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*Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government*
08 July 2009
*http://www.legitgov.org/* <http://www.legitgov.org/>
All items are here:
*http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news*<http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_=
news>
*Panetta Says CIA Officials Have Misled Congress Since
2001<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124709503805414883.html?mod=3Dgooglene=
ws_wsj>
*08 Jul 2009 Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon E. Panetta has told
lawmakers that CIA officials misled Congress "for a number of years" since
2001 [*i.e., the start of the Bush regime*], according to a letter released
Wednesday from six Democratic lawmakers. *The lawmakers say the CIA also
withheld information about unspecified "significant actions."* [*i.e., 9/11=
*]
The letter didn't identify when Mr. Panetta made the statements or to what
they referred. *"This is similar to other deceptions of which we are aware
from other recent periods,"* the letter continued.[*Oops! Murdoch's Wall
Street Urinal already dropped 'Since 2001' from their headline, lol.*]
*Child prostitution we can believe in: DynCorp Up On Army Award For
Afghanistan Work Worth Up to
$7.5B<http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090708-710016.html>
* 08 Jul 2009 Shares of DynCorp International Inc. rose Wednesday as the
service provider to government agencies and Fluor Corp. were selected over
rival KBR Inc. for U.S. contracts worth up to $7.5 billion each to support
base-camp operations in Afghanistan. DynCorp and Fluor were notified Tuesda=
y
that each won one-year contracts worth as much as $1.5 billion with four
one-year options for the same annual amount, Dan Carlson, spokesman for the
U.S. Army Sustainment Command, told Dow Jones Newswires. [See: Secrets and
Lies: How Secret Bidding and the Shut-Out of Foreign Corporations in Iraqi
Reconstruction Violates International Trade
Principles<http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20030424_chander.html>By
Anupam Chander 24 Apr 2003 "DynCorp received the contract despite its
checkered past. Just three years ago, its American employees on U.S.
government contracts in Bosnia were allegedly deeply implicated in an
international prostitution ring, *which included child prostitutes*." See
also: DynCorp Disgrace <http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=3D11119> (from
Insight Magazine) 14 Jan 2002 By Kelly Patricia O=92Meara "*Middle-aged men
having sex with 12- to 15-year-olds* was too much for Ben Johnston, a
hulking 6-foot-5-inch Texan, and more than a year ago he blew the whistle o=
n
his employer, DynCorp, a U.S. contracting company doing business in
Bosnia."]
*Iraq group calls for further attacks on US
troops<http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSKAM832246>
* 08 Jul 2009 An insurgent group linked to al-Qaeda of Iraq urged militants
to continue attacks against U.S. forces even after combat troops were pulle=
d
from city centres, according to an audiotape released on Wednesday. The
Islamic State of Iraq is believed to be affiliated with al Qaeda's main
organisation in Iraq, led by Abu Ayyub al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza
al-Muhajir Blackwater, also known as Xe.
*Afghanistan in a serious state, UK minister
warns<http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSL8604925>
* 08 Jul 2009 Britain's defence secretary, making his first speech since
being promoted to head the ministry last month, said on Wednesday the war i=
n
Afghanistan was a serious struggle that needed patience. "Let us be under n=
o
illusion," Bob Ainsworth, the third person to head the Ministry of Defence
in the past nine months, told the Royal Institute for International Affairs=
.
"The situation in Afghanistan is serious, and it is not yet decided. The wa=
y
forward is hard and dangerous. More lives will be lost and our resolve is
going to be tested."
*Nick Clegg: We're throwing lives away in
Afghanistan<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/577=
9626/Clegg-Were-throwing-lives-away-in-Afghanistan.html>
* 08 Jul 2009 The cross party consensus on the British military mission in
Afghanistan has been broken by Nick Clegg with a warning that young lives
are being "thrown away" by politicians. After seven days in which seven
British soldiers have lost their lives in the country, the Liberal Democrat
leader urges Gordon Brown and his military planners to think again "before
it=92s too late." He claims that British troops will be "demoralised" by
having to be "bailed-out" by the latest American troop surge.
*Troop surge sign of 'failure': Afghan election
candidate<http://www.canada.com/news/Troop+surge+sign+failure+Afghan+electi=
on+candidate/1771579/story.html>
* 08 Jul 2009 The increasing number of foreign troops battling in
Afghanistan represents failure, not success, according to the leading
election contender to Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah
-- the country's former foreign affairs minister and the person polling
closest to Karzai in the run-up to the Aug. 20 national election -- said
Wednesday that more war can't solve his country's problems.
*11 NATO troops killed in 2 days in
Afghanistan<http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/07/afghanistan.tro=
ops.deaths/>
* 07 Jul 2009 International troops in Afghanistan endured another deadly
attack Tuesday, a day after 10 NATO-led troops were killed in that country.
Seven Americans, two Canadians and one Briton died in four separate
incidents Monday.
*At Least 12 Killed in Iraq
Attacks<http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-08-voa61.cfm>
* 08 Jul 2009 Authorities in Iraq say at least 12 people were killed in a
series of attacks Wednesday, mainly in and around the northern city of
Mosul. Iraqi officials say a car bomb exploded near a Shi'ite mosque on the
outskirts of Mosul, killing nine people and wounding others. A second blast
in a nearby village also caused injuries. At least 22 people were wounded i=
n
the two explosions.
*Attacks Kill Five in Iraq<http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-06-voa12.=
cfm>
* 06 July 2009 Iraqi authorities say unidentified gunmen killed three Iraqi
soldiers and two policemen during an attack at a security checkpoint in
western Baghdad. Officials say the attack took place late Sunday night. In
other violence, police say a car bomb in the northern city of Mosul has
wounded at least eight people.
