Unlawful anti-terror powers planned for use during 2012 Olympics 08 Feb 2010 Police are planning to use an anti-terror law deemed unlawful by the European Court of Human Rights across the country during the London Olympics, The Times has learnt. Senior officers are considering using Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 at every Underground and railway station nationwide. The powers would enable police to stop and search members of the public without any suspicion that they were involved in terrorism. The Times understands that this would be the first time that the powers would have been used across such a wide area. Police said that Section 44, which must be granted by the Home Secretary for a designated area, would be used only in the event of an escalated terror threat.

US death squads blossoming under Obama: Special Forces Assassins Infiltrate Taliban Stronghold in Afghanistan 07 Feb 2010 American and British forces poised to assault the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, have begun targeting insurgent leaders for assassination, The Sunday Times reported. Special forces have been infiltrating the town on "kinetic" missions -- jargon for armed attacks. "Special forces guys have been going in on assassination missions with the aim of decapitating the Taliban force," a military source told the Sunday Times.

Afghanistan death toll exceeds Falklands as three UK soldiers die --Royal Scots Borderers and counter-IED task force soldier killed by blasts as Ministry of Defence warns of more casualties 09 Feb 2010 Three British soldiers have been killed in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan in the last 24 hours, taking the total of fatalities in the conflict above the death toll of the Falklands war in 1982.

'Hold inquiry into Army abuse in Iraq' --Judge calls for single investigation to cover 46 claims by civilians 08 Feb 2010 Ministers have been told by a senior judge to consider opening an independent inquiry into all allegations of abuse made by Iraqi civilians against the British Army. The move could lead to the biggest investigation into military malpractice ever heard in this country... The Government was served with the first claim of abuse brought by an Iraqi woman. Samahir Abbas Hashim, 32, six months pregnant at the time of the alleged assault, claims she was so badly beaten by soldiers that she lost her baby.

Tony Blair says the quest for a 'conspiracy' is behind Iraq Inquiry 08 Feb 2010 Tony Blair has dismissed the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war as part of Britain’s obsession with conspiracy and scandal. Speaking for the first time since his controversial appearance as a witness, the former Prime Minister said people should accept that it is possible to have different opinions on the legitimacy of the invasion without any underlying deceit. Mr Blair said in an interview on American television: "There’s always got to be a scandal. . . there’s got to be some conspiracy behind it."

Iraqi Shia group claims it is holding US citizen prisoner 08 Feb 2010 An Iraqi Shia faction tied to Iran [?] has claimed it is holding a US citizen, missing since late January. Issa Salomi, a Californian of Iraqi origin, worked as a mercenary for the US military. He was apparently abducted on January 23rd when he went to visit family members in the Karada district of Baghdad.

Iran to make 'advanced' attack drones --Iran has begun making 'advanced' unmanned drones capable of carrying out 'assaults with high precision'. 08 Feb 2010 Ahmad Vahidi, the Iranian defence minister, opened two production lines for the manufacture of the aircraft, the Fars news agency reported. The drones would be able to carry out "surveillance, detection and even assaults with high precision", the report said. US Predator drones have killed hundreds of suspected terrorists civilians in Pakistan in recent years. Israel uses drones for reconnaisance. But it was not immediately clear [?] what purpose the Iranian drones would serve. [Uh, to counteract US and Israel's use of same? *Duh.*]

New sanctions on Iran are only path left: Gates 08 Feb 2010 Iran has rejected Western 'overtures' and the international community has no choice but to move toward imposing new sanctions over its nuclear program, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday.

US fights for access to EU bank data 08 Feb 2010 The US government has initiated a diplomatic offensive against threatened moves by MEPs to block a deal that gives American intelligence agencies direct access to European bank data. The arrangements empower the US to track the flow of funds through the banking system by accessing information collected by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift), which registers international money transfers.

Man Arrested After Detroit Airport Security Breach 08 Feb 2010 A portion of a terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport has been evacuated after authorities say a man walked through a passenger screening checkpoint and refused to comply with security officers. Airport spokesman Mike Conway says the man was arrested by airport police after passing through the checkpoint about 7:50 a.m. Monday at the McNamara Terminal. Conway says he was being questioned by police.

