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Pakistan orders troops to open fire if US raids
Pakistan's military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another air or ground raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said Tuesday.
The orders, which come in response to a highly unusual Sept. 3 ground attack by U.S. commandos, are certain to heighten tensions between Washington and a key ally against terrorism. Although the ground attack was rare, there have been repeated reports of U.S. drone aircraft striking militant targets, most recently on Sept. 12.
Pakistani officials warn that stepped-up cross-border raids will accomplish little while fueling violent religious extremism in nuclear-armed Pakistan. Some complain that the country is a scapegoat for the failure to stabilize Afghanistan...
(Read The Rest at Link...) Pakistan's military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another air or ground raid across the Afghan border... more -
Bush administration freezes Russia nuclear pact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday froze a lucrative civilian nuclear pact with Russia, the first big penalty imposed on Moscow after its war with Georgia but one that can be reversed.
"The president intends to notify Congress that he has today rescinded his prior determination regarding the U.S.-Russia agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation, the so-called 1-2-3 Agreement," said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
While Bush's decision to withdraw the agreement from congressional review was seen as punitive, it was also meant to preserve the deal, a senior U.S. official said.
That official said the administration wanted to ensure the accord did not go to a vote in Congress, where it could have been rejected following Russia's military action in Georgia. If rejected, it would be difficult for a new presidential administration to pursue the agreement in the future. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday froze a lucrative civilian nuclear pact with Russia, the first big penalty i... more -
Report: Israel won't allow a nuclear Iran
Israel will not allow Iran to attain nuclear capability and if time begins to run out, Jerusalem will not hesitate to take whatever means necessary to prevent Iran from achieving its nuclear goals, the government has recently decided in a special discussion. Israel will not allow Iran to attain nuclear capability and if time begins to run out, Jerusalem will not hesitate to take whatever me... more
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Iran warns any attack would start 'world war'
A senior Iranian military commander has warned that any US or Israeli attack on the Islamic republic would start a new world war, the state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday.
"Any aggression against Iran will start a world war," deputy chief of staff for defence publicity, Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri, said in a statement carried by the agency.
Iran is under international pressure to halt uranium enrichment, a process which lies at the core of fears about Iran's nuclear programme as it can make nuclear fuel as well as the fissile core of an atom bomb. A senior Iranian military commander has warned that any US or Israeli attack on the Islamic republic would start a new world war, the ... more -
Florida man pleads not guilty to Bush, Obama threat
MIAMI (AP) -- A man who authorities said kept an arsenal of weaponry and military gear pleaded not guilty Wednesday to threatening to assassinate both President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
The court-appointed attorney for 22-year-old Raymond Hunter Geisel entered the plea at a brief hearing before a federal magistrate judge. Geisel, who has been in custody without bail since his Aug. 2 arrest, spoke only his name and age.
Geisel had previously been charged for threatening to kill Obama. The new charge of making a threat against Bush was added in a grand jury indictment made public Wednesday. Each charge carries a maximum of five years in federal prison.
According to the Secret Service, Geisel made the threats while attending a training class in Miami to become a bail bondsman. Others attending the 48-member class overheard the comments and contacted local police, who turned the information over to the Secret Service.
One unidentified student said that during one of the classes, Geisel referred to Obama using a racial slur and then added, "If he gets elected, I'll assassinate him myself."
Another female student, also not identified, told a Secret Service agent that one day after class she heard Geisel say "that he hated George W. Bush and that he wanted to put a bullet in the president's head."
A search of Geisel's hotel room and sports-utility vehicle turned up a loaded 9mm handgun, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, body armor, a stun gun, a machete, combat knives, tear gas and military fatigue uniforms. The 1998 Ford Explorer also was wired with "police-type emergency lights," according to a Secret Service affidavit.
Geisel is originally from the Bangor, Maine area and moved earlier this year to South Florida. He provided a written statement with misspelled words to the Secret Service denying any threats.
"I Ray Geisel did not say I was going to kill any president or Senter Obama," the statement reads. Geisel also told agents that he had sought psychiatric treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, although they were not immediately able to verify that.
No evidence has been made public indicating that Geisel took any steps to carry out such threats. Obama did make a campaign visit to Florida around the time of his arrest, but he was never in the Miami area. Bush was in Kennebunkport, Maine, at the time, the Secret Service said.
Geisel's girlfriend, Susanne Kynast, attended the hearing but declined to comment, as did Geisel's attorney, Ayana Harris. But in an earlier interview, Kynast said the comments must have been misinterpreted and that Geisel was not violent or particularly interested in politics.
