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Obama picks Panetta as CIA director? (by Agencies, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 05:50) US President-elect Barack Obama selects Bill Clinton's White House chief of staff Leon Panetta as the director of the CIA, Democrat officials say. An Obama transition official and another Democrat disclosed his nomination on condition of anonymity since it was not to be yet public. Panetta who was chief of staff to former president Bill Clinton has most recently been the director of the Panetta Institute. The institute is a non-partisan policy center at California State University in Monterey. Panetta, who served in Congress from 1977 until 1993, is regarded as a good manager, but has little intelligence experience.
If confirmed by the Senate, he will take control of the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA. Obama has also chosen Dennis Blair as his director of... Read more... | White phosphorus added to Zionist fire (by Agencies, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 04:30) The Zionist regime is using controversial white phosphorus shells to push forward with a ground offensive against the densely-populated Gaza Strip. White phosphorus, classified as 'chemical weapon' by the US intelligence, can cause horrific burns and severe injuries in anyone exposed to the element released from artillery shells. "The explosions are fantastic looking, and produce a great deal of smoke that blinds the enemy so that our forces can move in," a Zionist security expert was quoted by the Times Online. The shells were used by the artillery on Gaza City on Sunday, as Zionist tanks and ground forces pushed further into the region, tightening military grip on the city. At least 555 Palestinians have been killed and some 2,790 have been wounded since December 27, when Tel Aviv began its military campaign on Gaza.
Earlier Sunday, Dr. Mads Gilbert, a member of a Norwegian triage medical team in Gaza, told Press TV that the medics have found depleted uranium in... Read more... | 10-day-old Zionist offensive claims 555 (by Agencies, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 04:16) The Palestinian death toll has hit 555, after another 50 people including 12 kids were killed in the latest Zionist attacks on the Gaza Strip. At least 2,700 people have also been wounded since Zionist Operation Cast Lead launched against the coastal region on December 27, Muawiya Hassanein, the head of the territory's emergency services told AFP Monday. The casualties are expected to rise dramatically as the Zionist army has engaged in heavy exchanges of fire with Hamas resistance fighters in Gaza City. The fighting has broken out for the first time since the Zionist military crossed over the border late Saturday after a week-long aerial and naval onslaught on the costal sliver. Earlier in the day, the Army said its forces are gearing up for battles in heavily populated urban areas in the strip.
"This is what the troops have trained for and are designated to do -- to fight in densely-populated areas," The Jerusalem Post quoted an unnamed... Read more... | Paul: Israel had US OK for war on Gaza (by Agencies, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 06:39) Outspoken Republican congressman Ron Paul says the Zionist regime had received a green light from the United States to launch an offensive in Gaza. The Texas congressman said the Zionist attack on the impoverished Gaza Strip shapes a bleak future for the whole world as it means that, "the whole idea of preemptive or preventive war is spreading." He went on to challenge the idea of Hamas threatening Israel's security and argued that "Palestinian missiles are so minor compared to the fire power of Israel, who has nuclear weapons." The US Congressman's remarks come as the Zionist regimes continues to rebuff international efforts to end the assault on Gaza, and Zionist troops and tanks -- protected by heavy air, sea and artillery fire - have sliced through the center of Gaza and surrounded the main city.
The tenth day of the assault brings the number of Palestinian casualties to 530 with over 2,600 others wounded. The UN says that about 25 percent of... Read more... | Hamas: Zionists walking into our traps (by Agencies, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 06:02) "We have prepared thousands of brave fighters who are waiting for you in each corner of the street and will welcome you with fire and iron," Abu Obeida, the spokesman for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades - the military wing of Hamas- said in a televised speech on the movement's Al-Aqsa TV station on Monday. Abu Obeida warned that more rockets would hit Zionist towns, should Tel Aviv continue the ongoing offensive against the strip. He said the movement has enough rockets to continue the attacks on the Zionist entity, adding that "There are strategic places that can be targeted by our rockets." Zionist has launched Operation Cast Lead on December 27 'to halt the rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip'. However, after a ten-day-long onslaught on the region, Hamas resistance fighter still keep up rocket attacks on southern part of the Zionist entity. At least 24 rockets have been fired at Israel since Sunday night.