Pittsburgh: National Guard Mobilized After Snowstorm 08 Feb 2010 As people across the area try to get back to normal after the snowstorm, members of the Pennsylvania National Guard have been mobilized to assist paramedics and police in helping those trapped in their homes. It's a race against time as the 63 units in the City of Pittsburgh work to clear the streets.

Residents Fumed Over Weekend Alcohol, Firearm Ban In State of Emergency 08 Feb 2010 Residents in King were fumed over the weekend after a state of emergency declaration restricted the sale of alcohol and the carrying of firearms in vehicles. King Police Chief Paula May said she’s received hundreds of threats related to the restrictions, which banned driving from 12 a.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. The state of emergency for King was declared by members of the City Council after Stokes County authorities also declared a state of emergency. Under North Carolina law, May said, when a state of emergency is put into place that includes a ban on driving, the sale of alcohol and carrying of firearms in vehicles is also banned.

'Change you can believe must continually slide seamlessly into belief you can change.' How to Maintain a Democratic "Activist" Base --The Rec Report By Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D. 07 Feb 2010 As the military surges into Afghanistan and Pakistan and Xe Services LLC (formerly known as Blackwater) and the CIA eke into Pakistan and Yemen, the appetites of toadyish liberal analysts demand their daily diet of Republican bogeys. The changeling base must be kept in line, despite the lack of any change at all. Change you can believe must continually slide seamlessly into belief you can change. Barack Obama is a soporific for liberals, but such a pill, the affected change rhetoric that is, has to wear off after awhile, especially as reality piles up like record dead soldiers in Afghanistan.

Anthem Blue Cross asked to justify controversial rate hikes 08 Feb 2010 (CA) The Obama administration called on Anthem Blue Cross on Monday to justify its controversial new rate hikes of as much as 39% for individual policyholders, saying the increases were alarming at a time when subscribers are facing skyrocketing healthcare costs. In a letter to the company's president, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius voiced serious concern over the rates, which go into effect March 1 for many of the insurer's estimated 800,000 individual policyholders. [Yeah, a letter from HHS is *really* going to scare these sociopaths. What a farce.]

CLG: Aetna Announces CT Layoffs on Free Health Care Clinic Day In Hartford By Lori Price, www.legitgov.org 04 Feb 2010 National Association of Free Clinics --A free health care clinic will be held in Hartford, Connecticut, on Wednesday, February 3. Guess what Aetna -- a member of the 'insurance cartel' based in the same city -- announces on the same day? 'Aetna Lays Off 100 in Connecticut.'

Rep. John Murtha dead at 77 08 Feb 2010 Rep. John Murtha, a decorated Vietnam combat veteran and critic of the Iraq war, died Mondayof complications from gall bladder surgery. He was 77. Murtha was the first Vietnam combat veteran elected to Congress in 1974. The Pennsylvania lawmaker was the top Democrat on the panel that oversees Pentagon spending. In 2005, Murtha summoned reporters to call for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.

Arctic sea ice vanishing faster than 'our most pessimistic models': researcher 06 Feb 2010 Sea ice in Canada’s fragile Arctic is melting faster than anyone expected, the lead investigator in Canada’s largest climate-change study yet said Friday -- raising the possibility that the Arctic could, in a worst-case scenario, be ice-free in about three years. University of Manitoba Prof. David Barber, the lead investigator of the Circumpolar Flaw Lead System Study, said the rapid decay of thick Arctic Sea ice highlights the rapid pace of climate change in the North and foreshadows what will come in the South.

American bald eagle back to health after beak fixed by dentist 08 Feb 2010 An American bald eagle is able to hold its head high again after being nursed back to health by a dentist [Kirk Johnson]. The bird of prey was taken to the Bird Treatment and Learning Centre in Anchorage after being found in a weakened condition with its beak damaged by a length of fishing line wrapped around it.

