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Monthly Archives: June 2010

FGM To Sue Israeli Over Flotilla Attack and US Says Flotillas ‘Irresponsible’

FGM Collecting Evidence, Testimonies To Sue Israeli Over Flotilla Attack by Saed Bannoura, Thursday June 24, – IMEMC Members of the Free Gaza Movement are collecting testimonies and evidence by contacting activists who were onboard the Turkish ship that was attacked by the Israeli military while heading to Gaza as part of the Freedom Flotilla [...]

Obama Fires General McChrystal

By Deepak Tripathi, source After a day of intense speculation, President Obama fired his top military commander and the chief architect of American policy in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, on Wednesday, June 23. The president made the announcement following a face-to-face meeting with General McChrystal in the White House. The general was summoned to explain [...]

‘Mossad hit men targeted Erdogan’

Thu, 24 Jun 2010, Press TV The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad has failed in an attempt to assassinate Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Jordanian weekly says. Informed sources in Turkey say that the Mossad plot has been foiled by the country’s security forces, al-Manar quoted a report in the most recent edition of [...]

“IAF Jets Unload Equipment Meant for Attacking a Muslim State at Saudi Airport”

Al Manar 24/06/2010 Following last week’s reports by Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper and UK daily The Times in which they said that the Saudi Arabia has given the green light for the IAF to use its airspace in order to launch an attack against Iran, another news agency joined the chorus. A semi-official Iranian news agency [...]

CIA hires notorious Xe in Afghanistan

Thu, 24 Jun 2010, Press TV A report indicates that the US has hired a notorious private security contractor to guard its facilities in Afghanistan and elsewhere despite Washington’s rejection of the claim. An unnamed source told the Washington Post on Thursday the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) signed a USD 100 million contract with Xe [...]

US Commander in Afghanistan Sacked, Replaced with Petraeus

Al Manar 24/06/2010 US President Barack Obama relieved General Stanley McChrystal of his command of US and NATO occupation forces in Afghanistan, over a mocking article expressing McChrystal’s criticism to the Obama administration and its strategy in Afghanistan. Obama replaced McChrystal with General David Petraeus, the head of US Central Command. “I’m extraordinarily grateful that [...]

“Nuclear Diplomacy”: Brazil and Iran. Our Motives and the Bullying Trio

by Tomás Rosa Bueno, Global Research, June 18, 2010, source Despite what the experts of barefoot diplomacy [1] never stop repeating, there is nothing even remotely anti-American in the Brazilian position on Iran: our motives, unlike those of the bullying trio (USA, France, United Kingdom), are clear, transparent and openly stated several times. We support [...]

“Israel” Preparing for Flotillas Like on Eve of War

Al Manar 23/06/2010 Current Israeli preparations ahead of the arrival of the Lebanese and Iranian provocation flotillas are reminiscent of war preparations. The Israeli occupation army and political rank are engaged in the drawing of lessons from the previous Navy raid. Still, the commissions of inquiry appointed by the Israeli army chief of staff and [...]

Israeli Court Begins Trial Against Palestinian Official For ‘Illegally Praying’ At al-Aqsa Mosque

by Saed Bannoura, June 23, 2010 – IMEMC Court proceedings began Wednesday morning in Jerusalem for Hatem Abdel Qader, the Palestinian Chief of Jerusalem Affairs. He was charged with “violating a military order” preventing him from praying at the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The mosque is considered the third-holiest site in Islam, but many Muslims [...]

Obama fires Gen. McChrystal

Wed, 23 Jun 2010, Press TV US President Barack Obama has fired the country’s top commander in Afghanistan following a row over his scathing criticism published in a magazine. McChrystal drew fire from senior administration officials after he appeared to be critical of them over the war strategy in Afghanistan. In an interview with Rolling [...]

Swedish Dockers Block Israeli Cargo in Gaza Protest

Al Manar 23/06/2010 The Swedish Dock Workers Union on Wednesday launched a week-long blockade of cargo to and from the Zionist entity to protest the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month, a union representative told AFP.   The blockade, which also applies to Israeli ships, was launched “because of the assault on [...]

EU rubber-stamping grants for Israeli war industry

by David Cronin, The Electronic Intifada, 21 June 2010 BRUSSELS (IPS) – A leading Israeli supplier of warplanes used to kill and maim civilians in Gaza is in the running for two new scientific research grants from the European Union. Israel’s attacks on Gaza in late 2008 and 2009 provided its air force with an [...]

Exclusive: Leaked documents show PA undermined Turkey’s push for UN flotilla probe

by Asa Winstanley, The Electronic Intifada, 22 June 2010 Download the document leaked to EI [PDF] The Palestinian Authority attempted to neutralize a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution condemning Israel’s deadly attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, leaked UN and Palestinian Authority documents obtained by The Electronic Intifada show. Israel’s 31 May attack killed [...]

Barak Urges UN to Shelve Plan to Probe Gaza Flotilla Raid

Al Manar 22/06/2010 Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday urged UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to shelve plans for a UN-backed independent investigation of the deadly Israeli commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month. Speaking to reporters after he met with Ban in New York, Barak said he told Ban the UN should [...]

Netanyahu’s Office ‘Hopes to Solve’ Silwan Dispute

Al Manar 22/06/2010 The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday night clarified that the demolition and development plan in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan was in a “very initial stage” and that its final approval would require many discussions.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his hope that all sides would reach “an acceptable [...]

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