*G8 sets Iran deadline for nuclear
talks<http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5677AG20090709>
* 08 Jul 2009 Group of Eight major powers will give Iran until September to
accept negotiations over its nuclear ambitions or else face tougher
sanctions, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday. Upping the
stakes in a dispute with Tehran, Sarkozy said the powers would review the
situation at a G20 meeting of developed and developing countries in
Pittsburgh on September 24 and 25.
*'That window is a very narrow window.'* *U.S. military chief says clock
ticking on Iran
nuke<http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-40879020090707>
* 08 Jul 2009 The top U.S. military officer warned on Tuesday that time is
running out for dialogue with Tehran to avoid either a nuclear-armed Iran o=
r
a possible military strike against the Islamic Republic. Admiral Mike
Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it is critical for
diplomatic efforts to reach a solution before Iran develops a nuclear weapo=
n
*or faces an Israeli or U.S. strike* to turn back its nuclear program.
*Israeli sub sails Suez, signaling reach to
Iran<http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5621XZ20090703>
* 03 Jul 2009 An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as
part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, describin=
g
the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran.
Israel long kept its three Dolphin-class submarines, which are widely
assumed to carry nuclear missiles, away from Suez so as not to expose them
to the gaze of Egyptian harbormasters.
*Israeli activist goes on the record for
Gaza<http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D100103§ionid=3D351020202>
*08 Jul 2009 An Israeli human rights activist says detainees were held with
no access to food, water or restrooms and subjected to violent
interrogations during the Gaza war. Attorney Majd Bader of the Public
Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) testified in Geneva on Tuesday
before a UN investigation team that is probing the three-week Israeli
onslaught against Gaza which started in December.
*Israel's spying 'violation of Lebanon's
sovereignty'<http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D100186§ionid=3D3510=
20203>
* 08 Jul 2009 A top UN envoy says the running of spy networks by Israel in
Lebanon is considered a serious violation of the country's sovereignty. "If
these allegations are confirmed in court, this would constitute a very
serious violation of Lebanon's sovereignty and consequently undermine
relevant Security Council resolutions," Michael Williams said on Wednesday.
*'Iran to publish detailed report on
elections'<http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D100189§ionid=3D351020=
101>
* 08 Jul 2009 Iran is to publish a report on its latest presidential
election to clarify in full detail how the complaints about the election
results were dealt with. The Guardian Council Spokesman Abbas-Ali Kadkhodae=
i
told Fars news agency that the "detailed report" will be published for the
first time in the coming days. The report is aimed at resolving any
ambiguities some people may still see in the election process, the official
said.
*Fresh US drone attacks kills dozens in
Pakistan<http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D100136§ionid=3D35102040=
1>
* 08 Jul 2009 US drones targeting suspected militants have fired missiles
killing about thirty people in Pakistan's troubled South Waziristan, leavin=
g
dozens injured. The Wednesday strike was the second drone attack of the day
in the area controlled by Pakistan militant chief Baitullah Mahsud. The
death toll is expected to rise as some of the injured are said to be in
critical condition.
*CIA Drone Targeting Tech Revealed, Qaeda
Claims<http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/infrared-beacons-guiding-cia=
-drone-strikes-qaeda-claims/>
* 08 Jul 2009 American drone strikes are finding their targets in Pakistan
through a series of infrared homing beacons, 'Al Qaeda' alleges in a new
online publication. The unmanned aircraft have supposedly carried out 28
attacks on suspected militants, just since the start of the year. Hundreds
[of civilians] have been killed, including as many as 45 more people in a
series of strikes today.
*Funding totaling $11.5 million obtained for Minot AFB
facilities<http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/529862.html=
>
* 08 Jul 2009 Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., announced Tuesday $11.5 million in
funding has been obtained for construction of new facilities critical to th=
e
'nuclear mission' at Minot Air Force Base. Dorgan, a senior member of the
Senate Appropriations Committee, secured the funding in the fiscal year 201=
0
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations
bill to construct a new missile procedures training operations facility and
a munitions trailer storage facility at the Minot base.
*US leaves Honduras to its
fate*<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jul/08/hondur=
as-coup-washington-zelaya>
* --Washington is unwilling to take the side of democracy in Honduras by
opposing the coup leaders it helped to train* By Mark Weisbrot 08 Jul 2009
The military coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras took a
new turn when he attempted to return home on Sunday. The military closed th=
e
airport and blocked runways to prevent his plane from landing. They also
shot several protesters, killing at least one and injuring others. The
violence and the enormous crowd =96 estimated in the tens of thousands and
reported as the largest since the coup on 28 June =96 put additional pressu=
re
on the Obama administration to seek a resolution to the crisis.
*Calif. students quarantined in Japan for swine
flu<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iQiODzQRNlz6eCaHOs5FN=
teJfVcAD99AH0VG0>
* 08 Jul 2009 A group of 20 students studying in Japan through the
University of California Davis have been quarantined after two of their
Japanese tutors were diagnosed with swine flu. UC Davis summer abroad
coordinator Kathy Cunningham said Wednesday the students arrived in Kyoto,
Japan, on June 27 and were quarantined to a dormitory on July 3.
*Bomb parts smuggled into 10 federal buildings during
test<http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/07/federal.buildings.security/=
>
* 08 Jul 2009 Plainclothes investigators sent to test security at federal
buildings in four U.S. cities were successful in smuggling bomb components
through guard posts at all 10 of the sites they visited, according to a
government report. The buildings contained offices of several federal
lawmakers as well as agencies within the departments of State, Justice and
Homeland Security, which is responsible for safeguarding federal office
buildings.
*US officials eye North Korea in cyber
attack<http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/us-officials-eye-nor=
th-korea-in-cyber-attack-20090708-dcl7.html>
* 08 Jul 2009 U.S. authorities eyed North Korea on Wednesday as the origin
of the widespread cyber attack that overwhelmed government Web sites in the
United States and South Korea, although they warned it would be difficult
definitely to identify the attackers quickly. The powerful attack that
targeted dozens of government and private sites underscored how unevenly
prepared the U.S. government is to block such multipronged assaults [*despi=
te
the *billions* taxpayers forked over to Bush's corpora-terrorist trolls for
'security'*].
