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Headline News 5-22-09
Thursday: 3 US Soldiers, 28
Iraqis Killed; 72 Iraqis Wounded
In Iraq three U.S. soldiers were killed
in a Baghdad attack that left several
more wounded. At least 28 Iraqis were
killed as well, and another 72 were
wounded in other violence. Among them
were several Awakening Council fighters
who were killed in Kirkuk. A U.S.
soldier was given a life sentence for
the rape of an Iraqi girl and the murder
of her and her family.
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Netanyahu Rules Out Sharing
Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu declared during a ceremony
celebrating the capture of East
Jerusalem during a 1967 war, that “a
united Jerusalem is the capital of
Israel. Jerusalem was and will always be
ours. It shall never be divided again”.
A key aspect of the Obama-Abdullah plan
for Palestinian statehood was the idea
that “independent, democratic and
contiguous Palestinian state” would have
East Jerusalem as its capital, and that
Jerusalem’s old city would be an
international zone.
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Obama to Keep Israel’s Nuclear
‘Secrets’ An Israeli diplomat assured
that the nation ’s massive nuclear
arsenal, well known throughout the world
but never publicly acknowledged, will
remain a secret. It was feared that
President Obama might make Israel come
clean about its vast arsenal while
pursuing an agreement with Iran on its
civilian program, but the diplomat
claimed assurances that the US would
maintain the “don’t ask, don’t tell
policy.” Assistant US Secretary of State
Rose Gottemoeller suggested that the US
wanted Israel to join the
Non-Proliferation Treaty treaty, which
would oblige Israel to open its arsenal
to public scrutiny, after 40 years. More 200,000 Civilians Trapped in
Northern Swat
In Pakistan roughly 200,000 civilians
remain trapped in the northern Swat
Valley, as the military engages in a
battle further south attempting to
unseat the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan.
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Mullen: Afghan Surge May
Endanger Pakistan
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Thursday
Admiral Michael Mullen insisted that the
attempt to reverse the Taliban’s gains
in Afghanistan could have dire
consequences for neighboring Pakistan
and may only push the Taliban deeper
into Pakistan”.
More
CIA Agents Lose Bid To Halt
Trial Over Rendition A Spanish judge ruled that the
landmark trial of American and Italian
spies accused of abducting an Egyptian
cleric in Milan will continue, rejecting
a defense bid to end the proceedings.
The ruling was a victory for prosecutors
in the first trial to examine the
"rendition" process, in which the CIA
allegedly abducted suspects abroad and
sent them to other countries for harsh
interrogation torture.
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Spanish Judge Reinstates Charges
Against 3 US Soldiers In Death Of
Reporter A Spanish judge reinstated
charges against three U.S. soldiers in
the death of Jose Couso, a Spanish
journalist covering the invasion of Iraq
in 2003. Judge Santiago Pedraz first
brought homicide charges against the
Americans in 2007 but the National Court
dropped the case for lack of evidence.
The Judge has obtained more testimony
about the incident in which Couso and
Reuter’s cameraman Taras Portsyuk were
killed when a US tank fired a shell at a
Baghdad hotel housing western
journalists. More
Israeli Toxic Waste Threatens
Palestinian Life In an interview with Press TV,
Deputy Director of the Palestinian
environmental authority, Jamil Mtoor,
confirmed that Tel Aviv illegally dumps
hazardous waste in the Palestinian West
Bank, gifting cancer, sterility and
mental disorders to the local
population. Israel cuts disposal costs
by discarding its waste on Palestinian
territory at the expense of the
population. Mtoor said” For several
years, Israeli companies have been
dumping solid and hazardous waste in
different West Bank villages" .
More
How MI5 Blackmails British
Muslims In the UK, five Muslim
community workers accused MI5 of waging
a campaign of blackmail and harassment
in an attempt to recruit them as
informants. The men claim they were
given a choice of working for the
Security Service or face detention and
harassment in the UK and overseas. They
have decided to speak publicly about
their experiences in the hope that
similar tactics will not be used in the
future.
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IN NATONAL NEWS:
The Obama-Cheney "Debate" And
The Threat Of Dictatorship In America
President Obama defended the
basic aims of the Bush administration
in his national address on
Thursday. Obama's administration has
restarted military commissions, refused
to publish torture photos, and in
general maintained the anti-democratic
measures of his predecessor. Obama said
publicly for the first time that some
prisoners at Guantanamo Bay may have to
be held without trial indefinitely. On
domestic policy, Obama is continuing the
massive handouts to the banks and Wall
Street investors. On military policy, he
is continuing the occupation of Iraq,
while expanding the war in Afghanistan
and Pakistan.
