Four dead in Lebanon 'assassination' bidA Lebanese intelligence officer investigating the murder of Rafiq Hariri, the former prime minister, has been wounded in an bomb attack that left four of his bodyguards dead.
Lieutenant Colonel Samir Shehade and three other men were wounded when an explosion ripped through their convoy as it left the town of Rmeileh, about 30 kilometres (20 miles) south of Beirut early on Tuesday.
Ahmed Fatfat, the Lebanese interior minister, said the blast was caused by a roadside ... (more)
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Wider Panama Canal Would Aid ChinesePanama is planning to build a deeper, wider Panama Canal to allow Communist Chinese super-containerships carrying cheap 21st century slave-labor under-market goods to have direct access to the Gulf of Mexico and key NAFTA/CAFTA ports such as Miami.
In the shipping industry, Panamax container ships are defined as those that are able to fit through the 1,000-foot long and 110-foot... (more)
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Georgian, Russian Relations Strained Anew by ShootingMOSCOW, Sept. 4 -- Tension between Russia and Georgia, never far from the surface, flared anew Monday after a helicopter carrying the Georgian defense minister was shot at by separatists in a breakaway enclave supported by Russia.
The helicopter carrying Defense Minister Irakly Okruashvili was hit several times and forced to make an emergency landing Sunday after it flew over South Ossetia, a region that has declared independence from Georgia and receives diplomatic and financial ... (more)
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"We do not hate America. We love the American people. We do not like what your government does. Please tell the American people that we are not terrorists. We do not hate Israel. We want to be safe in our village. We want to be left alone. We want peace."CLEVELAND (September 1) Congressman Dennis Kucinich, ranking member on the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, and his wife Elizabeth have just returned from a personal peace-building initiative in the Middle East. Their mission included war-torn Lebanon, where they met separately and at length with Lebanon Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, President Emile LaHoud, General Michel Aoun, former Prime Minister and now leader of the Progressive Patriotic Party... (more)
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Full Text of Pres. Ahmadinejad's Letter to German ChancellorTEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently forwarded a letter to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
This was President Ahmadinejad's second letter to the heads of western states, considering an earlier one he wrote to the US President, George W. Bush.
Unlike his first letter to Bush, President Ahmadinejad in his letter to Merkel, has touched on his country's nuclear issue, where he has stressed that Iran's decision for the acquisition of the nuclear t... (more)
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Israeli warplanes destroy house in Jabaliyah refugee CampGAZA, Sept 4 (KUNA) -- Israeli warplanes bombarded a house in Jabaliyah refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, said a security source on Monday.
The source said "An Israeli F-16 fighter jet launched a rocket on the house which belonged to a Palestinian citizen causing it to crumple." "Due to Israeli warnings, the two-story house was evacuated half an hour before the raid began," said the source, adding that no casualties were reported.
The Palestinian citizen, whose h... (more)
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Israel plans for war with Iran and SyriaTHREATENED by a potentially nuclear-armed Tehran, Israel is preparing for a possible war with both Iran and Syria, according to Israeli political and military sources.
The conflict with Hezbollah has led to a strategic rethink in Israel. A key conclusion is that too much attention has been paid to Palestinian militants in Gaza and the West Bank instead of the two biggest state sponsors of terrorism in the region, who pose a far greater danger to Israel’s existence, defence i... (more)
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The One World Revolution: Mao Disappears in Chinese TextbooksMao Tse-tung, one of history's greatest mass murderers, and the tyrant who ruled China with an iron fist for 27 years, has all but vanished from China's newest history books.
Instead of reading about the blood-soaked history of Mao's reign, students in Shanghai will be learning about J. P. Morgan, Bill Gates, the New York Stock Exchange, the space shuttle and Japan’s bullet train.