*Former Bush aide testifies on prosecutor
firings<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jdnbnHmNAmJMxukSV=
dkZi8KV5gSgD99A1CF81>
* 07 Jul 2009 Former Bush White House official Karl Rove was questioned by
House Judiciary Committee lawyers Tuesday on any role he may have played in
politically motivated firings of U.S. attorneys. Committee Chairman John
Conyers, D-Mich., confirmed Rove's closed-door appearance through a
committee spokesman who was not authorized to be quoted by name. The
committee has been seeking answers on who created the list of federal
prosecutors who would lose their jobs.
*House Panel Interviews Karl Rove About Attorney
Firings<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/08/AR2=
009070802543.html>
* 08 Jul 2009 Former presidential aide Karl Rove sat for a day-long
interview with members of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday and is
expected to return for another round of testimony later this summer,
according to people familiar with the session. The panel, led by Chairman
John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), is continuing to examine why the Bush
administration fired nine top federal prosecutors in 2006, setting off an
outcry that prompted the resignation of more than a dozen Justice Departmen=
t
officials including former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales.
*Arizona Sheriff Won't Cooperate With
DOJ<http://www.officer.com/web/online/Top-News-Stories/Arizona-Sheriff-Wont=
-Cooperate-With-DOJ/1$47452>
* 08 Jul 2009 The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office will not cooperate with
the U.S. Department of Justice in an ongoing investigation into whether the
office uses racial profiling, Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced in a news
conference <http://www.kpho.com/politics/19991075/detail.html> Tuesday.
Arpaio said he's halting all interviews between his staff and DOJ
investigators. The sheriff claims the DOJ is investigating his office for
political reasons, not because of racial profiling.
*Court Upholds Dismissal of Colorado
Professor<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/us/08churchill.html>
* 08 Jul 2009 Three months after a jury ruled that Ward L. Churchill, a
former University of Colorado professor, was wrongfully terminated for his
political views, a judge on Tuesday refused to give him his job back. Chief
Judge Larry J. Naves of Denver District Court ruled that the university=92s
regents were effectively acting as judicial officers when they voted to
dismiss Mr. Churchill in 2007 after a faculty committee concluded that he
had committed 'academic fraud.' As a result, Judge Naves found, the regents
were legally protected from Mr. Churchill=92s effort to reverse their rulin=
g.
*Ensign told him, 'I'm in love with your wife.' **Ensign Hampton speaks
publicly, says Ensign paid
severance<http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jul/08/spouse-ensign-affair-=
says-senator-should-resign/>
**--Hampton said Ensign paid the woman more than $25,000 in severance when
she stopped working for the senator*. 08 Jul 2009 Doug Hampton spoke
publicly for the first time today about the affair his wife had with Sen.
John Ensign, saying the Nevada Republican continued his pursuit even after
intermediaries tried to get him to stop. Hampton said that Sen. Tom Coburn,
R-Okla., and others urged him to end the affair and help the Hamptons pay
off their home and move to Colorado. But Ensign was so infatuated that he
continued, Hampton said. *Hampton and Ensign were bonded by their
conservative evangelical faith*. Hampton said he reached out to
intermediaries involved in a Christian fellowship home in Washington, D.C.,
where Ensign and several other powerful Washington figures live. The group,
including Coburn, a well-known conservative, confronted Ensign and *suggest=
ed
that the Hamptons needed to be given financial assistance -- in the million=
s
of dollars -- to pay off their $1 million-plus mortgage and move them to a
new life away from Ensign*. [*So he gets two bl*wjobs! One from the woman
and one for the mortgage!*]
*40% of GOP Voters Say Resignation Hurts Palin=92s Chances in
2012<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/ele=
ction_2012/40_of_gop_voters_say_resignation_hurts_palin_s_chances_in_2012>
* 07 Jul 2009 Forty percent (40%) of Republican voters nationwide say Sarah
Palin=92s decision to resign as governor of Alaska hurts her chances of
winning the party=92s presidential nomination in 2012. A new Rasmussen Repo=
rts
national telephone survey of GOP voters finds that (24%) believe Palin=92s
resignation helps her chances of winning the Republican nomination, while
28% say it will have no impact on the race.
*Bern to block UBS record transfer to
US<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/93572724-6bbf-11de-9320-00144feabdc0.html>
* 08 Jul 2009 18:38 The Swiss government on Wednesday waded into the legal
battle between UBS and the US authorities by saying it would forbid the ban=
k
from handing over confidential client information, if a crucial court case
next week required it. Bern warned *it might go as far as confiscating the
data*, should a US court in Miami rule the bank was obliged to transfer the
client names requested.
*G8 leaders claim historic break through on new deal to tackle global
warming<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6670327.e=
ce>
* 09 Jul 2009 President Obama and other leaders backed historic new targets
for tackling global warming last night in an agreement designed to pave the
way for a world deal in the autumn. For the first time, America and the
other seven richest economies agreed to the goal of keeping the world=92s
average temperature from rising more than 2C (3.6F). They also agreed to cu=
t
greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050 as they strove for a
worldwide deal at Copenhagen in December.
*Group will sue EPA over pesticides in polar
bears<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5inJra1SYjLa5Ccz2yUa=
XtdRHozdQD99AIAV02>
* 08 Jul 2009 An environmental group said Wednesday that it plans to sue th=
e
federal government to stop approving pesticides that end up in food eaten b=
y
polar bears. The Center for Biological Diversity gave
60-day<http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2009/polar-be=
ar-07-08-2009.html>notice
it will sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to
consider the effects of pesticides on polar bears, a threatened species, an=
d
their Arctic habitat.