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Senate Approves $91 Billion
Funding Bill for Iraq, Afghan Wars The U.S. Senate approved a $91
billion spending bill that would fund
President Barack Obama’s troop buildup
in Afghanistan and block a lawsuit
seeking to force the release of photos
showing abuse of war prisoners. The vast
majority of the money would fund
military operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan, pushing total costs for the
two wars to more than $900 billion.
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Independent "truth
commission"
Despite calls from the public and in
Congress for an independent "truth
commission" to look into the
interrogation policies of George
Bush's administration, President
Barack Obama is again arguing
against that idea.
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House defeats GOP call for
probe into Pelosi claims that CIA
misled her on torture
House Democrats on Thursday defeated
a Republican push to investigate
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's
assertion that the CIA misled her in
2002 about whether waterboarding had
been used against terrorism
suspects. A Pelosi spokesman said
"This is partisan politics and an
attempt by the Republicans to
distract from the real issue of
creating jobs and making progress on
health care, energy and education"
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Obama: 50 Gitmo Detainees
Cleared for Transfer Forty-eight terror suspects
currently held at Guantanamo Bay are
waiting to be released to other
nations. The detainees are among 50
detainees who have already been
reviewed.
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Energy And Global
Warming Legislation Passed The House Energy and
Commerce Committee approved “the
most ambitious energy and global
warming legislation ever debated
in Congress,” with Rep. Mary
Bono Mack joining 35 Democrats.
CAPAF CEO John Podesta praised
President Obama and Chairmen
Henry Waxman and Ed Markey, who
“demonstrated tremendous
leadership by bringing together
states, business, labor, and
environmentalists to reach these
essential agreements.”
More US CO2 Goals 'to be
compromised'
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu
says the US will not be able to
cut greenhouse emissions as much
as it should due to domestic
political opposition. Prof Chu
told BBC News he feared the
world might be heading towards a
tipping point on climate change.
More AIG Chief Liddy Steps
Down
AIG CEO Ed Liddy, who was
brought in by the government to
try to stabilize the firm amid
the financial crisis last fall,
is stepping down.
More
Florida Bank Collapses -
Firms Swoop In
A consortium of private equity
firms, including the Carlyle
Group, have acquired BankUnited
in Florida after the savings and
loan was shut down by federal
regulators on Thursday. The 34th
bank to fail this year and the
largest so far, BankUnited had
$12.8 billion in assets, $8.6
billion in deposits and 85
branches.
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FCC’s Warrantless
Household Searches Alarm Experts FCC claims the right to
enter your home without a
warrant at any time in order to
inspect any wireless router, a
cordless phone, remote car-door
opener, baby monitor or cell
phone in your house. The FCC has
followed the rule for years to
monitor licensed television and
radio stations, and to crack
down on pirate radio
broadcasters. And the commission
maintains the same policy
applies to any licensed or
unlicensed radio-frequency
device.
More
Uncle Sam's Human Lab Rats
MotherJones magazine reports that US
veterans claim government scientists
messed with their minds during
secret psychedelic tests and now
they want answers. According to a
1994 General Accounting Office US
government scientists conducted
human experiments at Edgewood which
involved testing of nerve agents,
nerve agent antidotes,
psychochemicals, and irritants". A
complaint, filed in January in a
federal district court in California
claims that at least 7,800 US
servicemen served "as laboratory
rats or guinea pigs". The Department
of Veterans Affairs has reported
that military scientists tested
hundreds of chemical and biological
substances on them, including VX,
tabun, soman, sarin, cyanide, LSD,
PCP, and World War I-era blister
agents like phosgene and mustard.
Gordon Erspamer has filed suit
against the CIA and the US Army on
behalf of the Vietnam Veterans of
America and six former American
soldiers who claim they are
survivors of classified government
tests conducted at the Army's
Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland between
1950 and 1975. Erspamer's plaintiffs
say that, although they volunteered
for the Edgewood program, they were
never adequately informed of the
potential risks and continue to
suffer debilitating health effects
as a result of the experiments. They
hope to force the CIA and the Army
to admit wrongdoing, inform them of
the specific substances they were
exposed to, and provide access to
subsidized health care to treat
related ailments. The former
soldiers are not seeking monetary
damages. A 1950 Supreme Court
decision, the Feres case, precludes
military personnel from suing the
federal government for personal
injuries sustained in the line of
duty. Erspamer says. "The government
could do whatever it wanted to them
without liability. We want to bring
that to the attention of the public,
because I don't think most people
understand that."