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School bombing exposes Obama's secret war inside Pakistan --The discovery of the dead US soldiers revealed that America's shadowy war in Pakistan not only involves drones but also small cadres of special operations soldiers. 07 Feb 2010 The discovery of three American soldiers among the dead in a suicide bombing at the opening of a girls’ school in the northwestern Pakistan town of Dir last week reignited the fears of many Pakistanis that Washington was set on invading their country. US airstrikes in Pakistan, launched from unmanned drones, are now averaging three a week, triple the number last year... Last week America launched its first multiple drone attack, according to Pakistani security officials. Eighteen missiles were fired from eight unmanned aircraft in Dattakhel village, killing 16 people.

British forces' drone use soars in Afghanistan --RAF making increasing use of controversial unmanned weapons, mirroring US tactics 07 Feb 2010 British forces are relying increasingly on unmanned drones to attack targets in Afghanistan, mirroring controversial tactics used by the US. New Ministry of Defence figures show the RAF has fired 84 missiles from Reaper drones since they were first deployed there in June 2008, with more than 20 being fired over the past two months.

Afghanistan: 4,000 British troops set for biggest battle with Taliban --Four thousand British troops are preparing to take part in the largest military offensive against the Taliban since the Afghanistan invasion in 2001. 06 Feb 2010 The strike force, composed of British, US and Afghan troops, will storm into some of the most dangerous areas of central Helmand in a series of daring raids -- the biggest since the first Gulf war -- as part of Operation Moshtarak. The offensive, the start date of which is being kept secret, will dwarf last summer’s Operation Panther’s Claw in which 10 British soldiers were killed and more than 100 injured.

Female Iraq election candidate shot dead in Mosul: police 07 Feb 2010 A woman planning to stand in Iraq’s March 7 general election was gunned down Sunday in the restive northern city of Mosul, police said, just days before campaigning is officially due to start. Suha Abdul Jarallah, a candidate on the list of pro-Western former prime minister Iyad Allawi, was shot dead as she left a house in the Ras al-Jadda neighbourhood in central Mosul, 350 kilometres (218 miles) north of Baghdad. [Saddam Hussein's govt: Clearly, the better deal.]

US mercenary 'abducted in Iraq' 06 Feb 2010 US military contractor is believed to have been kidnapped in Iraq after an armed group released a video showing a man being held captive. The video was released by a group calling itself Asaib Ahl al-Haq, or the League of the Righteous, just hours after the US defence department said that 60-year-old Issa T Salomi had been missing since January 23. In the video, which runs less than two minutes, he read the group's demands for the release of detainees who had "resisted occupation" and "never been involved in any serious crime against their fellow innocent Iraqis". The captive also called for the conviction of employees of US security firm Blackwater, since renamed as Xe Services, accused of killing unarmed Iraqi citizens in 2007.

UN likely to refer Goldstone findings to The Hague --Gaza Arab states set to force debate that would bring Gaza war crimes claims before international court. 07 Feb 2010 The United Nations is likely to refer the findings of the Goldstone report to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, diplomatic sources in New York said on Saturday. A decision to bring the report on last year's Gaza war before the court would follow a debate in the UN General Assembly over Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's response to the document last week.

'Syria to back Lebanon in case of Israeli attack' 07 Feb 2010 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday that Damascus would stand by Beirut, should Israel launch another war on Lebanon. "Syria will stand alongside the government and people of Lebanon against any possible Israeli aggression launched on Lebanon," Assad said Sunday in a meeting with visiting Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Damascus, AFP reported.

Report: Israeli warships on way to Persian Gulf 07 Feb 2010 As Israel keeps threatening the regional countries with war, Egyptian maritime sources say the Israeli navy has deployed two missile ships to the Persian Gulf. Citing the sources, Yediot Ahronot reported Saturday that two Israeli missile ships passed through the Suez Canal en rout to the Red Sea on Thursday morning. The sources said the ships are expected to reach the Persian Gulf within the next four days.

Power cut to about 50% of Gazans as fuel runs out 07 Feb 2010 One of the two generators of Gaza's only power plant has been shut down due to a shortage of fuel, cutting power to around 50 percent of the residents of the Gaza Strip. The Gaza Energy Authority announced on Saturday that the remaining amount of fuel is enough to operate the other generator until Sunday morning.