*Polar Bears Poisoned by Pesticide
Pollution<http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2009/polar=
-bear-07-08-2009.html>--Lawsuit
to Be Filed to Force EPA to Protect Arctic From Pesticide
Contamination* 08 Jul 2009 Today the Center for Biological Diversity
notified the Environmental Protection Agency of its intent to file suit
against the agency for failing to consider impacts to the polar
bear<http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/polar_bear/index.ht=
ml>and
its Arctic habitat from toxic contamination resulting from pesticide
use
in the United States. Pesticides approved by EPA for use in the United
States are known to be transported to the Arctic via various atmospheric,
oceanic, and biotic pathways. Such pesticides are biomagnified with each
step higher in the food web, reaching some of their greatest concentrations
in polar bears, the apex predators of the Arctic.
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Previous lead stories: *MI5 accused of bribe offer in Rangzieb Ahmed tortur=
e
case<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/06/mi5-accused-bribe-offer-to=
rture>--Jailed
torture victim says he was offered cash to drop collusion claim
* 06 Jul 2009 The Security Service MI5 is being accused of attempting to
pervert the course of justice by offering a man inducements to drop his
allegation that its officers colluded in his torture. Rangzieb Ahmed had
three of his fingernails ripped out after MI5 and Greater Manchester police
(GMP) drew up a list of questions for officers from a notorious Pakistani
intelligence agency who had detained him in Pakistan. He was later deported
to the UK and jailed for terrorism offences. Ahmed says he was visited in
prison by an MI5 officer and a police officer who offered to secure a
reduction in his sentence or a payment of money to withdraw his torture
complaints when his appeal against conviction is heard later this year.
*'The deeper you look into the murky world of governments an=
d
germ warfare, the more worrying it becomes. We have proved there is a black
market in anthrax.' Kelly's Book of
Secrets<http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/111971/Kelly-s-book-of-secrets>
* 05 Jul 2009 Weapons inspector David Kelly was writing a book exposing
highly damaging government secrets before his mysterious death. He was
intending to reveal that he warned Prime Minister Tony Blair there were no
weapons of mass destruction anywhere in Iraq weeks before the British and
American invasion. Following his death, his computers were seized and it is
still not known if any rough draft was discovered by investigators and, if
so, what happened to the material. Dr Kelly was also intending to lift the
lid on a potentially bigger scandal, *his own secret dealings in germ
warfare* with the apartheid regime in South Africa. *US television
investigators have spent four years preparing a 90-minute documentary,
Anthrax War, suggesting there is a global black market in anthrax and
exposing the mystery "suicides" of five government germ warfare scientists
from around the world*.
*US and Russia to scrap 2000 nuclear
weapons<http://www.scotsman.com/latestnews/US-and-Russia-to-scrap.5433732.j=
p>
* 07 Jul 2009 The United States and Russia are to slash their nuclear
stockpiles by up to a third as part of a move to improve relations between
the former Cold War foes. The weapons deal was agreed in principle after
four hours of talks at the Kremlin between US president Barack Obama and
Russia's Dmitry Medvedev.
*Russia allows U.S. weapons shipments to
Afghanistan<http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/03/russia.us.weapon=
s.afghanistan/>
* 03 Jul 2009 Russia will allow the United States to ship weapons across it=
s
territory to Afghanistan, Kremlin spokesman Alex Pavlov said Friday. Pavlov
said he doesn't know when the policy will take effect, but imagines the
details will come out when presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev meet
Monday and Tuesday in Moscow.
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his)" href=3D"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124709503805414883.html?mod=
=3Dgooglenews_wsj" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Pane=
tta Says CIA Officials Have Misled Congress Since 2001</font></a><font face=
=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> </font></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">08 Ju=
l 2009 Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon E. Panetta has told lawmak=
ers that CIA officials misled Congress "for a number of years" si=
nce 2001 [<b>i.e., the start of the Bush regime</b>], according to a letter=
released Wednesday from six Democratic lawmakers. <b>The lawmakers say the=
CIA also withheld information about <font color=3D"#ff0000">unspecified &q=
uot;significant actions."</font></b> [<b>i.e., 9/11</b>] The letter di=
dn't identify when Mr. Panetta made the statements or to what they refe=
rred. <b>"This is similar to other deceptions of which we are aware fr=
om other recent periods,"</b> the letter continued.[<b>Oops! Murdoch&#=
39;s <i>Wall Street Urinal</i> already dropped 'Since 2001' from th=
eir headline, lol.</b>] </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a name=3D"1225d18a95f5fcb8_DynCorp_gets_contract"></a=
><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Child prostitution we can believe in: </=
font><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"ht=
tp://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090708-710016.html" target=3D"_blank"><=
font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">DynCorp Up On Army Award For Afghanistan W=
ork Worth Up to $7.5B</font></a></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 08 J=
ul 2009 Shares of DynCorp International Inc. rose Wednesday as the service =
provider to government agencies and Fluor Corp. were selected over rival KB=
R Inc. for U.S. contracts worth up to $7.5 billion each to support base-cam=
p operations in Afghanistan. DynCorp and Fluor were notified Tuesday that e=
ach won one-year contracts worth as much as $1.5 billion with four one-year=
options for the same annual amount, Dan Carlson, spokesman for the U.S. Ar=
my Sustainment Command, told Dow Jones Newswires. [See: </font><a onclick=
=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://writ.news.=
findlaw.com/commentary/20030424_chander.html" target=3D"_blank"><font face=
=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Secrets and Lies: How Secret Bidding and the Shut-O=
ut of Foreign Corporations in Iraqi Reconstruction Violates International T=
rade Principles</font></a><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> By Anupam Chan=
der 24 Apr 2003 "DynCorp received the contract despite its checkered p=
ast. Just three years ago, its American employees on U.S. government contra=
cts in Bosnia were allegedly deeply implicated in an international prostitu=
tion ring, <b><font color=3D"#ff0000">which included child prostitutes</fon=
t></b>." See also: </font><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(wind=
ow,event,this)" href=3D"http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=3D11119" target=
=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">DynCorp Disgrace</font></a><f=