The movement has extended the reach of its rocket attacks , hitting towns some 40 km (25 miles) east of the coastal Strip. The Zionist offensive... Read more... | Pro-Gaza protests rage on worldwide (by Agencies, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 05:17) Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have taken to the streets in cities around the world in protest at the Israeli military offensive in Gaza. The United States While Israel presses ground troops to enter Gaza, protesters across the US have expressed their concern over the humanitarian crisis. Anger over the attacks brought Americans to the streets. They marched outside the Israeli Consulate in downtown Los Angeles to show their outrage toward Israeli military strikes against Palestinians. Pro-Israeli demonstrators also gathered to voice their opinions concerning the strikes. Chile The Israeli military action also sparked protests in the Chilean capital, Santiago. The Palestinian community was joined by Chileans demonstrating against the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
 Thai Muslims protest Israeli policies in Bangkok. | Chile has one of the largest Palestinian communities outside the Arab world. Demonstrators rallied around the presidential palace, La Moneda, to show their support for the people of the Gaza Strip. The peaceful protest was marked by Palestinian flags and the chanting of anti-Israeli slogans that sought to direct President Michelle Bachelet's attention to a review of Chile's relations with Israel. Thailand As did other concerned citizens of the world, Thais chose to demonstrate in front of the Israel Embassy. Thai Muslims congregated Monday in Bangkok, urging a ceasefire and an end to bloodshed. "Thai Muslims must condemn Israel for their attack on Gaza," said Usma Lukyee, a leader of the Muslim Group for Peace. "We want to send our support to our brothers in Palestine."
 In Manila, demonstrators denounce Israel's assault on Gaza. | Philippines In the Philippines, Muslims rallied at the Embassy of Israel, deploring the aggression of the Israeli troops and the massacre in Gaza. Protestors, who found Israel guilty of war crimes, denounced the slaughter of civilians, especially children. They demanded an immediate ceasefire of air and ground attacks as the first step to a settlement in Gaza. | World fears humanitarian crisis in Gaza (by Agencies, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 05:11) World leaders express grave concern about the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip as the Zionist regime tightens its grip on the impoverished region. The Gaza Strip, one of the most densely populated areas in the world, has been under fire since the Zionists launched Operation Cast Lead on December 27. Despite the high civilian casualties, Tel Aviv continues rebuffing international requests for an immediate halt to the ongoing offensive. As Zionist troops and tanks enter the densely-populated Gaza city after a week-long aerial and naval offensive, the international society remains extremely concerned over the large number of civilians, killed or wounded in the costal area. The tenth day of the assault brings the number of Palestinian casualties to 555 with over 2,700 others wounded. In a telephone conversation with US President George W. Bush, Chinese President Hu Jintao expressed his concern about the "humanitarian crisis".
Hu "expressed concern about the escalation in the conflict between the Palestinians and the Zionists and the worsening turbulence in the Middle... Read more... | Major fighting begin in Gaza City (by Agencies, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 05:05) A fierce battle has erupted in Gaza City as the Zionist army engages in heavy exchanges of fire with Hamas resistance fighters. The fighting broke out in the vicinity of Gaza City on Monday for the first time since the Zionist military crossed over the border on Saturday, beginning an incursion into the costal sliver. According to AFP, large explosions and heavy exchanges of fire rocked eastern neighborhoods of Gaza City, as attacks on the densely-populated strip continues for a tenth day. The Zionist army has reportedly prepared to face strong resistance in the city. At least 50 Zionist troops have been wounded in the Operation Cast Lead; one has been killed and five others are reported in serious conditions. Meanwhile, some 551 Palestinians have lost their lives, and at least 2,790 others are wounded -- most of whom are civilians.