"It's a mistake. It's a non-case. It's a horrifying political mess," Kynast said. "He'd never hurt a person. It would be completely against his character." MIAMI (AP) -- A man who authorities said kept an arsenal of weaponry and military gear pleaded not guilty Wednesday to threatening to ... more -
Anti-War Website Operator Threatened By Armed Thugs
Information Clearing House editor victim of home invasions, warnings to “stop what he is doing on the Internet, NOW!”
The operator of a leading alternative news and strongly anti-war website has become the target of nefarious thugs apparently in the employ of the U.S. government who have continually harassed him and ordered him to shut down his website.
Tom Feeley, owner and editor of InformationClearingHouse.info, has endured public harassment, home invasions, death threats and threats to his family simply for running a website.
Counterpunch writer Mike Whitney has circulated an e mail describing what happened to Feeley in an attempt to draw attention to the matter.
Whitney writes that earlier this week Feeley’s wife was startled to suddenly discover three well dressed men standing in her kitchen who told her that Tom must “Stop what he is doing on the Internet, NOW!”
To emphasize the point, the thug pulled back his jacket to reveal a gun while barking out the warning.
Tom’s wife was hysterical and refuses to go back to the house. She contacted the FBI but was told there was nothing they could do.
According to Whitney, “The well-dressed man told Tom’s wife that he knew where her son lived, what line of work he was in, and how many children he had.”
Subsequently, two men in a parked car a block from Tom’s mother’s house were spotted using laptops and sped off when they were approached by Tom’s son.
A similar incident had happened four years previously, when Feeley was approached by a stranger in the parking lot of Long’s Drug store in Southern California, after being forced to remain in his car by an accomplice who blocked him from opening the car door. The man told him, “You need to stop what you are doing on the web”.
Tom said the man was overweight and had his shirt untucked. Tom was taken aback, but (after collecting himself said) “What the fuck? Who do you think you are telling me what I can do?”
The man answered, “Tom, I’m just giving you some good advice. You should take my advice, Tom.”
Alex Jones has experienced similar intimidation tactics on several occasions in the past, particularly the scenario that happened to Tom in the parking lot as well as thinly veiled threats against his family.
In every single instance, the best response is to stand up and be vocal in the face of such harassment. Mafia-like thugs only continue to feed on those who put up with such treatment. The most dangerous thing to do is cower and acquiesce to the will of tyrants.
These kind of tactics will only succeed if the thugs think their actions can have any kind of effect. Every time someone in our movement is intimidated or harassed, we should respond only by re-doubling and intensifying our efforts.
I’ll tell you this about Tom Feeley; he is no bullshitter,” writes Whitney, “He is the “real deal” and completely committed to exposing the mob that is presently running our country. He does not understand why, (as he says) “They are reaching down SO far to get someone who just runs web site”. But, the truth is, they are. Someone wants him to “shut up” and they apparently have the muscle to do it. He knows he is in danger.”
Feeley is ditching his cellphone and maintaining a low profile but to his credit, refuses to cave in to the threats and will continue to publish his website.
Drawing attention to Feeley’s situation is of paramount importance to ensure his protection and also to combat head on attempts to create a chilling atmosphere and intimidate journalists and website publishers.
via http://www.prisonplanet.com Information Clearing House editor victim of home invasions, warnings to “stop what he is doing on the Internet, NOW!” ... more -
Is PB&J a threat? Parents ask schools to ban peanuts
Two years ago, Burleson school officials faced a perfect storm of food sensitivity: Bransom Elementary School on the city’s southeast side had not one, not two, but 17 students across seven grades with severe peanut allergies.
The chances of isolating so many students from a random Reese’s or peanut butter and jelly sandwich were small at best, and the consequences of failure could have been lethal.
"It was overwhelming," said Cathy Marsh, the district’s director of nursing and health services. "That’s a lot of students interacting with each other at very different times. We felt we couldn’t contain this problem."
That story is being played out nationally as the number of children diagnosed with potentially fatal peanut allergies increases and more parents call for an all-out ban on peanut products at school.
The response
Burleson’s answer was to make Bransom an entirely "peanut-sensitive" campus, where even children without such allergies are forbidden to take sandwiches, packaged crackers or candy containing peanuts. At the same time, all food served at elementary schools was made without nuts of any kind, Marsh said.
Other area districts tailor their policies to each campus.
Arlington elementary school students can buy packaged peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at all but three campuses this year, but not at schools where students have a known allergy.
At some campuses in the Carroll district, cafeteria tables for children with sensitivities are marked with a red no-peanut sign. Nonallergic lunch pals cannot bring foods containing peanut products to those tables.