ont face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> (from Insight Magazine) 14 Jan 2002 By Kel=
ly Patricia O=92Meara "<b><font color=3D"#ff0000">Middle-aged men havi=
ng sex with 12- to 15-year-olds</font></b> was too much for Ben Johnston, a=
hulking 6-foot-5-inch Texan, and more than a year ago he blew the whistle =
on his employer, DynCorp, a U.S. contracting company doing business in Bosn=
ia."] </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"><a onclick=3D"return=
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.reuters.com/arti=
cle/featuredCrisis/idUSKAM832246" target=3D"_blank">Iraq group calls for fu=
rther attacks on US troops</a></font></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">=
08 Jul 2009 An insurgent group linked to al-Qaeda of Iraq urged militants =
to continue attacks against U.S. forces even after combat troops were pulle=
d from city centres, according to an audiotape released on Wednesday. The I=
slamic State of Iraq is believed to be affiliated with al Qaeda's main =
organisation in Iraq, led by <s>Abu Ayyub al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza=
al-Muhajir</s> Blackwater, also known as Xe. </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSL8604925" t=
arget=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Afghanistan in a serious=
state, UK minister warns</font></a></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> =
08 Jul 2009 Britain's defence secretary, making his first speech since =
being promoted to head the ministry last month, said on Wednesday the war i=
n Afghanistan was a serious struggle that needed patience. "Let us be =
under no illusion," Bob Ainsworth, the third person to head the Minist=
ry of Defence in the past nine months, told the Royal Institute for Interna=
tional Affairs. "The situation in Afghanistan is serious, and it is no=
t yet decided. The way forward is hard and dangerous. More lives will be lo=
st and our resolve is going to be tested." </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/5=
779626/Clegg-Were-throwing-lives-away-in-Afghanistan.html" target=3D"_blank=
"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Nick Clegg: We're throwing lives aw=
ay in Afghanistan</font></a></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 08 Jul 2=
009 The cross party consensus on the British military mission in Afghanista=
n has been broken by Nick Clegg with a warning that young lives are being &=
quot;thrown away" by politicians. After seven days in which seven Brit=
ish soldiers have lost their lives in the country, the Liberal Democrat lea=
der urges Gordon Brown and his military planners to think again "befor=
e it=92s too late." He claims that British troops will be "demora=
lised" by having to be "bailed-out" by the latest American t=
roop surge. </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.canada.com/news/Troop+surge+sign+failure+Afghan+el=
ection+candidate/1771579/story.html" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdan=
a" size=3D"2">Troop surge sign of 'failure': Afghan election candid=
ate</font></a></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 08 Jul 2009 The increa=
sing number of foreign troops battling in Afghanistan represents failure, n=
ot success, according to the leading election contender to Afghan President=
Hamid Karzai. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah -- the country's former foreign af=
fairs minister and the person polling closest to Karzai in the run-up to th=
e Aug. 20 national election -- said Wednesday that more war can't solve=
his country's problems. </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/07/afghanistan.t=
roops.deaths/" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">11 NATO =
troops killed in 2 days in Afghanistan</font></a></b><font face=3D"Verdana"=
size=3D"2"> 07 Jul 2009 International troops in Afghanistan endured anothe=
r deadly attack Tuesday, a day after 10 NATO-led troops were killed in that=
country. Seven Americans, two Canadians and one Briton died in four separa=
te incidents Monday. </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-08-voa61.cfm" target=
=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">At Least 12 Killed in Iraq At=
tacks</font></a></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 08 Jul 2009 Authorit=
ies in Iraq say at least 12 people were killed in a series of attacks Wedne=
sday, mainly in and around the northern city of Mosul. Iraqi officials say =
a car bomb exploded near a Shi'ite mosque on the outskirts of Mosul, ki=
lling nine people and wounding others. A second blast in a nearby village a=
lso caused injuries. At least 22 people were wounded in the two explosions.=
</font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"><a onclick=3D"return=
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.voanews.com/engl=
ish/2009-07-06-voa12.cfm" target=3D"_blank">Attacks Kill Five in Iraq</a></=
font></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 06 July 2009 Iraqi authorities =
say unidentified gunmen killed three Iraqi soldiers and two policemen durin=
g an attack at a security checkpoint in western Baghdad. Officials say the =
attack took place late Sunday night. In other violence, police say a car bo=
mb in the northern city of Mosul has wounded at least eight people. </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5677AG20090709"=
target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">G8 sets Iran deadline =
for nuclear talks</font></a></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 08 Jul 2=
009 Group of Eight major powers will give Iran until September to accept ne=
gotiations over its nuclear ambitions or else face tougher sanctions, Frenc=
h President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday. Upping the stakes in a dispu=
te with Tehran, Sarkozy said the powers would review the situation at a G20=
meeting of developed and developing countries in Pittsburgh on September 2=
4 and 25. </font>
<p align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Verdana"><font size=3D"2"><b>'That wind=
ow is a very narrow window.'</b> <b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExt=
Link(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/id=
INIndia-40879020090707" target=3D"_blank">U.S. military chief says clock ti=
cking on Iran nuke</a></b> 08 Jul 2009 The top U.S. military officer warned=
on Tuesday that time is running out for dialogue with Tehran to avoid eith=
er a nuclear-armed Iran or a possible military strike against the Islamic R=
epublic. Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, s=
aid it is critical for diplomatic efforts to reach a solution before Iran d=
evelops a nuclear weapon <font color=3D"#ff0000"><b>or faces an Israeli or =
U.S. strike</b></font> to turn back its nuclear program. </font></font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5621XZ20090703"=
target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Israeli sub sails Suez=
, signaling reach to Iran</font></a></b><font size=3D"2"><font face=3D"Verd=
ana"> 03 Jul 2009 An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea=
as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, descr=
ibing the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran=