Family hurt by land mine in Israel 06 Feb 2010 A family of five was injured Saturday when they tripped a land mine while hiking in closed military grounds in Israel's Golan Heights, authorities said. Snow blanketed the area and the family apparently did not see signs warning of mines, said Israeli military officials who issued a statement of regret to the family.

Ahmadinejad orders 20% uranium enrichment 07 Feb 2010 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has tasked the country's atomic chief with enriching uranium to 20 percent, in order to meet the demands of the country's cancer patients. Speaking at the exhibition of Laser Science and Technology Achievements in Tehran, the president called on Ali Akbar Salehi, to start the process.

US rejects EU diplomacy over Iran N program 07 Feb 2010 Leading US senators Joseph Lieberman and John Kerry inveigh against a top EU official for supporting further diplomatic talks with Iran over its nuclear program. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, the two US officials criticized the European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashto who threw her lot with more dialogue over Iran's nuclear program.

Pentagon to make 'immortal organisms' [Hopefully, Sarah Palin isn't among them.] 07 Feb 2010 The Pentagon's advanced research division has allocated $6 million to create immortal synthetic organisms, which can die on command and keep a genetic record of what they have been doing, a report says. Based on the 2011 budget of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the project, known as 'BioDesign,' aims to create artificial life, presumably with military purposes, Wired News reported. The DNA of these genetically engineered organisms is altered to "produce the intended biological effect."

'Darpa is looking to re-write the laws of evolution.' Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal 'Synthetic Organisms,' Molecular Kill-Switch Included By Katie Drummond 05 Feb 2010 The Pentagon’s mad science arm may have come up with its most radical project yet. Darpa is looking to re-write the laws of evolution to the military's advantage, creating "synthetic organisms" that can live forever -- or can be killed with the flick of a molecular switch. As part of its budget for the next year, Darpa is investing $6 million into a project called BioDesign, with the goal of eliminating "the randomness of natural evolutionary advancement..." Darpa wants the organisms to be fortified with molecules that bolster cell resistance to death, so that the lab-monsters can "ultimately be programmed to live indefinitely."

Military to conduct simulated earthquake drill 06 Feb 2010 The military is getting ready to simulate how it would respond to a big earthquake in Alaska. Lt. Gen. Dana Atkins, commander of Alaska's forces, says it will be the first time the Arctic Edge training exercise will bring together federal, state and local agencies to simulate a catastrophic earthquake. The Arctic Edge exercise starts at the end of April and runs through the first week of May. [What did HAARP call the Haiti drill that 'went live?']

Army may patrol streets to confront terror threat 04 Feb 2010 Britain's armed forces could be used on a regular basis on the streets of Britain to confront the threat of terrorism, under the terms of a strategic defence review announced yesterday. Two of the six "key questions" to be considered by the SDR will focus on domestic threats which "cannot be separated from international security", according to a Green Paper setting out the grounds for a full scale review to start after the election.

Counter-terrorism officers target universities --Special Branch officers are being stationed in universities at risk of being targeted by extremists, the Government has admitted. 04 Feb 2010 A number of institutions have been identified by counter-terrorism officers amid fears students are in danger of being groomed by fanatics. David Lammy, the Higher Education Minister, insisted the threat posed to universities had been exaggerated but admitted that it remained an "extremely serious issue".

Britain to slash number of foreign student visas 07 Feb 2010 The number of foreign students given visas is to be slashed as part of a crackdown on abuses of the system, it was revealed today. Home Secretary Alan Johnson is bringing in tougher rules including demanding that applicants be able to speak passable English and banning those enrolling for short courses from bringing dependants.

General-aviation security plan is being scaled back 07 Feb 2010 Citing industry objections, the Transportation Security Administration is preparing to scale back a controversial plan to expand aviation security rules for the first time to thousands of private planes. TSA officials said this week they expect to issue a revised plan this fall that will significantly reduce from 15,000 the number of U.S.-registered general-aviation aircraft subjected to tougher rules. Also, instead of mandating that all passengers aboard private planes be checked against terrorist watch lists, name checks in many cases could be left to the discretion of pilots, they said.