Tables with green signs are for students whose lunches contain peanut products.
"We wanted to help take some of the pressure off of parents worrying," said Mary Brunig, director of Carroll’s child nutrition services department. "The key to this is educating the parents and the campus."
National debate
While doctors try to determine reasons for the rise in peanut-allergy cases, the debate over peanut products in schools pits parents against one another and puts school districts in the middle.
"People are a little unhinged about this," said Terri Mauro of New Jersey, who writes and edits the Web site motherswithattitude.com for parents with special-needs children. She considers blanket bans on peanut butter an acceptable measure to protect children with life-threatening allergies.
A recent survey of 1,174 districts by the Virginia-based School Nutrition Association found that 18 percent of schools had peanut bans in 2007, a 50 percent increase from two years earlier. Two years ago, Burleson school officials faced a perfect storm of food sensitivity: Bransom Elementary School on the city’s southeast ... more -
Obamas sex party?
Found this on the net you tell real or not?
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Iran Tests Missile System
A defiant Iran continues to test missile systems in the wake of a show of strength by Israel's air force. So far, the U.S. is opting for diplomacy to deal with the Islamic republic's perceived nuclear threat. But persistent threats from Tehran to destroy Israel continue to draw international sanctions. A defiant Iran continues to test missile systems in the wake of a show of strength by Israel's air force. So far, the U.S. is opt... more
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U.S. aircraft carrier moves into position for Afghanistan
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has moved from the Persian Gulf into the Gulf of Oman so its warplanes can fly missions over Afghanistan, where attacks have been rising, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
The carrier was ordered to move so it could conduct potential airstrikes over Afghanistan by flying over Pakistani airspace. If it had remained inside the Persian Gulf, that would not have been possible since U.S. planes do not fly through Iranian air corridors.
The carrier, which arrived Monday, is equipped with F/A-18s and an array of precision weapons.
"This puts it in a position where it has ability to strike far inland," a U.S. defense official said.
That´s great for the war on Afganistan, but it looks like a challenge to Iran as well, and shows how close we are to war with them. Maybe Bush is hoping Iran will feel threatened by a warship right off of their shores and attack? I thought a country needed permission though, but then again, we are the US. I´m a little concerned, tell me what you think. The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has moved from the Persian Gulf into the Gulf of Oman so its warplanes can fly missions over ... more -
Glen Beck: Kill Gitmo Suspects
GLENN BECK: We're going to shoot them all in the head. If we think that they are against us, we're going to shoot them and kill them, period. GLENN BECK: We're going to shoot them all in the head. If we think that they are against us, we're going to shoot them and k... more
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Bush warming to North Korea
After getting details from North Korea on its nuclear program the US is lifting some of its sanctions and plans to remove it from its terrorism list. After getting details from North Korea on its nuclear program the US is lifting some of its sanctions and plans to remove it from its ... more
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The World According To Monsanto
"The French documentary, called “The world according to Monsanto” and directed by independent filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin, paints a grim picture of a company with a long track record of environmental crimes and health scandals."
This is a long documentary, but well worth the time spent watching it. In general, genetically modified crops are harmful to the environment as it is, but imposing them along with their accompanying poison "Roundup" on the whole world can have catastrophic and even cataclysmic consequences. These people (giant corporations have the same status as individual people without the same responsibilities as people have, thus cannot be prosecuted nor punished when they break the law or commit mass slaughters and destructions) must at all costs be stopped. "The French documentary, called “The world according to Monsanto” and directed by independent filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin, pain... more -
Keeping the Internet Open: Expression Collides with Control
When people discuss the issue of "openness" in the digital age, they talk about fostering free speech and protecting privacy and property rights without limiting freedom of expression. There are concerns that the internet filters imposed by governments and corporations might create "walled gardens" where access is extremely controlled and expression is no longer free. This video about the issues tied to keeping the Internet "open" features interviews shot at the 2007 Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rio IGF was the second of five annual global events that attract stakeholders from all walks of life who gathered to discuss issues tied to the future of information and communications technologies.
This documentary was produced for Imagining the Internet http://imaginingtheinternet.org , an online resource exposing future possibilities while simultaneously providing a peek back at the past. In it, you will find the words of thousands of people from every corner of the world, from today and from yesterday, making thousands of predictive pronouncements about the future of humankind.
The multimedia section of the site includes short films and dozens of video interviews - all of them about the hopes and fears for the future of networked communications. Imagining the Internet is a project based at Elon University. When people discuss the issue of "openness" in the digital age, they talk about fostering free speech and protecting privacy... more
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