. Israel long kept its three Dolphin-class submarines, which are widely ass=
umed to carry nuclear missiles, away from Suez so as not to expose them to =
the gaze of Egyptian harbormasters.</font><font face=3D"Verdana"> </font></=
font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D100103&sectionid=
=3D351020202" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Israeli a=
ctivist goes on the record for Gaza</font></a><font face=3D"Verdana" size=
=3D"2"> </font></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">08 Jul 2009 An Israeli=
human rights activist says detainees were held with no access to food, wat=
er or restrooms and subjected to violent interrogations during the Gaza war=
. Attorney Majd Bader of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PC=
ATI) testified in Geneva on Tuesday before a UN investigation team that is =
probing the three-week Israeli onslaught against Gaza which started in Dece=
mber. </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D100186&sectionid=
=3D351020203" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Israel=
9;s spying 'violation of Lebanon's sovereignty'</font></a></b><=
font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 08 Jul 2009 A top UN envoy says the runni=
ng of spy networks by Israel in Lebanon is considered a serious violation o=
f the country's sovereignty. "If these allegations are confirmed i=
n court, this would constitute a very serious violation of Lebanon's so=
vereignty and consequently undermine relevant Security Council resolutions,=
" Michael Williams said on Wednesday. </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D100189&sectionid=
=3D351020101" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">'Iran=
to publish detailed report on elections'</font></a></b><font face=3D"V=
erdana" size=3D"2"> 08 Jul 2009 Iran is to publish a report on its latest p=
residential election to clarify in full detail how the complaints about the=
election results were dealt with. The Guardian Council Spokesman Abbas-Ali=
Kadkhodaei told Fars news agency that the "detailed report" will=
be published for the first time in the coming days. The report is aimed at=
resolving any ambiguities some people may still see in the election proces=
s, the official said. </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3D100136&sectionid=
=3D351020401" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Fresh US =
drone attacks kills dozens in Pakistan</font></a></b><font face=3D"Verdana"=
size=3D"2"> 08 Jul 2009 US drones targeting suspected militants have fired=
missiles killing about thirty people in Pakistan's troubled South Wazi=
ristan, leaving dozens injured. The Wednesday strike was the second drone a=
ttack of the day in the area controlled by Pakistan militant chief Baitulla=
h Mahsud. The death toll is expected to rise as some of the injured are sai=
d to be in critical condition. </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"><a onclick=3D"return=
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.wired.com/danger=
room/2009/07/infrared-beacons-guiding-cia-drone-strikes-qaeda-claims/" targ=
et=3D"_blank">CIA Drone Targeting Tech Revealed, Qaeda Claims</a></font></b=
><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 08 Jul 2009 American drone strikes are =
finding their targets in Pakistan through a series of infrared homing beaco=
ns, 'Al Qaeda' alleges in a new online publication. The unmanned ai=
rcraft have supposedly carried out 28 attacks on suspected militants, just =
since the start of the year. Hundreds [of civilians] have been killed, incl=
uding as many as 45 more people in a series of strikes today. </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/529862.h=
tml" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Funding totaling $=
11.5 million obtained for Minot AFB facilities</font></a></b><font size=3D"=
2"><font face=3D"Verdana"> 08 Jul 2009 Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., announced=
Tuesday $11.5 million in funding has been obtained for construction of new=
facilities critical to the 'nuclear mission' at Minot Air Force Ba=
se. Dorgan, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured=
the funding in the fiscal year 2010 Military Construction, Veterans Affair=
s and Related Agencies Appropriations bill to construct a new missile proce=
dures training operations facility and a munitions trailer storage facility=
at the Minot base.</font><font face=3D"Verdana"> </font></font>
<p align=3D"left"><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this=
)" href=3D"http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jul/08/h=
onduras-coup-washington-zelaya" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" si=
ze=3D"2"><b>US leaves Honduras to its fate</b></font></a><font face=3D"Verd=
ana"><font size=3D"2"><b> --Washington is unwilling to take the side of dem=
ocracy in Honduras by opposing the coup leaders it helped to train</b> By M=
ark Weisbrot 08 Jul 2009 The military coup that overthrew President Manuel =
Zelaya of Honduras took a new turn when he attempted to return home on Sund=
ay. The military closed the airport and blocked runways to prevent his plan=
e from landing. They also shot several protesters, killing at least one and=
injuring others. The violence and the enormous crowd =96 estimated in the =
tens of thousands and reported as the largest since the coup on 28 June =96=
put additional pressure on the Obama administration to seek a resolution t=
o the crisis. </font></font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"><a onclick=3D"return=
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.google.com/hoste=
dnews/ap/article/ALeqM5iQiODzQRNlz6eCaHOs5FNteJfVcAD99AH0VG0" target=3D"_bl=
ank">Calif. students quarantined in Japan for swine flu</a></font></b><font=
face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 08 Jul 2009 A group of 20 students studying i=
n Japan through the University of California Davis have been quarantined af=
ter two of their Japanese tutors were diagnosed with swine flu. UC Davis su=
mmer abroad coordinator Kathy Cunningham said Wednesday the students arrive=
d in Kyoto, Japan, on June 27 and were quarantined to a dormitory on July 3=
. </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/07/federal.buildings.=
security/" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Bomb parts s=
muggled into 10 federal buildings during test</font></a></b><font size=3D"2=
"><font face=3D"Verdana"> 08 Jul 2009 Plainclothes investigators sent to te=
st security at federal buildings in four U.S. cities were successful in smu=
ggling bomb components through guard posts at all 10 of the sites they visi=
ted, according to a government report. The buildings contained offices of s=
everal federal lawmakers as well as agencies within the departments of Stat=
e, Justice and Homeland Security, which is responsible for safeguarding fed=
eral office buildings.</font><font face=3D"Verdana"> </font></font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/us-officials-=
eye-north-korea-in-cyber-attack-20090708-dcl7.html" target=3D"_blank"><font=
face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">US officials eye North Korea in cyber attack</=
font></a></b><font size=3D"2"><font face=3D"Verdana"> 08 Jul 2009 U.S. auth=