'I want to consult closely with our Republican colleagues.' [Of course he does. At least George W. Nazi *said* what he was going to do and *did* it. Obusha, however, is a sniveling Wall Street troll. --LRP] Obama invites GOP to health-care summit 07 Feb 2010 President Obama made a dramatic attempt to jump-start the stalled health care debate Sunday, inviting Republicans in Congress to a half-day summit on the subject to be televised live later this month. The president made the offer in an interview with CBS News hours before the Super Bowl.

Sarah Palin lashes Obama at first Tea Party convention 07 Feb 2010 Former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has spoken at the first [corporaterrorist-funded] US Tea Party convention, urging a return to conservate principles. Speaking in Nashville, Mrs Palin called President Obama's 2011 budget "immoral" and said it would raise the US debt... I am a big supporter of this movement," she said, and added - in a nod to the Tea Party's name, a reference to a famous protest against British colonial rule: "America is ready for another revolution and you are part of this". [Well, gee. *Palin* can *advocate revolution* - live on MSNBC for a full hour without commercial interruption. What's good for the rightwing goose is good for the leftwing gander. Arming the Left: Is the time now? By Charles Southwell 21 Oct 2003 As long as we pose no REAL threat to the powers-that-be, to what is shaping up into [is] a dictatorship, we will continue to be ignored. Right now, we are ignored because we present no organized power to fight this onslaught of anti-democratic, totalitarian government that we are up against.]

Palin attacks Obama at Tea Party meeting Palin: US needs leader, not professor 07 Feb 2010 Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has sharply criticized US President Barack Obama over his national security policies. Speaking at a national convention of the "Tea Party" movement Saturday night, Palin slammed the first African American president of the US for his handling of the so-called war on terror. [What about a cheater? See: Palin's Tea Party Crib Notes By Stefan Sirucek 07 Feb 2010.]

Palin's Tea Party Crib Notes By Stefan Sirucek 07 Feb 2010 Closer inspection of a photo of Sarah Palin, during a speech in which she mocked President Obama for his use of a teleprompter, reveals several notes written on her left hand... Crib Notes? This potential presidential candidate and "movement" leader was using crib notes to answer basic questions? ...If true, this is supremely rich coming immediately after a speech in which Palin took a shot at President Obama for using a teleprompter to read his prepared speeches.

Think-tanks take oil money and use it to fund climate deniers --ExxonMobil cash supported concerted campaign to undermine case for man-made warming 07 Feb 2010 An orchestrated campaign is being waged against climate change science to undermine public acceptance of man-made global warming, environment experts claimed last night. The attack against scientists supportive of the idea of man-made climate change has grown in ferocity since the leak of thousands of documents on the subject from the University of East Anglia (UEA) on the eve of the Copenhagen climate summit last December. Free-market, anti-climate change think-tanks such as the Atlas Economic Research Foundation in the US and the International Policy Network in the UK have received grants totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds from the multinational energy company [terrorist group] ExxonMobil. Both organisations have funded international seminars pulling together climate change deniers from across the globe.

Bob Barker Rammed by Illegal Whaler (Sea Shepherd Conservation Society) 06 Feb 2010 At 1209 PM Fremantle, Australia time, the Yushin Maru 3 intentionally rammed the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker, penetrating it's hull and endangering the lives of it's crew. The collision occurred at 65 degrees 21 South, 67 degrees 58 East, about 180 miles off Cape Darnley in the Australian Antarctic Territory. The Bob Barker had been actively blocking the slipway of the Nisshin Maru, the Japanese whaling fleet’s factory [terrorist] ship when the collision occurred.

Five killed in Connecticut power plant blast 07 Feb 2010 Five people were killed and at least 12 were injured in a gas explosion Sunday at an under-construction power plant in central Connecticut, local officials said. Residents up to 20 miles away reported hearing the blast at about 11:19 a.m. at the Kleen Power Plant in Middletown, a suburb of Hartford, Connecticut.

Gas power plant explosion in Connecticut --Dozens of casualties reported with thick black smoke visible for miles in Middletown 07 Feb 2010 At least two people were killed and dozens more injured today in a large explosion at a gas power plant in Middletown, in the US state of Connecticut. CNN quoted officials who said the toll was expected to rise. Several ambulances and fire engines responded to the explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems plant in Middletown, 23 miles south of the city of Hartford.

