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Due to low demand: U.S. scales back H1N1 vaccine, cuts CSL order in half 11 Jan 2010 The United States has scaled back its supply of H1N1 flu vaccine, cutting its order with Australian firm CSL Ltd in half, the company said on Monday. The U.S. move follows other nations which have also cut back swine flu vaccines as health authorities around the world grapple with oversupply due to low demand. The U.S. government has paid for 251 million doses of vaccine from five makers -- GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Sanofi-Aventis, Novartis and CSL Ltd. H1N1 Flu Is a False Pandemic, Health Expert Claims 11 Jan 2010 A leading health expert said the swine flu scare was a "false pandemic" led by drug companies that stood to make billions from vaccines, The Sun reported Monday. Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe, claimed major firms organized a "campaign of panic" to put pressure on the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a pandemic. He believes it is "one of the greatest medicine scandals of the century," and he has called for an inquiry. Wodarg added: "A group of people in the WHO is associated very closely with the pharmaceutical industry." The 'false' pandemic: Drug firms cashed in on scare over swine flu, claims Euro health chief 11 Jan 2010 The swine flu outbreak was a 'false pandemic' driven by drug companies that stood to make billions of pounds from a worldwide scare, a leading health expert has claimed. Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe, accused the makers of flu drugs and vaccines of influencing the World Health Organisation's decision to declare a pandemic. This led to the pharmaceutical firms ensuring 'enormous gains', while countries, including the UK, 'squandered' their meagre health budgets, with millions being vaccinated against a relatively mild disease. [see: Baxter working on vaccine to stop swine flu, though admitted sending live pandemic flu viruses to subcontractor 26 Apr 2009. See: Killer flu recreated in the lab 07 Oct 2004 UK Scientists have shown that tiny changes to modern flu viruses could render them as deadly as the 1918 strain which killed millions.] UK troops 'executed Iraqi grandmother' --Royal Military Police investigate latest allegation of abuse another war crime in Basra 11 Jan 2010 Allegations that a 62-year-old Iraqi grandmother was tortured and executed by British soldiers after her family home was raided three years ago are being investigated by the Royal Military Police. The Army's involvement in the death and abuse of Sabiha Khudur Talib is one of the most serious charges to be made against Britain during its six-year occupation of southern Iraq. UK government ministers are to be given previously unseen police reports from a Basra crime unit which conclude that Mrs Talib's body was dumped on roadside in a British body bag in November 2006. There was a bullet hole in her abdomen and her face had injuries consistent with torture, police reported. UK troops 'executed Iraqi grandmother': UK government ministers are to be given previously unseen police reports from a Basra crime unit which conclude that Mrs Talib's body was dumped on a roadside in a British body bag in November 2006. There was a bullet hole in her abdomen and her face had injuries consistent with torture, police reported.http://snipurl.com/u1q8cThe TSA is lying about full-body scanners, secret documents reveal. The scanning machines actually do save and transmit the images of nude air passengers. Read more about these new revelations here:http://www.naturalnews.com/027914_TSA_full-body_scanners.html The AIDS industry is a hoax. David Icke explains why:http://www.naturalnews.com/027922_AIDS_David_Icke.html US businessman visits Iran Travel author Rick Steve's visits Iran and is surprised.In another talk, Steve's made the following observation: "It's a good idea to get to know people before you start bombing them."That would have saved us a lot of problems over the years, wouldn't it? Some facts: 1. Iran has a population of 66 million people - twice of Iraq's2. Unlike Iraq, Iran has not had its military beat up for the last twenty years as Iraq did before we invaded it 3. Iran is not three separate people - Sunni, Shiite, and Kurds. It's one people and they are Persians, not Arabs. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtELk8S3dhU Follow us at: http://twitter.com/brasschecktvBrasscheck TV2380 California St.San Francisco, CA 94115(1933) Always Be Scared! VideoFunny, yet sickening view of societies "ills", and loss of liberty. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24365.htm The Mushroom Effect By Soraya Sepahpour-UlrichOne could be forgiven for thinking that the neoconservatives who nudge us towards war with Iran are under the effect of the magic mushroom. Obsessed with Iran, their trips take on the shape of a 'mushroom cloud'. Christopher Hitchens is one such example. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24367.htm Neocons 'The Transparent Cabal' VideoPress TV interview with Dr. Stephen Sniegoski (Author of 'The Transparent Cabal') http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24366.htm Six foreign occupation force troops killed in Afghanistan: NATO: The dead included three Americans killed in southern Afghanistan, one French soldier northeast of the capital Kabul, and two more whose nationalities were not officially given, NATO and military officials saidhttp://news./s/afp/20100111/wl_afp/afghanistanunresttoll UK reporter, US Marine, Afghan soldier killed in Afghan blast: The blast, killed a U.S. and an Afghan soldier with whom Sunday Mirror journalist Rupert Hamer was traveling, brings the number of reporters who have died in Afghanistan since the Sept. 11 attacks to 18http://snipurl.com/u1q7f Militants kill 4 civilians in N Afghanistan: "A group of armed Taliban targeted a house with rocket propelled grenade Sunday night, killing four people, a 14-year old girl, two women and a man," Mohammad Sadeq, deputy provincial police chief, told Xinhua.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/11/content_12791639.htm Karzai's new cabinet raises concerns: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's second attempt to form a cabinet has raised concerns of a return to patronage politics with a batch of largely unknown figures who appear to come with useful connections.http://snipurl.com/u1q7r Afghans Losing Hope After 8 Years of War: According to Bashardost, about 80 percent of the country is without electricity and unemployment is 60 percent. Many families can only afford to eat once a day and corruption is so rampant, "it's practically legal," he said.http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/10/world/AP-AS-Afghanistan-Losing-Hope.html Blackwater wants $1 billion to train the new Afghan police force: Blackwater, mercenaries known around the world for their brutality, might get the contract to train the Afghan police? In what world does this seem like a good idea?http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/23043 Simon Johnson: We're Setting Ourselves Up For A Big Catastrophe, 'Crisis Is Just Beginning' (VIDEO): Simon Johnson, the MIT professor and economist who's long been a strident critic of "too big to fail" institutions, appeared on CNBC this morning and predicted that the next phase of the financial crisis could be precipitated by banks exploiting emerging markets like Chinahttp://snipurl.com/u1qe2 China overtakes Germany as biggest exporter: China overtook Germany as the world's top exporter after December exports jumped 17.7 percent for their first increase in 14 months, data showed Sunday, in another sign of China's rise as a global economic force.http://snipurl.com/u1qdv US-China rivalry intensifies: Last year, it was fashionable to talk of an emerging "G2". The US, the world's largest economy, and China, its rising rival, would come together to resolve global problems-in particular, the international economic crisis wracking capitalism.http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jan2010/pers-j09.shtml China urges U.S. to stop arms sales to Taiwan: This was China's sixth official warning over the issue in a week, as government officials denounced the U.S. move.http://en.rian.ru/world/20100109/157501681.html Exclusive: U.S. heads for record overseas arms sales in 2009: The United States is close to a new peak in government-to-government arms sales, poised to top last year's record $36.4 billion. Way back in second place was Russia with $3.3 billion or 7.8 percent of such agreements. France was third with $2.5 billion or 5.9 percent, the report said.http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5895G620090910 US 'in danger of recession relapse': The economists say there is a 25 to 40 per cent chance of a 2010 crisis, a phenomena they call a "double dip recession".http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/01/20101113446788772.html Gasoline prices zip toward $3 mark --Oil prices are now about three times what they were a year ago. 11 Jan 2010 Gasoline prices on Monday continued their push toward $3 per gallon. The only question now is when? Prices have been jumping on the back of a strong oil market where the cost for a barrel has spiked 20 percent in the past month on the New York Mercantile Exchange. US loses 85,000 jobs in December: The US economy lost 85,000 jobs in December, the Labor Department reported Friday, the same day new major layoffs were announced by UPS and Lockheed Martin.http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/jan2010/jobs-j09.shtml Wall Street Will Be Back For More By Chris HedgesCorporations, which control the levers of power in government and finance, promote and empower the psychologically maimed. Those who lack the capacity for empathy and who embrace the goals of the corporation-personal power and wealth-as the highest good succeed. Those who possess moral autonomy and individuality do not. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24361.htm Federal Reserve earned $45 billion in 2009 12 Jan 2010 Wall Street firms aren't the only banks that had a banner year. The Federal Reserve made record profits in 2009, as its unconventional efforts to prop up the economy created a windfall for the government. The Fed will return about $45 billion to the U.S. Treasury for 2009, according to calculations by The Washington Post based on public documents. That reflects the highest earnings in the 96-year history of the central bank. Federal Reserve Seeks to Protect U.S. Bailout Secrets 11 Jan 2010 The Federal Reserve asked a U.S. appeals court to block a ruling that for the first time would force the central bank to reveal secret identities of financial firms that might have collapsed without the largest government bailout in U.S. history. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan will decide whether the Fed must release records of the unprecedented $2 trillion U.S. loan program launched after the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Bank Profits Means Stocks at 15% Discount to S & P 500 11 Jan 2010 No U.S. industry has faster profit growth than banks and brokers, and no group is more hated by investors. Analysts say earnings at financial companies rose 120 percent in the fourth quarter, accounting for all of the income increase in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, and will triple by 2011, climbing four times as fast as the market. Should the estimates prove correct, the shares are trading at a 15 percent discount to the index, data compiled by Bloomberg show. AP: Obama weighing new levy on banks 12 Jan 2010 President Barack Obama is weighing a levy on financial institutions to help recover shortfalls in a $700 billion bank bailout fund and to help balance a budget that is looking increasingly grim amid an ongoing economic crisis. A senior administration official said Monday that Obama would seek modifications to the law that sent billions in bailout money in 2008 and 2009 to a flailing Wall Street that was approaching collapse. 'Health Care' Overhaul Bill Is 'Hanging by a Thread': Dodd 11 Jan 2010 Health care reform A big corporaterrorist giveaway is "hanging on by a thread," and one or two votes could determine the outcome of the heavily-debated bill, Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd told CNBC Monday. Some progressives, for example, are disappointed that the Senate bill, unlike the House version, does not include a public option, he said. Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government11 Jan 2010http://www.legitgov.orgAll links are here:http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news Obama Establishes Council of Governors to Advise DoD, DHS on 'Civil Support Missions' --'The President shall establish a bipartisan Council of Governors to advise the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the White House Homeland Security Council on matters related to the National Guard and civil support missions.' 11 Jan 2010 The President today signed an Executive Order establishing a Council of Governors to strengthen further the partnership between the Federal Government and State Governments to protect our Nation against all types of hazards. When appointed, the Council will be reviewing such matters as involving the National Guard of the various States; homeland defense; civil support; synchronization and integration of State and Federal military activities in the United States; and other matters of mutual interest pertaining to National Guard, homeland defense, and civil support activities. Sec. 2. Functions. The Council shall meet at the call of the Secretary of Defense or the Co-Chairs of the Council to exchange views, information, or advice with the Secretary of Defense; the Secretary of Homeland Security; the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement; the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs; the Commander, United States Northern Command; the Chief, National Guard Bureau; the Commandant of the Coast Guard; and other appropriate officials of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense, and appropriate officials of other executive departments or agencies as may be designated by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security. Blackwater/Xe mercs arrive in Somalia, Al-Shabab says --There are also allegations of US-sponsored bomb plots in the capital. 12 Jan 2010 At least 18 people have been killed in clashes between rival factions in southern and central Somalia, and there are reports that Blackwater/Xe mercenaries have entered the country. A battle broke out between the pro-government Ahlu Sunnah militia and Hizbul Islam fighters in the town of Baladwayne on Sunday and went well into Monday, during which at least 13 people lost their lives, witnesses said... There are also allegations of US-sponsored bomb plots in the capital. The bombings will be carried out in order to create a pretext to launch a campaign against Al-Shabab, a spokesman of the group, Sheikh Ali Mohammed Rage, told Reuters. "We have discovered that US agencies are going to launch suicide bombings in public places in Mogadishu," he told reporters. "They have tried it in Algeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan… We warn of these disasters. They want to target Bakara Market and mosques, then use that to malign