Despite international calls for an immediate halt to the ongoing crisis in Gaza, Zionist Defense Minister Ehud Barak said earlier Monday that the... Read more... | 'Israel killing Gazans out of desperation' (by Agencies, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 04:49) The Hezbollah Secretary General says the Zionists are killing civilians in a desperate move after failing to fight Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In a televised speech on Monday, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said the Zionist regime has been 'disarmed' in its campaign against Palestinian fighters and that it can only overpower civilians. The Hezbollah leader had earlier urged Hamas to fight Zionist troops and had drawn a parallel between the current situation in Gaza and the 2006 Zionist war on Lebanon - which result in a humiliating defeat for the Zionist regime. Tel Aviv launched Operation Cast Lead against the Gaza Strip on December 27, to put an end to the rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. The offensive which has so far left at least 555 people killed and over 2,700 others wounded, failed to stop rocket attacks to Israel.
Earlier in the day, Abu Obeida, the spokesman for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades - the military wing of Hamas, said the movement has enough... Read more... | US 2008 job losses at 63-year high (by Agencies, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 06:36) The US job losses in 2008 reached the highest level since the end of World War II, a Labor Department report is expected to show. Payrolls fell 500,000 in December, bringing last year's total job losses to 2.4 million, the most since 1945, according to a poll of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News. The Labor Department figures, due Jan. 9, are also expected to show unemployment rate rising to its highest level since 1993. The jobless rate probably climbed to 7 percent in December from 6.7 percent the prior month, according to the Bloomberg survey.
US President-elect Barack Obama warned on Saturday of 'double-digit unemployment' should a 'swift action' not be taken to tackle the financial... Read more... | Moscow, Kiev gas row hurts EU (by Agencies, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 06:30) Russia's Gazprom and the European Union complain that Ukraine is not delivering all dedicated gas to Europe while Kiev denies siphoning off the fuel. The Czech Presidency of EU has called for urgent talks of envoys in Brussels on Monday saying the deals must be honored. The Czech presidency said in a statement that Moscow will probably be included in the talks. Commitments to supply and transit have to be honored under all circumstances, the Czechs said. Hungary, Poland and Romania have also complained the deliveries have dropped significantly.
The statement also said that since Russia has cut gas supplies to Ukraine two days ago, deliveries to Europe are suffering. Gazprom, which holds... Read more... | US approves sale of IndyMac bank (by Agencies, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 06:27) The US government says that it had approved the sale of bankrupt California bank IndyMac to investment group IMB Management The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said it had signed a letter of intent on Wednesday to sell IndyMac Bank, which it seized in July when the bank collapsed under the weight of a bank run by depositors panicked about its viability. The bank had been under pressure from a cash crunch amid the subprime mortgage crisis and the collapse of the housing market. The FDIC said it had agreed to sell IndyMac to IMB HoldCo, a thrift holding company controlled by IMB Holdings.
Also on Friday, the US Treasury said it has finalized a USD 4b loan to troubled cash-strapped carmaker Chrysler. Chrysler Chairman and CEO Bob... Read more... | Oil prices fall almost 8% (by Agencies, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 06:20) World oil prices have dived as traders banked profits from sharp gains made just ahead of the New Year and the news on the Zionist-Gaza conflict. On Friday, New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in February slid 2.45 dollars to 42.15 dollars a barrel after spiking 5.57 dollars Wednesday on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Markets were closed Thursday. In early London trade, Brent North Sea crude for February was down 2.48 dollars at 43.11 dollars per barrel after gains of 5.55 dollars on Wednesday.
Prices dropped because traders thought, "that the rally was overdone on Wednesday," said Platts analyst Dave Ernsberger. Prices began this week with... Read more... | Bank Medici caught in Madoff scandal (by Agencies, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 06:13) The Austrian private bank Medici was placed under state supervision amid greater exposure to the Bernard Madoff scandal than previously disclosed. Medici said last month that two funds -- Herald USA Fund and Herald Luxemburg Fund, with a total volume of USD 2.1b - were exposed to the alleged fraud but did say by how much money was involved. Austria appointed a supervisor to the bank, financial regulator FMA said, in the first known case where a government has stepped in to run a bank caught in the alleged USD 50b Madoff fraud. The regulator also said Bank Medici's chief executive Peter Scheithauer and board member Werner Tripolt have resigned.