Captain Eric H. May Deserves Congressional Medal of Honor By W. Leon Smith 02 Feb 2010 There is a movement started by Michael Starcke on Facebook to encourage the awarding of the Congressional Medal of Honor to Captain Eric H. May, who has extended his term of military duty to the United States in cyberspace, by founding and commanding of Ghost Troop cyber militia. Capt. May, who also serves as intelligence editor for The Lone Star Iconoclast, has done so while at the same time battling Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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U.S. citizens among targets likely on final 'high value' terror suspect list --100 preexisting Joint Terrorism Task Forces set up by the FBI will take the lead in national security incidents within the United States. 06 Feb 2010 Interagency interrogation teams have started to question key terrorism suspects under a classified charter approved last week. The High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group was not formally authorized until Jan. 28, under a previously unreported 14-page memo signed by the president's national security adviser, Gen. James L. Jones. Authorities, with help from the National Counterterrorism Center, are developing a list of terrorism suspects who represent critical intelligence targets. Each suspect will be assigned to an FBI-led interagency mobile interrogation team that will be ready in the event of a capture, several officials said. U.S. citizens are among the targets likely to appear on the final list, a senior counterterrorism expert said. The memo signed by Jones makes clear that more than 100 preexisting Joint Terrorism Task Forces set up by the FBI will take the lead in national security incidents within the United States. But intelligence analysts and interrogators who participate in the mobile teams can help with potentially deadly but previously unidentified suspects. FBI agents are allowed to interrogate people in the United States without informing them of their constitutional rights to remain silent and to secure an attorney if the agents want to gather intelligence and 'protect public safety.'

US intelligence chief claims right to assassinate Americans overseas By Joe Kishore 05 Feb 2010 US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said on Wednesday that government agencies have a policy of assassinating Americans overseas as required by the "war on terror." In testimony before the House intelligence committee, Blair said the assassinations would be justified if US citizens were "taking action that threatens Americans." This is an extremely broad category, giving the US intelligence apparatus general authority to engage in what amount to extra-judicial executions.

'The Obama Administration is morphing into the Bush Administration.' --GW Law prof. Jonathan Turley, commenting on this nugget: Intelligence chief acknowledges U.S. may kill Americans involved in terrorism 04 Feb 2010 Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair acknowledged Wednesday that government agencies may kill U.S. citizens abroad who are involved in terrorist activities if they are "taking action that threatens Americans." ['Morphing?' Has morphed. Obomba *has* morphed into Bush.]

FBI wants records kept of Web sites visited By Declan McCullagh 05 Feb 2010 The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years... FBI Director Robert Mueller supports storing Internet users' "origin and destination information," a bureau attorney said at a federal task force meeting on Thursday... The FBI is not alone in renewing its push for data retention. As CNET reported earlier this week, a survey of state computer crime investigators found them to be nearly unanimous in supporting the idea.

US military vows indefinite stay in Haiti 06 Feb 2010 Amid allegations that the US is using Haiti's earthquake to occupy the country [don't forget the child trafficking] , Washington says its military forces would stay in the Caribbean nation as long as needed. "We are in Haiti as long as we are needed," US Army Colonel Gregory Kane, the director of US Joint Task Force Haiti operations, said on Saturday. This is while Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive had earlier announced that it would take about 10 years to reconstruct destroy the country devastated by the quake. [See: US as 'Facehugger' By Lori Price I've come to the conclusion that the US government most resembles the 'facehugger,' a stage in the life cycle of an alien, the 'primary antagonist' of the film series 'Alien.' 19 Jan 2010.]

