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Headlines 3-9-2010
US drone attack kills five in Pakistan
In Pakistan 15 people were killed Monday and 90 wounded in Lahore, when a suicide car bomber attacked the Special Intelligence Agency building used to interrogate detainees. Most of the wounded were innocent bystanders. The Taliban Pakistan said the bombing was in retaliation for the repeated US drone strikes. Also In Pakistan five people were killed Monday when missiles fired by a US drone hit a house in the country's northwestern tribal belt. Read more
At Least 15 Killed, 90 Wounded in Lahore Suicide Bombing
In Pakistan 15 people were killed Monday and 90 wounded in Lahore, when a suicide car bomber attacked the Special Intelligence Agency building used to interrogate detainees. Most of the wounded were innocent bystanders. The Taliban Pakistan said the bombing was in retaliation for the repeated US drone strikes. Read more
4-8 weeks left for diplomacy on Iran'
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said Monday only four to eight weeks remain to test the diplomatic option with Iran before sanctions will likely be imposed. Ayalon said the “time is not yet lost” to stem Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but added “time is of the essence.” Ayalon warned that Iran could try to sabotage sanctions by inflating international oil prices and raising energy costs for China, which is dependent on Iranian oil, and which is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Read more
US Drone Attack Kills Five In Pakistan
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said Monday only four to eight weeks remain to test the diplomatic option with Iran before sanctions will likely be imposed. Ayalon said the “time is not yet lost” to stem Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but added “time is of the essence.” Ayalon warned that Iran could try to sabotage sanctions by inflating international oil prices and raising energy costs for China, which is dependent on Iranian oil, andis a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Read more
As Peace Talks Loom, More Settlements for Israel
In a move that could impede current peace talks, the Israeli government announced Monday it was authorizing the creation of 112 new apartments, despite the ongoing “settlement freeze,” in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian negotiators called it a “provocation” and urged the US, which at one point had demanded a settlement freeze, to halt the construction. So far the US State Department has been ambivalent, insisted that indirect talks had already begun and warned against making the settlements an obstacle to peace.Read more
‘God Hates Fags’ Case Gets US Supreme Court Review
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether anti-gay protesters who picket the funerals of US soldiers are protected by free speech laws. The emotionally-charged case was brought by the family of US Marine Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq in 2006. His family organized a funeral for him in Maryland that attracted members of the radical Westboro Church led by Baptist preacher Fred Phelps.Read more
More Scientology Accusations Exposed
In Australia the Church of Scientology has been hit by a fresh wave of allegations, likely to add to calls for a Senate inquiry into the church. Several Australians have spoken out accusing the church of forced abortions, holding slave labor camps and exploiting child workers. Read more
Most House Republicans Vote to Let Schoolchildren Be Held Down, Tied Up, and Put in Solitary Confinement
**The House of Representatives passed the Keeping All Students Safe Act Monday. 153 Congress people, including 145 Republicans, voted against the bill, meaning they were prepared to condone children in school being held down, handcuffed and put in solitary confinement. Read more
US Taxes Decrease
In 33 states, tax revenues fell by $31.7 billion in the 12 months leading up to Sept 2009. Read more
All Fish Tested from U.S. Streams Found Contaminated with Mercury
In a new study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, every single fish tested from 291 freshwater streams across the US was found to be contaminated with mercury. The number one cause of human mercury poisoning in the US is the consumption of fish and shellfish. Researchers tested the water, sediment and fish of the streams between 1998 and 2005. Read more
Iceland Modern Media Initiative
International
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 21:10
Icelanders have developed what they call the "Iceland Modern Media Initiative", a proposal for sweeping modernization of laws concerning media and publishing.The initiative is designed "for Iceland to strongly position itself legally for protection of freedoms of expression and information." The new measures are in response to a phalanx of laws, gag orders and the threat of law suits which had a chilling effect on journalistic expression and which may have been a factor in allowing the ICESAVE banking scandal to occur. The Initiative, combineslegislation provisions from around the world: whistle-blower laws and rules about Internet providers from the United States; source protection laws from Belgium; freedom of information laws from Estonia and Scotland, among others; and New York State’s law to counteract “libel tourism.”
The new law will protect investigative journalists, their sources and whistle blowers from anywhere in the world who publish in Iceland. Initially touted to make Iceland the "Switzerland of Bits" the proposal has already been introduced inIcelands Parliament, where it has 19 sponsors. The legislation is now in committee and scheduled for a vote in April or May.Also included in the proposal is the, "The Icelandic Freedom of Expression Award" to be awarded to courageous journalists and whistleblowers. Birgitta Jonsdottir, a member of Parliament and a sponsor of the initiative. said “They are trying to make everything opaque. We are trying to make it transparent.”
NIST Refuses FOIA Request For Info About Mysterious Death of Key 9/11 Witness
Domestic
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 20:07
In 9-11 news The National Institute of Standards and Technology,last week refused a Freedom of Information request to provide copies of interviews with first responders about Barry Jennings and Michael Hess, two New York City officials who were trapped in Building 7.Jennings, the former Housing Authority Emergency Coordinator, reported that he and a colleague, Michael Hess, were blown back by a big explosion in Building 7 and that he saw the lobby of Building 7 had been gutted. Jennings also reported that he stepped over bodies inside Building 7, contradicting government claims no one died there. Jennings, who was threatened repeatedly after 9/11, died mysteriously onAugust 19, 2008, two days before release of the NIST Report that stated fires had mostly caused Building 7 to collapse and that no one had been killed in the building. WTC anomalies
George Soros- spokesman for hedge fund operator said he is guilty of no wrong-doing in connection with the financial upheaval effecting Greece and Europe, as quoted by the New York Times. But Zubi Diamond, author of the new book, Wizards of Wall Street, says the agenda of Soros and other short sellers is clear. Diamond says their purpose, is “to loot America and any foreign country which invested in America. Greece was one of them. Iceland was ravaged and annihilated.”Diamond says the economic crisis was deliberately engineered for profit and political gain and has resulted in the “looting” of $11 trillion from the U.S. economy. “Short selling” refers to investors, speculators and currency manipulators betting on the decline or collapse of a stock or currency through complex financial instruments handled mostly through secret off-shore accounts. For short sellers to make money, prices have to go down.
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