The appointment of a government supervisor means the bank cannot take any major decisions without state consent. The bank -- founded and largely... Read more... | Unconventional weapons used against Gazans (by Dr. Mads Gilbert, published Tuesday, 06 January 2009 05:32) Doctor Mads Gilbert is a member of a Norwegian triage medical team present in the besieged Gaza Strip. The team has exposed that Israel has used depleted uranium weapons in its war on the impoverished territory which is home to 1.5 million Palestinians. He described the conditions inside Gaza in an exclusive interview. Rebel News: What can you tell about the uranium findings? Dr. Mads Gilbert:The findings about the uranium I cannot tell you much about, but I can tell you that we have clear evidence that the Israelis are using a new type of very high explosive weapons which are called Dense Inert Metal Explosive (DIME) and are made out of a tungsten alloy. These weapons have an enormous power to explode. The power of the explosion dissipates very quickly and the strength does not travel long, maybe 10 meters, but those humans who are hit by this explosion, this pressure wave are cut in pieces.
This was first used in Lebanon in 2006, it was used here in Gaza in 2006 and the injuries that we see in Shifa [Hospital] now, many many of them I... Read more... | | | Click here to end all your subscriptions | |
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Livni spilling Gazan blood for power? (by Agencies, published Saturday, 03 January 2009 18:57) An Arab League official says Zionist Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is using the bloodshed in Gaza to secure a post as prime minister. In a Friday interview in Cairo, Mohammad Sabih said Livni is hoping that "spilling bloods" of innocent Gazans can help her replace Ehud Olmert as Zionist prime minister in the upcoming elections. "The Gaza onslaught will become the bane of her already substantial criminal record," said the Palestinian representative in the Arab League. The Zionist aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip entered its second week on Saturday. The strikes have so far left at least 436 Palestinians dead and more than 2280 wounded -- many of whom are women and children.
Tel Aviv says its air strikes are aimed at stopping rocket attacks on Zionist communities. Hamas began launching rocket attacks against the Zionist... Read more... | Zionists weigh Gaza incursion tactics (by Agencies, published Saturday, 03 January 2009 19:17) Zionist war experts have begun discussing various tactics for a ground incursion into Gaza after officials in Tel Aviv gave the go-ahead. Tacticians are studying two different scenarios for a ground onslaught, military sources told DEBKAfile, a website believed to be affiliated with Zionist intelligence and military organizations. "One favors a short in-and-out incursion with heavy tanks, armored infantry, and air units hitting Hamas hard before pulling back," the website reported. "Another advocates a broader more fundamental treatment to destroy Hamas's military capabilities root and branch, withdraw and then follow up with sorties as necessary - as per the successful West Bank model," it added.
The report came after Zionist top officials gave the green light for a ground incursion into Gaza during a Friday meeting. Meanwhile, the exiled... Read more... | Eight rockets hit Zionist towns (by Agencies, published Saturday, 03 January 2009 19:09) Gaza resistance fighters keep shelling various cities inside the Zionist entity despite Tel Aviv's intensified blitz on them to halt the rocket firings. Palestinian fighters launched seven rockets into the Western Negev region, hitting a building in the Zionist city of Ashkelon. The rockets were fired on Saturday morning but there was no immediate report of casualties. Also on Saturday, a Qassam rocket hit the Eshkol region but no casualties or damages were reported.
The attacks came just hours after Israeli warplanes bombed 25 targets in the Gaza Strip and killed a Hamas commander. The Zionist regime started... Read more... | Nasrallah rakes Arab leaders over coals (by Agencies, published Saturday, 03 January 2009 18:50) Popular Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah says the Arab leaders of the region are collaborating with the "Israeli aggressor" in Gaza. On Wednesday, five days after the Zionist regime launched its all-out aggression against the Gaza Strip, Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo to seek a common position in response to the Zionist attacks on the impoverished area. Arab foreign ministers agreed to send a ministerial delegation to New York in order to seek a solution to the crisis. The meeting ended with no apparent results other than the officials urging a cease-fire in the Palestinian territory. "Why have the Arab foreign ministers delayed their trip to the Security Council until Monday? They could have sent their delegation on Wednesday," Nasrallah responded on Friday.