orities eyed North Korea on Wednesday as the origin of the widespread cyber=
attack that overwhelmed government Web sites in the United States and Sout=
h Korea, although they warned it would be difficult definitely to identify =
the attackers quickly. The powerful attack that targeted dozens of governme=
nt and private sites underscored how unevenly prepared the U.S. government =
is to block such multipronged assaults [<b>despite the *billions* taxpayers=
forked over to Bush's corpora-terrorist trolls for 'security'<=
/b>].</font><font face=3D"Verdana"> </font></font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jdnbnHmNAmJ=
MxukSVdkZi8KV5gSgD99A1CF81" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=
=3D"2">Former Bush aide testifies on prosecutor firings</font></a></b><font=
face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 07 Jul 2009 Former Bush White House official =
Karl Rove was questioned by House Judiciary Committee lawyers Tuesday on an=
y role he may have played in politically motivated firings of U.S. attorney=
s. Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., confirmed Rove's closed-do=
or appearance through a committee spokesman who was not authorized to be qu=
oted by name. The committee has been seeking answers on who created the lis=
t of federal prosecutors who would lose their jobs. </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/=
08/AR2009070802543.html" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2=
">House Panel Interviews Karl Rove About Attorney Firings</font></a></b><fo=
nt face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 08 Jul 2009 Former presidential aide Karl R=
ove sat for a day-long interview with members of the House Judiciary Commit=
tee on Tuesday and is expected to return for another round of testimony lat=
er this summer, according to people familiar with the session. The panel, l=
ed by Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), is continuing to examine why the=
Bush administration fired nine top federal prosecutors in 2006, setting of=
f an outcry that prompted the resignation of more than a dozen Justice Depa=
rtment officials including former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales. </f=
ont>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.officer.com/web/online/Top-News-Stories/Arizona-Sh=
eriff-Wont-Cooperate-With-DOJ/1$47452" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verd=
ana" size=3D"2">Arizona Sheriff Won't Cooperate With DOJ</font></a></b>=
<font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 08 Jul 2009 The Maricopa County Sheriff&=
#39;s Office will not cooperate with the U.S. Department of Justice in an o=
ngoing investigation into whether the office uses racial profiling, Sheriff=
Joe Arpaio announced in a </font><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(w=
indow,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.kpho.com/politics/19991075/detail.htm=
l" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">news conference</fon=
t></a><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> Tuesday. Arpaio said he's halt=
ing all interviews between his staff and DOJ investigators. The sheriff cla=
ims the DOJ is investigating his office for political reasons, not because =
of racial profiling. </font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,t=
his)" href=3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/us/08churchill.html" target=
=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Court Upholds Dismissal of Co=
lorado Professor</font></a></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 08 Jul 20=
09 Three months after a jury ruled that Ward L. Churchill, a former Univers=
ity of Colorado professor, was wrongfully terminated for his political view=
s, a judge on Tuesday refused to give him his job back. Chief Judge Larry J=
. Naves of Denver District Court ruled that the university=92s regents were=
effectively acting as judicial officers when they voted to dismiss Mr. Chu=
rchill in 2007 after a faculty committee concluded that he had committed &#=
39;academic fraud.' As a result, Judge Naves found, the regents were le=
gally protected from Mr. Churchill=92s effort to reverse their ruling. </fo=
nt>
<p align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Verdana"><font size=3D"2"><b>Ensign told hi=
m, 'I'm in love with your wife.' </b><b><a onclick=3D"return to=
p.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.lasvegassun.com/new=
s/2009/jul/08/spouse-ensign-affair-says-senator-should-resign/" target=3D"_=
blank">Ensign Hampton speaks publicly, says Ensign paid severance</a> </b><=
b>--Hampton said Ensign paid the woman more than $25,000 in severance when =
she stopped working for the senator</b>. 08 Jul 2009 Doug Hampton spoke pub=
licly for the first time today about the affair his wife had with Sen. John=
Ensign, saying the Nevada Republican continued his pursuit even after inte=
rmediaries tried to get him to stop. Hampton said that Sen. Tom Coburn, R-O=
kla., and others urged him to end the affair and help the Hamptons pay off =
their home and move to Colorado. But Ensign was so infatuated that he conti=
nued, Hampton said. <b>Hampton and Ensign were bonded by their conservative=
evangelical faith</b>. Hampton said he reached out to intermediaries invol=
ved in a Christian fellowship home in Washington, D.C., where Ensign and se=
veral other powerful Washington figures live. The group, including Coburn, =
a well-known conservative, confronted Ensign and <b><font color=3D"#ff0000"=
>suggested that the Hamptons needed to be given financial assistance -- in =
the millions of dollars -- to pay off their $1 million-plus mortgage and mo=
ve them to a new life away from Ensign</font></b>. [<b>So he gets two bl*wj=
obs! One from the woman and one for the mortgage!</b>] </font></font>
<p align=3D"left"><b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"><a onclick=3D"return=
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.rasmussenreports=
.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2012/40_of_gop_voters_say_=
resignation_hurts_palin_s_chances_in_2012" target=3D"_blank">40% of GOP Vot=
ers Say Resignation Hurts Palin=92s Chances in 2012</a></font></b><font fac=
e=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 07 Jul 2009 Forty percent (40%) of Republican vot=
ers nationwide say Sarah Palin=92s decision to resign as governor of Alaska=
hurts her chances of winning the party=92s presidential nomination in 2012=
. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of GOP voters finds tha=
t (24%) believe Palin=92s resignation helps her chances of winning the Repu=
blican nomination, while 28% say it will have no impact on the race. </font=
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his)" href=3D"http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/93572724-6bbf-11de-9320-00144feabdc=
0.html" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Bern to block U=
BS record transfer to US</font></a></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 0=
8 Jul 2009 18:38 The Swiss government on Wednesday waded into the legal bat=
tle between UBS and the US authorities by saying it would forbid the bank f=
rom handing over confidential client information, if a crucial court case n=