According to Friday's New York Times, China's new standard world history text el... (more) Related:
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The Global Corporation: Arthur Jensen Speech from 'Network'Arthur Jensen: You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr. Beale, and I won't have it! Is that clear?! You think you've merely stopped a business deal -- that is not the case! The Arabs have taken billions of dollars out of this country, and now they must put it back. It is ebb and flow, tidal gravity. It is ecological balance. You are an old man who thinks in terms of nations and peoples. There are no nations. There are no peoples. There are no Russians. There are no Arabs. Th... (more) Related: The New Rulers of the World |
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Shoura Chief Wants Bush ApologyJEDDAH, 21 August 2006 — Shoura Council Chairman Dr. Saleh Bin-Humaid yesterday called for a public apology from US President George W. Bush for linking Islam and Muslims with fascism and terrorism.
The chairman was referring to a recent statement by Bush branding Muslim extremists “Islamic fascists.” He also warned against deliberate smear campaigns targeting Islam, saying they would have dangerous consequences.
Bin-Humaid denounced attempts by so... (more)
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Rabbis: Israel Too Worried Over Civilian DeathsAs international human rights organizations decry the high toll of civilian deaths suffered in the Lebanon war, America’s main organization of Modern Orthodox rabbis is calling on the Israeli military to be less concerned with avoiding civilian casualties on the opposing side when carrying out future operations.
Following a solidarity mission to Israel last week, leaders of the Rabbinical Council of America issued a statement prodding the Israeli military to review its polic... (more)
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Iran's leader calls for TV debate with BushTEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on U.S. President George W. Bush to participate in a "direct television debate with us," so Iran can voice its point of view on how to end world predicaments.
"But the condition is that there can be no censorship, especially for the American nation," he said Tuesday.
The White House called the offer to debate Bush a "diversion" from international concerns over Iran's nuclear program, Reuters repo... (more)
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Mexican drug cartels take over U.S. citiesWASHINGTON – Mexican drug cartels operating in cities in the U.S. are buying up legitimate businesses to launder money and using some of the proceeds to win local mayoral and city council seats for politicians who can shape the policies and personnel decisions of their police forces, according to Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., who has led the fight to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and enforce the nation's immigration laws.
In his new book, "In Mortal Danger: The Battle for Amer... (more)
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NAFTA superhighway to mean Mexican drivers, say TeamstersWASHINGTON – The NAFTA superhighway, a north-south interstate trade corridor linking Mexico, Canada and the U.S., would mean U.S. truckers replaced by Mexicans, more unsafe rigs on American roads and more drivers relying on drugs for their long hauls, charges the International Brotherhood of Teamsters – the latest group to weigh in against the Bush administration plan.
The August issue of Teamster magazine features a cover story on the plan for an enlarged I-35 that w... (more)
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Muslims alarmed over redrawn map for Islamic worldWASHINGTON - Muslim circles have expressed alarm and disgust at the publication of a redrawn map of the Islamic world in a journal closely linked to the US armed forces.
The Armed Forces Journal, which has published the redrawn map of the world of Islam along with a long explanatory article, is published by the Army Times Publishing Company, a part of Gannett Company, Inc, the world’s largest publisher of professional military and defence periodicals.
The prop... (more)
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Two Iraqi units have refused deploymentWASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Members of two Iraqi military units have refused orders to deploy to heavily contested areas, a top U.S. military general said.
But the apparent mutinies have been limited to just two units, according to Brig. Gen. Dana Pittard, commander of the Iraq Assistance Group, the force of 3,000 coaltion military and police trainers fanned out across Iraq.
The most recent was last week, when about 100 soldiers in the 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade ... (more)
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'Defense demands could set standard of living back 20 years'Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and Finance Minister Abraham Hirchson are to meet this morning to discuss defense establishment budgetary demands through 2010.
Defense officials are seeking NIS 30 billion, mostly in fiscal 2007 and 2008, for resupplying, reacquiring weapons systems damaged during the war and preparing for the next war based on the lessons of recent hostilities, including developing new arms. The defense establishment is working under the a... (more)
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