The favorite leader of the Middle East told a crowd at a religious ceremony in Beirut that the trip was delayed to give the Zionist regime ample... Read more... | Zionist regime defies court, keeps media ban (by Agencies, published Saturday, 03 January 2009 18:37) The Zionist regime has maintained its ban on international journalists entering the Gaza Strip in defiance of a recent Supreme Court ruling. Foreign journalists and reporters were refused entry into Gaza on Friday when the Zionists opened the crossing to allow some 300 Palestinians with foreign passports to leave the coastal strip. The Zionist rejection comes after a recent court ruling that allows groups of up to 12 foreign journalists to cross the border whenever the Erez crossing between the Zionist entity and Gaza is open for humanitarian cases. "We call on the Israeli government to immediately honor the will of the court and allow foreign journalists access to Gaza," the Foreign Press Association said in a statement.
"The authorities' position that there was not enough time to coordinate and allow the journalists to enter does not seem reasonable," it added. The... Read more... | Hamas repels Zionist troops at border (by Agencies, published Saturday, 03 January 2009 18:30) The armed wing of Hamas says its fighters have foiled an attempt by Zionist ground forces to cross the border into the Gaza Strip. A spokesman for the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said early Saturday morning that Hamas fighters spotted an unspecified number of Zionist forces trying to infiltrate the Shajaiyeh border neighborhood of eastern Gaza City at around 1 am (2300 GMT Friday). The spokesperson said that after Hamas fighters detected the Zionist soldiers, the fighters fired six mortar shells at them, According to Israel Radio. He added that the fighting had no casualties.
The Zionist bombing campaign of the impoverished Palestinian territory has so far killed at least 436 people and wounded 2250 others, including women... Read more... | Tel Aviv 'OKs' ground assault on Gaza (by Agencies, published Saturday, 03 January 2009 17:46) Top Zionist officials have given the military the green light for a ground incursion into the Gaza Strip after a week of deadly bombings. "The Israel leadership has given the thumbs-up for a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip," wrote FOX News, quoting unnamed sources. Earlier on Friday, Zionist Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni met with other cabinet members to discuss a ground offensive into Gaza. Top military and intelligence officials also attended the meeting, according to Zionist government spokesman, Mark Regev.
News of a possible Gaza invasion comes as remarks a US spokesman suggested on Friday that Washington has given Tel Aviv the go-ahead for a ground... Read more... | Blaming the Victims - The Dominant Media Vilify Hamas (by Stephen Lendman, published Sunday, 04 January 2009 00:58) 
The blame game - no one plays it better than the dominant media, and they're at it again over Gaza. Expect no comments below in their spaces, yet honest journalism would headline them. After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt addressed Congress - with an appropriating updating for Gaza: December 27 "will live in infamy." The people of Gaza were "suddenly and deliberately attacked by....air forces of the" State of Israel. The "attack was deliberately planned many (months) ago. During the intervening time (Israel) deliberately sought to deceive (Palestinians) by false statements and expressions of hope for" the peace process. "The (weekend and continued) attack(s) caused severe damage to" property throughout Gaza. In addition, "many (Palestinian) lives have been lost. The... Read more... | The Politics of An Israeli Extermination Campaign: Backers, Apologists and Arms Suppliers (by Prof. James Petras, published Sunday, 04 January 2009 00:52) Because of the unconditional support of the entire political class in the US, from the White House to Congress, including both Parties, incoming and outgoing elected officials and all the principle print and electronic mass media, the Israeli Government feels no compunction in publicly proclaiming a detailed and graphic account of its policy of mass extermination of the population of Gaza.