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Banks Use Life Insurance to Fund Bonuses
Banks are using a controversial and
little-known tactic to help pay
bonuses and pensions they owe
executives: They're holding
life-insurance policies on hundreds
of thousands of their workers, with
themselves as the
beneficiaries. Bank of America has
the most life insurance on
employees: $17bn at the end of the
first quarter, Wachovia has $12bn,
and JP Morgan Chase has $11 bn.
Thousands of companies do it,
including American International
Group, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac,
Kimberly-Clark and Tyson Foods.
The insurance policies essentially
are informal pension funds for
executives: Companies deposit money
into the contracts, and allocate the
cash among investments that grow
tax-free. Employers receive tax-free
death benefits when employees,
former employees and retirees die.
Some families have complained that
employers shouldn't profit from the
deaths of their loved ones.
Efforts to rein in the practice
largely have been unsuccessful,
including the most recent rules
Congress enacted in 2006. The rules
limit companies to buying life
insurance to just the top third of
earners, who must provide consent.
But the rules don't apply to
life-insurance that employers bought
before the August 2006 rules.
Thanks to accounting rules for life
insurance, gains on the investments
aren't just tax free, but are
reported as income each quarter.
Otherwise, companies would be taxed.
Though the investments are illiquid,
the banks receive tax-free cash when
employees and former employees die.
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Headline News 5-21-09
Wednesday: 43 Iraqis Killed,
79 Wounded
In Iraq at least 43 Iraqis were
reported killed and 79 more were
wounded.
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Iraq to Slap Foreign Oil
Firms With 35% Corporate Tax Iraq's cabinet approved a
bill that will slap foreign oil
firms with a minimum 35 percent
corporate tax in a bid to boost
revenues.
More Reports Say Obama Will Call
for ‘Demilitarized’ Palestine Reports are coming out
about an initiative for Palestinian
statehood created by President Obama
and Jordan’s King Abdullah II. The
plan aims for an “independent,
democratic and contiguous
Palestinian state,” which would not
have a military of its own and would
be forbidden from entering into
military pacts with other nations
“for Israel’s security.”
Palestinians would also be required
to give up any claim to a right of
return. With Israel regularly
attacking Gaza, the question is:
will the new state remain Israeli
occupied territory in everything but
name?
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US Promises to Fully Fund
Israeli Missile Defense System,
While Cutting Its Own
While Secretary of Defense Robert
Gates was grilled by Congress for
the decision to cut funding to
America’s missile defense systems,
Israeli has revealed that it's Arrow
3 missile defense system will be
“fully funded” by the United States
again this year. Israel has been
working on the defense system for
over 20 years with heavy US backing.
The costs for the upcoming year will
be nearly $100 million.
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Israel Gives UN in
Lebanon Cluster Bomb Maps
Israel has given the U.N. force
in Lebanon maps of where it
launched cluster bombs in the
war with Hezbollah in 2006. The
United Nations and opponents of
the use of cluster munitions
have pressed Israel for nearly
three years to turn over the
maps. The U.N. estimates that
Israel dropped as many as 4
million of the bomblets and
perhaps 40 percent failed to
explode on impact.
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'Us, Israel Waging New
Satanic War In Region'
Hezbollah Secretary-General
Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah warned
against a plot hatched by the
West to create a new conflict in
the Middle East. During a speech
broadcast on Al-Manar TV on
Wednesday, Nasrallah said that
the US and Israel are seeking to
create a conflict between Iran
and the Arab countries.
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Russia Dumps Dollar as
Reserve Currency - Adopts Euro The dollar has thus lost
the status of the basic reserve
currency for the Russian Central
Bank. The euro-based share of
reserve assets of Russia’s Central
Bank increased to the level of 47.5
percent as of January 1, 2009 and
exceeded the investments in dollar
assets, which made up 41.5 percent.
.
More IN NATIONAL NEWS:
Obama Seeks Legal
Basis to Hold People
WhoCan’t Be Charged with Any
Crimes In a meeting with
human rights advocates
Wednesday, President Obama
said that he was considering
coming up with a “preventive
detention” system which
would provide him a legal
basis to detain suspects as
a threat without having to
charge them with any crimes.
