The petition alleges she failed to do adequate patient
interviews, failed to perform adequate reviews of patients'
history, failed to perform adequate evaluations of the impact of
the patient's condition and failed to perform adequate mental
status examinations.
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Congressman: U.S. turning blind eye to
persecution
WASHINGTON -- A leading congressional advocate for religious
freedom says the Obama administration has failed to speak out
against growing persecution abroad. In a House floor speech,
Republican Congressman Frank Wolf of Virginia cited apparent
U.S. indifference to violations of human rights in Sudan, China,
North Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Egypt and Morocco. He said Iraq's
ancient Christian community faces extinction unless the
government protects churches and prevents attacks that have
driven hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Christians into exile.
Wolf said the U.S. also should demand that Egypt protect its
Coptic Christians from growing persecution, and that Morocco
stop deporting American Christians for alleged proselytizing. He
said oppressed believers need the Obama administration to "find
its voice" for human rights.
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Tiny Shard Bears Oldest Script Found in
Jerusalem
JERUSALEM -- Archaeologists say a newly discovered clay fragment
from the 14th century B.C. is the oldest example of
writing ever found in antiquity-rich Jerusalem. Dig director
Eilat Mazar of Hebrew University says the 2-centimeter
(0.8-inch) long fragment bears an ancient form of writing known
as Akkadian wedge script. The fragment includes a partial text
including the words "you," "them," and "later." It predates the
next-oldest example of writing found in Jerusalem by 600 years,
and dates roughly four centuries before the Bible says King
David ruled a Jewish kingdom from the city. Mazar said Monday
that the fragment likely came from a royal court and suggested
more could be found in the most ancient part of Jerusalem,
located in the city's predominantly Palestinian eastern sector.
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Opinion:
ILLINOISANS DUPED BY 'ANTI-BULLYING ACT' (Laurie Higgins)
Bullying in schools is a serious problem that must be addressed.
In a misguided, poorly reasoned attempt to address it, Illinois
legislators recently passed the disastrous "School Anti-Bullying
Act" (SB 3266).
The problem of bullying did not necessitate any new state laws
in that virtually every school in the state has more than
adequate anti-bullying policy. The problem is not with a lack of
policy, and the solution is certainly not this new, poorly
constructed law.
For those who naively believe that "anti-bullying" policies,
programs, and legislation are centrally about ending
bullying, please note where and when Governor Pat Quinn signed
into law the Illinois "School Anti-Bullying Act." The symbolism
of the time and place of the signing ceremony points to the real
purpose of the legislation, which is to exploit legitimate
anti-bullying sentiment and Illinois public schools to undermine
traditional beliefs about the nature and morality of
homosexuality and Gender Identity Disorder. If this legislation
were not a Trojan Horse for getting homosexuality-affirming
resources into public schools and were truly about addressing
all forms of bullying, why would Quinn sign it into law on the
Sunday morning of the Chicago "gay pride" parade, and why hold
the ceremony at Nettlehorst Elementary School -- the Chicago
elementary school that has marched in the "gay pride" parade for
two years -- which happens to be located in the homosexual
neighborhood called Boystown? . . . .
So far only twelve states, including, unfortunately,
Illinois, have anti-bullying legislation that specifically
mentions "sexual orientation" and "gender identity/expression."
The inclusion of these terms in anti-bullying policies and
legislation allows homosexualists to use them as cultural
battering rams to destroy First Amendment speech and religious
protections. The central purpose of the inclusion of these terms
in legislation and policy is not to protect homosexuals and "transgenders"
but to censor the expression of traditional moral beliefs and
ultimately eradicate them.
Source: illinoisfamily.org
(Illinois Family Institute)
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[Source Editor's Note: This important article exposes the radical agenda in our public schools. Please read, take action, and then share this extremely important information with your neighbors, relatives, and friends. (David E. Smith, IFI's Executive Director)]
Commentary:
CHRISTIAN MADE MOSQUES (Paul Proctor)
From Nashville to New York, there has been a lot of angry
opposition lately to the building of new mosques in America.
Considering the many Islamic attacks and attempts the world has
had to endure, is it any wonder?
On May 23rd, the Associated Press reported the following: “.
. . Jaweed Ansari, trustee for the proposed Islamic Center
of Williamson County, told The Tennessean that the families were
not prepared for the anger from neighbors that the plan
excited.”
Yeah, well a lot of families weren’t prepared for the anger from
Muslims on 9/11 either; so, we feel your pain . . . .
Shall we tell those traumatized by the brutal slaying of
friends, family and fellow Americans to just get over it and
welcome Muhammed’s minions into their neighborhoods with hugs
and cookies? You can call Islamic perpetrators “radicals” and
“extremists” all you want, but if Islam is a “peaceful
religion” as our presidents keep telling us, why then have
Muslims yet to renounce the Koran’s call to kill “infidels” like
you and me? And, if they really want to live in peace
and be welcomed into a society replete with “infidels,” they
should expose the “radicals” and “extremists” within their ranks
and help authorities bring them to justice. Until then, many
Americans will continue to view Muslims with suspicion and
contempt . . . .