Israel’s sustained and comprehensive bombing campaign of every aspect of governance, civic institutions and society is directed toward destroying... Read more... | | | Click here to end all your subscriptions | |
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JINSA Blaims Iran for Hamas' Glorified Bottle Rockets (by Kurt Nimmo, InfoWars.com, published Friday, 02 January 2009 16:59)
On December 29, Yahoo Finance posted a JINSA press release making the absurd claim that Iran is facilitating Hamas rocket attacks on Israel. “The role of Iran in the training and buildup of the Hamas arsenal has been regrettably overlooked by the world’s media and many of its political leaders,” said Tom Neumann, executive director of JINSA, the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs. “Hamas’s rocket attacks have become longer range and more lethal as a result of Iranian assistance and training,” he said. As William O. Beeman argued on December 29, this claim is nothing short of preposterous. “No one promulgating the theory that Hamas’s attacks on... Read more... | Finkelstein: Israel seeking Arab obeisance (by Gary Norman Finkelstein, published Friday, 02 January 2009 03:25) The following is full text interview with lecturer, author and renowned Palestine-Israel scholar Gary Norman Finkelstein in New York. Rebel News: Nearly a week of violence in Gaza. What do you make of the situation there? Finkelstein: It is hard to make any definite judgments about the military situation. The goals of the Israeli government it seems to me are pretty clear. Number one Israel wants to reestablish what it calls its deterrence capacity. That is a technical term that the Israelis use. It basically means to restore the fear of Israel among the Arab states in the region.
After the defeat inflicted by Hezbollah and the inability of Israel to launch an attack on Iran it was almost inevitable that they would attack... Read more... | Ehud Barak blasts Arab-Israeli minister (by Agencies, published Friday, 02 January 2009 12:26) Zionist Defense Minister Ehud Barak lashes out at an Arab-Zionist minister for boycotting a cabinet meeting to protest the Gaza attacks. On Sunday, the Zionist regime's Science, Culture and Sports Minister Ghaleb Majadle announced that he would not take part in a cabinet meeting held to discuss the situation in Gaza. Majadle, who is the all-time first Arab minister in the Zionist entity, made the announcement after the Zionist air force started launching massive air raids on the coastal strip, killing at least 400 Palestinians and wounding almost 2000.
His decision, however, drew stingy remarks from top Zionist officials, such as right-wing Likud party leader Binyamin Netanyahu, Shas party head Eli... Read more... | Hamas warns Zionists against ground raid (by Agencies, published Friday, 02 January 2009 12:17) The Islamic Hamas movement says Zionist forces would be welcomed with 'surprises' should they launch a ground incursion into the Gaza Strip. "Israel will embark on a veritable adventure if it decides to invade Gaza," Hamas official Mushir al-Masri said on Thursday. "We have prepared surprises for them", he said adding that his movement would fight "until the last breath" in case of a ground invasion. Meanwhile, in a defiant televised speech, Hamas Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniya promised that the movement will win the fight against the Zionist regime.
"We tell the Palestinian people in Gaza and everywhere that you will win, inevitably. Victory is near, God willing, and it is closer than people... Read more... | Zionists nab 15 Palestinians in West Bank (by Agencies, published Friday, 02 January 2009 12:05) The Zionist military says its forces have raided different cities of the West Bank, arresting 15 Palestinians amid attacks on the Gaza Strip. A spokesman for the Zionist army said that the troops made the arrests during their raids on the West Bank cities of Nablus, al-Khalil and East al-Quds early morning. On Wednesday, the forces arrested twenty-two Palestinians including two children from the West bank.
The Zionist army regularly arrests Palestinians during overnight operations in the West Bank towns despite a valid security agreement with the... Read more... | Serial bombings kill 5 in northeast India (by Agencies, published Friday, 02 January 2009 11:51) At least five people have been killed and over 50 injured after a series of bombs exploded in India's troubled northeastern state of Assam.