us." At a meeting with tribal elders in Mogadishu on Monday, the Al-Shabab spokesman said that mercenaries of the Xe private security firm -- formerly known as Blackwater -- have arrived in the Somali capital, the Press TV correspondent in Mogadishu reported on Monday. Iran diplomat says was tortured in US custody 11 Jan 2010 An Iranian diplomat who was detained by the US military in Iraq and held for more than two years, says that he was tortured while in American custody. Majid Qaemi-Heydari was among the five Iranian diplomats who were abducted by American forces in a raid on Iran's consulate in Arbil on January 11, 2007. In an interview with Fars News Agency, Heydari said the behavior of his American captors was worse than the violence they showed against Iraqis. "They had put covers on our heads, they cuffed our hands," he said adding that the soldiers were later criticized for not cuffing the diplomat's hands behind them. Judge moves military trials of 2 Navy SEALs accused of mistreating detainee to US base in Iraq 11 Jan 2010 Two Navy SEALs accused in the mistreatment of an Iraqi detainee prisoner should be tried at the U.S. base in Iraq where the alleged victim is being held, a military judge ruled Monday. In a rare move, Cmdr. Tierney Carlos moved the trials after government prosecutors said they would make the detainee available for deposition at Camp Victory in Baghdad but would not bring him to Naval Station Norfolk to testify. The judge ruled that Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Keefe of Yorktown, Virginia, and Petty Officer 1st Class Julio Huertas of Illinois, have a right to face their accuser in open court. Free my dad from Guantanamo, 12-year-old asks Brown 11 Jan 2010 It is an anguished plea from a daughter for a father who has been imprisoned for a crime she believes he did not commit. But Johina Aamer’s two-page hand written letter to Gordon Brown is not like any other child’s request for state intervention in a miscarriage of justice. Johina’s father is Shaker Aamer, the last recognised British resident at Guantanamo Bay where the Americans have held him for eight years without ever charging him with a crime. Alastair Campbell to face questions from Iraq Inquiry 12 Jan 2010 Tony Blair's former spokesman Alastair Campbell will become the most prominent figure yet to face the Iraq Inquiry when he gives evidence later. The probe is looking at UK policy during the run-up to the 2003 war, its handling and aftermath. It has also been announced that former Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon and former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will give evidence next week. Mr Blair is expected to appear at a later date. His successor as prime minister, Gordon Brown, will not give evidence until after the general election, expected to take place in May. Surge turning tide against Taliban, says McChrystal 12 Jan 2010 The top United States general in Afghanistan says a surge in American troops has started to turn the tide against the Taliban. US President Barack Obama last month ordered an extra 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan and the top US commander there, General Stanley McChrystal, says the troops are shifting the momentum against the Taliban. Apparently, McOblivious reads less than Sarah Palin. Six troops die in Afghan attacks 11 Jan 2010 Six troops from the international force in Afghanistan were killed on Monday in a series of attacks that marked one of its worst single-day losses in more than three months. The latest deaths, which included three US troops, underscored the risk that the Obama administration's troop surge could lead to an increase in casualties in the coming months. British Soldier Is Killed In Afghanistan 11 Jan 2010 A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan. The soldier was serving with 11 EOD Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps, in Musah Qela, Helmand province. His death takes the number of British service personnel who have died since the start of operations in Afghanistan in 2001 to 247. Houthis 'seize 3 Yemeni bases in north' 11 Jan 2010 Houthi fighters in Yemen say they have managed to capture three military bases after fierce fighting with the government forces near the northern city of Sa'ada. The fighters released a statement on Monday, saying that they had seized the military bases after a long battle with Yemeni forces, prompting them to launch attacks against civilians in the area. According to the report, Yemeni forces targeted and destroyed several residential homes, mosques and historical buildings. ['Residential homes, mosques and historical buildings.' Sounds liken Blackwater is already there.] Lebanon fires at Israeli jets violating its airspace 11 Jan 2010 The Lebanese army says its anti-aircraft artillery fired at four Israeli fighter jets flying over the country's southern airspace at low altitude on Monday. "The army's anti-aircraft guns fired at four enemy Israeli planes that had been overflying the (southern) area of Marjayoun this morning," an army spokesman told AFP. Israel to build wall along Egyptian border 11 