U.S. Says 200 Troops on the Ground in Pakistan By Noah Shachtman 05 Feb 2010 The U.S. military has 200 troops on the ground in Pakistan. That’s about the double the previously-disclosed number of forces there. It’s a whole lot more than the "no American troops in Pakistan" promised by special envoy Richard Holbrooke. And let’s not even get into the number of U.S. intelligence operatives and security contractors mercenaries on Pakistani soil. The troop levels are one of a number of details that have emerged about the once-secret U.S. war in Pakistan since three American troops were killed yesterday by an improvised bomb. [Yes, but when the Pentagon's 'X to the power of 10' algebraic lie factor is integrated, that means about 2,000 troops are on the ground in Pakistan. --LRP]

Soldiers, not Blackwater personnel killed in Dir: US 05 Feb 2010 The three Americans killed by an improvised explosive device in Dir were US military trainers and not contractors mercenaries working for Xe Services, the firm formerly known as Blackwater, says Richard Holbrooke. The US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan told reporters that two more American military personnel were injured in the roadside blast on Wednesday and were evacuated to Islamabad.

Afghan police kill seven boys collecting firewood 06 Feb 2010 Seven Afghan boys were shot dead today by police who mistook them for insurgents, a provincial police official said. The boys were collecting firewood when police opened fire on them in the border town of Spin Boldak, southern Kandahar province, Abdul Raziq, police commander for the town, said.

Helmand province the scene of another bomb 05 Feb 2010 People attending a dog fight in southern Afghanistan have been killing and wounded in a bomb blast. The remote controlled bomb, placed on a motorcycle which was parked near a dog-fighting pit in Lashkar Gah, killed up to 20 people.

Report says 8 Americans died defending worthless Afghan outpost 06 Feb 2010 A U.S. military investigation into a battle last October in eastern Afghanistan that cost eight American soldiers their lives has concluded that the small outpost was worthless, the troops there didn't understand their mission, and intelligence and air support were tied up elsewhere in the province. According to an unclassified executive summary of the report that was released to McClatchy Newspapers and other news organizations Friday, "There were inadequate measures taken by the chain of command, resulting in an attractive target for enemy fighters."

Karbala blast leaves 42 killed, hundreds wounded 05 Feb 2010 At least 42 people have been killed and 150 others wounded after a bomb went off in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala amid tight security for a huge religious procession. Initial reports said explosion took place after a bomb planted in a civilian car went off in al-Shibanat area, four kilometers east of Karbala on Friday, also leaving three Iraqi army vehicles destroyed.

'Dubai will issue arrest warrant for Netanyahu' 05 Feb 2010 Dubai has said it will issue an arrest warrant for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if Mossad is proved to be behind the killing of a Hamas leader in the sheikhdom. The Israeli premier would have been the first one to have signed the order to kill, Dubai's police chief Dahi Khalfan said on Thursday. According to the police chief, the method used in the assassination is one used by Mossad.

PA calls for ICC probe into Israeli war crimes 06 Feb 2010 The Palestinian Authority says it has sent a memorandum to The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) in a bid to seek justice for "all Israeli crimes" in the occupied Palestinian lands. On Friday, Palestinian UN observer Riyad Mansour called on the court to adjudicate on war crimes committed against Palestinians during Israel's December 2008-January 2009 war on the Gaza Strip.

Israel Reportedly Training Kurdish Forces 05 Feb 2010 According to recent media reports, Israeli military and intelligence agents are currently operating in Iraqi Kurdistan. Their primary role, according to reports, is to train elite Kurdish commandos in guerrilla warfare and anti-terror tactics. Kurdish commandos have also reportedly accompanied Israeli operatives across the Iraq-Iran border in recent years to install sensory devices meant to monitor suspected Iranian nuclear facilities.

BAE admits guilt over corrupt arms deals --Arms firm pays out £300m after long-running Guardian investigation 06 Feb 2010 The arms giant BAE yesterday agreed to pay out almost £300m in penalties, as it finally admitted guilt over its worldwide conduct, in the face of long-running corruption investigations. For 20 years, the firm refused to accept any wrongdoing, despite mounting evidence of alleged bribes and kickbacks, much of it uncovered by the Guardian. But BAE yesterday said it would plead guilty to charges of false accounting and making misleading statements, in simultaneous settlement deals with the Serious Fraud Office in the UK and the department of justice in Washington.

Intel Chief: U.S. at Risk of Crippling Cyber Attack 04 Feb 2010 The United States is at risk of a crippling cyber attack that could "wreak havoc" on the country because the "technological balance" makes it much easier to launch a cyber strike than defend against it, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said Wednesday. Blair, speaking to the House Intelligence Committee, said U.S. tools are not yet up to the task to fully protect against such an attack. [Translation: US sociopaths want to shut down the Internet for the next false flag.]