Western government sponsored terrorist groups have recently increased their terror activities in India in preparation for a war aiming to rid Pakistan of its nuclear arsenal to accommodate Zionist unease with the 'Islamic bomb'. Three blasts went off Thursday in crowded areas of Gauhati, the capital of Assam state. Two of the bombs went off in crowded marketplaces while the third explosion was reported beside a road in Guwahati, the largest city in Assam. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. However, authorities suspect the militant separatist group the United Liberation Front of... Read more... | Zionist strike kills top Hamas leader (by Agencies, published Friday, 02 January 2009 11:19) Senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan's decapitated body was hurled out into the street as a Zionist F-16 fired two missiles onto his house. The powerful explosion, which raised the building to rubble, also killed his four wives and 10 of his 12 children in his five-storey apartment building in Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza strip. Eye witnesses said it was like an explosion. Another report says that Zionist planes dropped a one-ton bomb that completely flattened Rayan's building. Around a dozen neighboring houses were also destroyed or damaged in the blast killing another 17 people raising the death toll to at least 420, since the Zionist regime unleashed its "Operation Cast Lead" last Saturday. Six Zionists have been killed.
Local people rushed to the scene of the crime and pulled out two bodies of girls aged seven and 10. Throughout the day, Thursday, huge blasts rocked... Read more... | 'Israeli attacks, holocaust of Gazans' (by Agencies, published Friday, 02 January 2009 10:48) Turkey and Syria have described the Zionist campaign against Gazans as a 'holocaust', calling for an immediate end to the 'massacre'. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to discuss ways to stop the "massacre committed by Israel'' on Gaza Palestinians. Following the meeting the two leaders jointly said that it was "essential that Arab and Islamic countries intervene to force Israel to immediately halt this holocaust against an unarmed population," the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.
More than 399 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the Zionist attacks against Gaza - now on its sixth day -, and some 1,925 others are... Read more... | Bolton: Gaza Conflict Could Lead To U.S. Attack On Iran (by Paul Joseph Watson, PrisonPlanet.com, published Friday, 02 January 2009 03:04) 
Top Neo-Con exploits crisis to push for new warTop Neo-Con John Bolton told Fox News yesterday that the conflict in Gaza could lead to a U.S. attack on Iran as the former U.S. ambassador to the UN exploited the crisis to propagandize for a new war. “So while our focus obviously is on Gaza right now, this could turn out to be a much larger conflict,” said Bolton, adding that “we’re looking at potentially a multi-front war here.” “I don’t think there’s anything at this point standing between Iran and nuclear weapons other than the possibility of the use of military force possibly by the United States, possibly by Israel,” added the former ambassador, suggesting that a strike on Iran’s facilities by Israel alone would be risky but could push Iran back by three or four years. Bolton’s ceaseless fearmongering about Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon contradicts the U.S. intelligence community’s own National Intelligence... Read more... | Gaza death toll reaches 410 (by Agencies, published Friday, 02 January 2009 02:39) Another 20 people have been killed in the Zionist blitz on Gaza, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 410 since Saturday. On Thursday, the Zionist military forces hit over 20 targets in the Gaza Strip as part of an all-out war which has been launched against the coastal enclave since early Saturday. The attacks have so far left 2,000 people wounded. Women and children have been among the victims, UN officials said.
Earlier on Thursday, Nizar Rayan, a senior Hamas leader was also killed along with nine other people, including his wife and three children in their... Read more... | Grape seed extract treats blood cancer? (by Agencies, published Friday, 02 January 2009 16:26) American researchers believe that grape seed extract can treat hematological (blood) malignancies by destroying cancerous tissue. According to a study published in Clinical Cancer Research, grape seed extract can stimulate the apoptosis (self-destruction) of leukemia cells in laboratory. Grape seed has anti-cancer properties because of its high antioxidant (resveratrol) content. The extract activates the production of JNK, a protein responsible for regulating cellular apoptosis. Findings revealed that 76 percent of the affected cells were killed within 24 hours of exposure to the extract; healthy cells, however, remained intact.