ext week required it. Bern warned <b>it might go as far as confiscating the=
data</b>, should a US court in Miami rule the bank was obliged to transfer=
the client names requested. </font>
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his)" href=3D"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article667=
0327.ece" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">G8 leaders cl=
aim historic break through on new deal to tackle global warming</font></a><=
/b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 09 Jul 2009 President Obama and other=
leaders backed historic new targets for tackling global warming last night=
in an agreement designed to pave the way for a world deal in the autumn. F=
or the first time, America and the other seven richest economies agreed to =
the goal of keeping the world=92s average temperature from rising more than=
2C (3.6F). They also agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent=
by 2050 as they strove for a worldwide deal at Copenhagen in December. </f=
ont>
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his)" href=3D"http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5inJra1SYjLa=
5Ccz2yUaXtdRHozdQD99AIAV02" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=
=3D"2">Group will sue EPA over pesticides in polar bears</font></a></b><fon=
t face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 08 Jul 2009 An environmental group said Wedn=
esday that it plans to sue the federal government to stop approving pestici=
des that end up in food eaten by polar bears. The Center for Biological Div=
ersity </font><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" h=
ref=3D"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2009/polar-be=
ar-07-08-2009.html" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">gav=
e 60-day</font></a><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> notice it will sue th=
e Environmental Protection Agency for failing to consider the effects of pe=
sticides on polar bears, a threatened species, and their Arctic habitat. </=
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his)" href=3D"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2009/p=
olar-bear-07-08-2009.html" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D=
"2">Polar Bears Poisoned by Pesticide Pollution</font></a><font face=3D"Ver=
dana" size=3D"2"> --Lawsuit to Be Filed to Force EPA to Protect Arctic From=
Pesticide Contamination</font></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 08 Ju=
l 2009 Today the Center for Biological Diversity notified the Environmental=
Protection Agency of its intent to file suit against the agency for failin=
g to consider impacts to the </font><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink=
(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mam=
mals/polar_bear/index.html" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=
=3D"2">polar bear</font></a><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> and its Arct=
ic habitat from toxic contamination resulting from pesticide use in the Uni=
ted States. Pesticides approved by EPA for use in the United States are kno=
wn to be transported to the Arctic via various atmospheric, oceanic, and bi=
otic pathways. Such pesticides are biomagnified with each step higher in th=
e food web, reaching some of their greatest concentrations in polar bears, =
the apex predators of the Arctic.</font></p>
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ries: </font><b><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"=
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b><font face=3D"Verdana"> 06 Jul 2009 The Security Service MI5 is being acc=
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ements to drop his allegation that its officers colluded in his torture. Ra=
ngzieb Ahmed had three of his fingernails ripped out after MI5 and Greater =
Manchester police (GMP) drew up a list of questions for officers from a not=
orious Pakistani intelligence agency who had detained him in Pakistan. He w=
as later deported to the UK and jailed for terrorism offences. Ahmed says h=
e was visited in prison by an MI5 officer and a police officer who offered =
to secure a reduction in his sentence or a payment of money to withdraw his=
torture complaints when his appeal against conviction is heard later this =
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<p align=3D"left"><b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">'The deeper you =
look into the murky world of governments and germ warfare, the more worryin=
g it becomes. We have proved there is a black market in anthrax.' </fon=
t><a onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http:=
//www.express.co.uk/posts/view/111971/Kelly-s-book-of-secrets" target=3D"_b=
lank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Kelly's Book of Secrets</font><=
/a></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"> 05 Jul 2009 Weapons inspector Dav=
id Kelly was writing a book exposing highly damaging government secrets bef=
ore his mysterious death. He was intending to reveal that he warned Prime M=
inister Tony Blair there were no weapons of mass destruction anywhere in Ir=
aq weeks before the British and American invasion. Following his death, his=
computers were seized and it is still not known if any rough draft was dis=
covered by investigators and, if so, what happened to the material. Dr Kell=
y was also intending to lift the lid on a potentially bigger scandal, <font=
color=3D"#ff0000"><b>his own secret dealings in germ warfare</b></font> wi=
th the apartheid regime in South Africa. <b>US television investigators hav=
e spent four years preparing a 90-minute documentary, Anthrax War, suggesti=
ng there is a global black market in anthrax and exposing the mystery "=
;suicides" of five government germ warfare scientists from around the =
world</b>. </font>
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top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://www.scotsman.com/lat=
estnews/US-and-Russia-to-scrap.5433732.jp" target=3D"_blank">US and Russia =
to scrap 2000 nuclear weapons</a></font></b><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"=
2"> 07 Jul 2009 The United States and Russia are to slash their nuclear sto=
ckpiles by up to a third as part of a move to improve relations between the=
former Cold War foes. The weapons deal was agreed in principle after four =
hours of talks at the Kremlin between US president Barack Obama and Russia&=
#39;s Dmitry Medvedev. </font>
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his)" href=3D"http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/03/russia.us.weap=
ons.afghanistan/" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2">Russi=
a allows U.S. weapons shipments to Afghanistan</font></a></b><font face=3D"=
Verdana" size=3D"2"> 03 Jul 2009 Russia will allow the United States to shi=
p weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, Kremlin spokesman Alex Pavlo=
v said Friday. Pavlov said he doesn't know when the policy will take ef=
fect, but imagines the details will come out when presidents Barack Obama a=
nd Dmitry Medvedev meet Monday and Tuesday in Moscow.</font>=20
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