Airport Body Scanning Raises Radiation Exposure, Committee Says 05 Feb 2010 Air passengers should be made aware of the health risks of airport body screenings and governments must explain any decision to expose the public to higher levels of cancer-causing radiation, an inter-agency report said. Pregnant women and children People should not be subject to scanning, even though the radiation dose from body scanners is "extremely small," [?!?] said the Inter-Agency Committee on Radiation Safety report, which is restricted to the agencies concerned and not meant for public circulation.

Judge: Pratt can't move jobs out of US --Judge sides with union, says jet engine maker in US can't move out 1,000 jobs out 06 Feb 2010 A federal U.S. judge ordered jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney to halt its plans to move 1,000 jobs out of Connecticut and to Japan, Singapore and the state of Georgia. U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport issued a permanent injunction, stopping the company's plans to shift the jobs. The judge strongly criticized the subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., saying it evaded the spirit of its union contract requiring it to make every effort to keep the jobs in the state.

Goldman CEO gets $9 mln restricted stock award [What the F*CK is a 'restricted stock award?' It's a *bonus,* but the douchebags don't want to call it that!] 05 Feb 2010 Goldman Sachs Group awarded Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein $9 million in restricted stock units, according to a regulatory filing by the investment bank late Friday. Blankfein got 58,381 restricted stock units... The stock can't be sold until January 2015, Goldman added in the filing. At current prices, the award is worth just over $9 million.

Tancredo: Obama Elected Because 'We Do Not Have A Civics, Literacy Test' 05 Feb 2010 Organizers of the National Tea Party Convention, who have been at pains to present their confab as a gathering of patriotic and mainstream Americans, may not have been pleased by the speech given by their opening-night speaker. Former congressman Tom Tancredo declared that President Obama was elected because "we do not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote in this country." Literacy and civics test, of course, were notoriously used during the Jim Crow era to keep blacks from voting. [Well, if a literacy test is brought back, Sarah Palin would be disqualified from voting along w. 3/4 of the Fox Noose staff.]

Tea Party Fireworks: Speaker Rips McCain, Obama, 'Cult of Multiculturalism' --Ex-Rep. Tom Tancredo Suggests 'Civics, Literacy Test' Would Have Foiled Obama's Election; High-Priced National 'Tea Party' Convention Stirs Debate Among Factions 04 Feb 2010 The opening-night speaker at first ever National Tea Party Convention ripped into President Obama, Sen. John McCain and "the cult of multiculturalism," asserting that Obama was elected because "we do not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote in this country." The speaker, former Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-KKK-Colo., told about 600 delegates in a Nashville, Tenn., ballroom that in the 2008 election, America "put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House ... Barack Hussein Obama."

E-mails detail Todd Palin's role in Alaska decision-making 06 Feb 2010 During the 2 1/2 years that his wife, Sarah, was governor of Alaska and then a vice presidential candidate, Todd Palin inserted himself into a host of state decisions, including judicial nominations and gas pipeline bids, according to e-mails released Friday. Before Sarah Palin resigned her office in July, the "First Dude," as Todd Palin became known, weighed in on appointments to state boards, labor disputes and the use of government aircraft, according to the documents, which were obtained by MSNBC.com under Alaska's public records law.

Records show that cabins on Sarah Palin's Alaska properties weren't noted in tax assessments 04 Feb 2010 Records show that Sarah Palin hasn't paid any property taxes on cabins that have been built on two backcountry plots partially owned by the former Alaska governor. There are no tax assessments for the two-story, house-sized cabins, a workshop and a sauna spotted Thursday in an aerial survey.

Postal Service Suspended in Mid-Atlantic Areas Hit With Storm 06 Feb 2010 Postal delivery was suspended Saturday for Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C., Southern Maryland, and Suburban Maryland, MyFoxDC.com reported. Patrick Murphy, spokesperson for the Postal Service for Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., made the announcement early Saturday morning as a blizzard continued to batter the Mid-Atlantic region.

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