Previous studies had reported the efficacy of grape seed extract in attacking skin, breast, bowel, lung, stomach and prostate cancer cells. It has... Read more... | Boeing 747 flies on vegetable fuel (by Agencies, published Friday, 02 January 2009 15:37) A vegetable oil derived from the jatropha plant has been partially used as fuel for a commercial flight operated by Air New Zealand. Air New Zealand (ANZ) successfully flew a Boeing 747 - a 400 passenger plane - powered by a 50-50 blend of standard jet fuel and the newly invented vegetable oil, on Tuesday. The test flight came as another move to introduce alternative fuels, in order to lessen airlines dependence on crude oil amid rising prices. The increased use of biofuels is being criticised by many human rights activists as the prime cause for world-wide food shortages, food price increases and food riots in many third world countries.
Air New Zealand announced it was the first time that "the second generation Biofuels" is used to fly an airplane. "Today, we stand at the earliest... Read more... | Hardcore gamers are healthy women (by Agencies, published Friday, 02 January 2009 16:45) The majority of hardcore gamers have been found to be women, who are reportedly much healthier than their non-gaming counterparts. A study by University of Delaware shows that the online multiplayer videogames have led to a significant increase in the number of female players who consider the game a social activity. The study found that contrary to existing stereotypes, about 40 percent of the gaming population is female. Women were also found to be the most dedicated players.
According to the study, female players particularly those playing massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) reject traditional gender roles. Men... Read more... | | | Click here to end all your subscriptions | |
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Israel Accused of Massive War Crime Atrocities (by Paul Joseph Watson, PrisonPlanet.com, published Wednesday, 31 December 2008 08:57) 
UN Professor Falk cites targeting of civilians, disproportionate military response as Obama and Pelosi express terse approvalA new IAF cockpit video shows an air strike targeted against an alleged rocket launching site located between two civilian homes, as UN Professor Richard Falk accused Israel of massive violations of international humanitarian law. Falk, United Nations Special Investigator for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, listed numerous actions by Israel that clearly break the rules of engagement codified in the Geneva Conventions. These include; collective punishment of the 1.5 million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip for the actions of relatively few militants; the indiscriminate targeting of civilians including school children and university students during air strikes, with hundreds now dead or injured; a disproportionate military response which has destroyed every police and security office of Gaza’s elected government. Israel has also sealed off entry and exit points to the Gaza Strip, causing severe shortages of medicine, food and fuel and hampering efforts to... Read more... | Israeli rabbis: Thou shalt kill civilians (by Agencies, published Wednesday, 31 December 2008 08:46) Four leading Israeli rabbis have sanctioned the murder of civilian population in the Gaza Strip amid the Israeli onslaught on the region. "When a population living near a Jewish town sends bombs at the Jewish town with the purpose of killing and destroying Jewish lives there, it is permitted, according to Jewish Law, to fire shells and bombs at the firing sites, even if they are populated by civilians," read a ruling issued by Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, Rabbi Dov Lior, Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe and Rabbi Meir Mazuz. The four added that a warning should be issued prior to any attacks; however, they reiterated that the army's response to rocket or mortar fires may be immediate "even if there is no time for a warning."
The rabbis argued that the army should announce that it would bomb any civilian community from which a rocket is fired to force the local residents... Read more... | Kucinich criticizes Zionists' killings (by Agencies, published Wednesday, 31 December 2008 08:26) US Congressman Dennis Kucinich says the continuing Zionist attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip are an example of 'collective punishment'. "The perpetrators of attacks against Israel must also be brought to justice, but Israel cannot create a war against an entire people in order to attempt to bring to justice the few who are responsible. The Zionist leaders know better," Kucinich said in a news release on Monday. Medics told reporters that at least 345 Palestinians have been killed and about 1,550 have been wounded as the Zionists on Saturday kicked off the assaults. The Zionist regime has called the attack an 'all-out' war on the Hamas movement.
The Democratic lawmaker also urged an independent investigation to be led by the United Nations into the Zionist acts of violence. Kucinich said... Read more... | Relentless airstrikes target Gaza tunnels (by Agencies, published Wednesday, 31 December 2008 07:52) The Zionist regime has resumed pounding positions near Gaza's border with Egypt, claiming a series of tunnels under the border town of Rafah were hit. The Zionist military announcement on Tuesday came three days after the forces claimed sortie operations had destroyed
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