Still, in many ways, I view today’s “Christianity” as largely
responsible for the spread of Islam in this country. In my view,
Muslims are merely filling the void left by biblically
illiterate and morally confused Christians who are more
interested in getting ahead and getting along than getting the
gospel out. When our goals and values become indistinguishable
from those of the world, what have the enemies of Christ to
fear?
The Church’s misguided emphasis on results and relationships has
spawned a generation or more of pragmatic pleasure-seekers who
still think slick marketing and clever gimmicks are how God
grows His Church in spite of the falling numbers and moral decay
– that the lost can somehow be entertained into eternity with
more bread and circuses, or tricked into the kingdom with a
cross-less Christ.
The Church, like America itself, has been lulled into a calamity
of its own making that has left the door wide open to foreigners
who feign a friendship and faithfulness that will be our undoing
if we fail to repent into the merciful arms of our Lord Jesus
Christ. [emphasis added]
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations
that forget God. [Psalm 9:17]
Source: newswithviews.com
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Day 100:
100 Days of Oil: The Numbers So Far
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According to government estimates, between 100 and 200
million gallons of oil have been released into the Gulf due to
the Deep Water Horizon accident ... Oil recovered: 50 million
gallons ... The Coast Guard said nearly 33 million gallons of
oily water have been recovered and as much as 15 percent of that
- or nearly 5 million gallons - is oil ... The Coast Guard
estimates that nearly 11 million gallons of oil have been burned
... BP says it has recovered about 34.7 million gallons ...
That's more than 50 million gallons in all pulled out of the
gulf - or roughly a quarter of the 200 million gallons that
entered it ... Approximately 637 miles of Gulf Coast shoreline
is currently oiled ... Approximately 57,539 square miles of Gulf
of Mexico federal waters remain closed to fishing in order to
balance economic and public health concerns ...
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Bus Hits Roadside Bomb, Killing 25 in
Afghanistan ... U.S. Death Toll Also Rises
LINK
Progress Towards July 2011 Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan Mixed,
U.S. Envoy Says
LINK
Massive 'War Log' Leak Wasn't Done Alone, Whistleblower Says
LINK
Wikileaks publishes 92,000 Pentagon documents ...
WikiLeaks founder says documents show 'true nature of this war'
Israeli police, Palestinian youths clash in
east Jerusalem
LINK
Chavez threatens to cut off oil to U.S.
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FBI Defends Guidelines for Domestic Surveillance
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Under fire from civil liberties groups, the FBI is
defending domestic surveillance guidelines that critics fear
could unfairly target innocent Muslims in terrorism and other
criminal investigations
Hundreds of FBI Agents Investigated
for Cheating on Test of
Surveillance Rules
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The Justice Department is investigating whether
hundreds of FBI agents cheated on a test of new rules allowing
the bureau to conduct surveillance and open cases without
evidence that a crime has been committed ... In some instances,
agents took the open-book test together, violating rules that
they take it alone
[analysis]: 10 Ways We Are Being Tracked,
Traced, and Databased
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Law chief to probe KGB agent's claim that [Government
scientist] David Kelly was 'exterminated' (UK)
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6-8 Million more Americans said nearing loss of their homes to
foreclosure
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home vacancies rise as [home] ownership falls to lowest level in
decade
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[analysis]: The Foreign Investment Solution for American Jobs
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You know that battery
plant in Michigan the president visited the other day? ... It's
Korean-owned
Biden Claims $600 Billion In Stimulus Funds Spent
LINK
‘We’re building a government that delivers more bang for
the buck than ever before’
Bailout Alert:
U.S. Rescue May Reach $23.7 Trillion [TARP
special inspector general] Says
LINK
Hoyer Refuses to Rule Out Raising the Retirement Age to Address
Social Security
LINK
In the U.S., earthquakes pose significant risk to 75 million
Americans in 39 states
LINK
[scientists]: A Puzzling Collapse of Earth's Upper Atmosphere
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Insurers Push Plans Limiting Patient Choice of Doctors
LINK
Psychiatric drug use skyrockets in U.S. military
LINK
At least 17 percent of active-duty military personnel are
currently taking an antidepressant, including as many as 6
percent of all deployed troops ... In contrast, the rate of
antidepressant use in the wider U.S. public is only 10 percent
[analysis]: The government war on raw milk
is an attack against food freedom
LINK
[analysis]: Big Pharma nanotechnology encodes pills with
tracking data that you swallow
LINK
Instead of using materials and elements as they're
found in nature to build and construct things, nanotechnologists
are deconstructing the basic building blocks of these materials
and elements to make completely new ones ... In other words,
nanoscientists are reconstructing the molecular building blocks
of our world without yet knowing what it will do to humans and
to the environment
Major
Food Safety Violations At Many U.S. Stadiums LINK
Study: BPA Found On Cash Register Receipts LINK
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HEALTH HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 27, 2010 LINK
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If any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he
hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
1 Timothy 5:8 KJV
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