Last week Obama made a
number of moves to roll back
the few positive changes he
had made from the Bush
administration. It now seems
the Obama Administration
will continue using the war
on terror as an excuse to
take ever more liberties.
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Senate Blocks
Transfer Of Guantanamo
Prisoners
In a rare, bipartisan defeat
for President Barack Obama,
the Senate voted
overwhelmingly Wednesday to
keep the prison at
Guantanamo Bay open for the
foreseeable future and
forbid the transfer of any
detainees to facilities in
the United States. Democrats
lined up with Republicans in
the 90-6 vote that came on
the heels of a similar move
a week ago in the House.
More Judge Says US Can
Hold Prisoners Indefinitely A federal judge
says the United States can
continue to hold some
prisoners at Guantanamo Bay
indefinitely without any
charges. U.S. District Judge
John Bates' opinion limits
the Obama administration's
definition of who can be
held. Judge Bates said
Congress in the days after
Sept. 11, 2001 gave the
president the authority to
hold anyone involved in
planning, aiding or carrying
out the terrorist attacks.
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Pentagon Report Said
74 Released Guantanamo
Detainees Returned To
Terrorism
Though a Pentagon report
that said 74 released
Guantanamo detainees
returned to terrorism
quickly made headlines, the
“Pentagon has provided no
way of authenticating” the
45 recidivists it leaves
unnamed, while “only a few
of the 29 people identified
by name can be independently
verified as having engaged
in terrorism since their
release. Many of the 29 are
simply described as
associating with terrorists
or training with
terrorists.”
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Valerie Plame: Obama
is on Bush’s side Citizens for
Responsibility and Ethics
reports that the Obama
administration is opposing
their request that the
Supreme Court reconsider the
dismissal of the lawsuit,
Wilson v. Libby, et al. In
that case, the district
court had dismissed the
claims of Joe and Valerie
Wilson against former Vice
President Dick Cheney, Karl
Rove, Scooter Libby and
Richard Armitage for their
gross violations of the
Wilsons’ constitutional
rights.
President Barack Obama
is taking sides with the
folks who outed Valerie
Plame, a CIA agent, working
to keep weapons of mass
destruction out of the hands
of an intemperate leader of
a Middle East nation hostile
to the United States. More 4 Arrested In Plot
to Bomb NYC Targets Four men accused of
plotting to bomb New York
synagogues and fire Stinger
missiles at aircraft are due
in court on weapons and
conspiracy charges. They
were arrested on Wednesday
after planting what they
thought were bombs at two
Bronx synagogues. The men
had agreed to buy explosives
from FBI agents posing as
Islamic militants.
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U.S. To Prosecute
Guantanamo Detainee in
NY-Source The U.S. government
will bring Ahmed Khalfan
Ghailani, an al Qaeda
suspect accused in the 1998
U.S. Embassy bombings in
Tanzania, Africa from
Guantanamo Bay to trial in
New York, in the first
prosecution of a detainee in
a civilian U.S. court.
Ghailani was accused of
supplying equipment and
support.
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Are Wall Street
Speculators Driving Up
Gasoline Prices, Again?
Oil and gasoline prices are
rising fast as Memorial Day
weekend approaches, but not
because supplies are tight
or demand is high. U.S.
crude-oil inventories are at
their highest levels in
almost two decades, and
demand has fallen to a
10-year low, but crude oil
prices have climbed more
than 70 percent since
mid-January to a six-month
high of $62.04 on Wednesday.
This time, Wall Street
speculators — some of them
recipients of billions of
dollars in taxpayers'
bailout money — may be to
blame.
More 5 Alabama Police
Officers Fired Over Beating
Caught On Camera Five police
officers brutally kicked and
beat an unconscious suspect
after a high-speed chase
through Birmingham, Alabama,
in an incident caught on
camera and discovered a year
later. Mayor Larry Langford
said the officers have been
fired. The dashboard-cam
footage, which officials
believe was shot in January
2008, was aired for
reporters Wednesday.
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Utah And Arizona
Report Swine Flu-Related
Deaths
Utah officials reported
the state's first death
associated with swine
flu and Arizona recorded
that state's third
victim, pushing the
national death toll to
10 people. The Utah
Department of Health
said a 21-year-old man
with swine flu died
Wednesday morning.
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