Jan 2010 Israel approved on Sunday the construction of a barrier along its border with Egypt, Israeli media reported on Monday. "I took the decision to close Israel's southern border to infiltrators and terrorists. This is a strategic decision to secure Israel's Jewish and democratic character," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement. Iran slams US general's 'thoughtless' remarks 11 Jan 2010 Tehran has moved to dismiss a warning by a top figure in the US military of a series of 'contingency plans' in dealing with Iran's nuclear program. "He has made thoughtless comments and it is better that any statement made in this regard take a constructive approach," the Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast as saying on Monday. Five Luton men found guilty after abusive chants at soldiers --Muslim men who insulted parading troops convicted of 'threatening behaviour' 11 Jan 2010 Five Muslim men accused of yelling abuse at British soldiers and calling them rapists, murderers and baby killers during a homecoming parade have been found guilty of a public order offence. There were angry scenes during the parade in Luton for 2nd Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment, known as the Poachers, on 10 March last year. High-level military people to visit Minot AFB 09 Jan 2010 The assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs and a number of other high-level people are expected to visit Minot Air Force Base in the next weeks. Andrew C. Weber will visit the base to learn about its nuclear mission, base officials said. Col. Douglas Cox, commander of the base's 5th Bomb Wing, told members of the Minot Area Chamber of Commerce's Military Affairs Committee about the visitors expected at the base early this year. Justices to Review Plan for Webcasts of a Trial 12 Jan 2010 The Supreme Court indicated Monday that it might soon have something significant to say about whether and when video coverage of federal trials is appropriate. Shortly before a federal trial over same-sex marriage began in San Francisco, the court temporarily blocked a judge’s plan to broadcast the trial on the Internet. Saying they needed more time to consider the issues, the justices said their order would remain in effect until Wednesday at 4 p.m. Eastern time. New Jersey Lawmakers Pass Medical Marijuana 12 Jan 2010 The New Jersey Legislature approved a measure on Monday that would make the state the 14th in the nation, but one of the few on the East Coast, to legalize the use of marijuana to help patients with chronic illnesses. The measure -- which would allow patients diagnosed with severe illnesses... to have access to marijuana grown and distributed through state-monitored dispensaries -- was passed by the General Assembly and State Senate on the final day of the legislative session. Mega barf alert! Sarah Palin joins Fox News as a contributor in multi-year deal 11 Jan 2010 The former Alaska Governor [polar bear-killing terrorist] has signed a multi-year deal to serve as a contributor to Faux News, effective immediately. "I am thrilled to be joining the great talent and management team at Fox News," Palin said in a statement. "It's wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balance news." CLG needs your support. http://www.legitgov.org/donate.htmlOr, please mail a check or money order to CLG: Citizens for Legitimate Government (CLG) P.O. Box 1142 Bristol, CT 06011-1142 Contributions to CLG are not tax deductible Previous lead stories: Israeli firm blasted for letting would-be plane bomber slip through 10 Jan 2010 The Israeli firm ICTS International (not to be confused with ICTS Europe, which is a different company), and two of its subsidiaries are at the crux of an international investigation in recent days, as experts try to pinpoint the reasons for the security failure that enabled Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to board Northwest flight 253 and attempt to set alight explosives hidden in his underwear. A Haaretz investigation has learned that the security officers and their supervisor should have suspected the passenger, even without having early intelligence available to them. 'Uncle Sam is 'marking territory' - like a dog on a lamppost.' Obama's Yemeni odyssey targets China By M K Bhadrakumar 09 Jan 2010 A year ago, Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh made the startling revelation that his country's security forces apprehended a group of Islamists linked to [Wait for it... it's good...] the Israeli intelligence forces. "A terrorist cell was apprehended and will be referred to the courts for its links with the Israeli intelligence services," he promised. Saleh added, "You will hear about the trial proceedings." Nothing was ever heard and the trail went cold. [Well, knock me over with a feather!] ...Is Obama so incredibly forgetful of his own December 1 speech outlining his Afghan strategy that he violated his own canons? Certainly not. Obama is a smart man. The intervention in Yemen will go down as one of the smartest moves that he ever made for perpetuating the US's global hegemony. It is America's answer to China's surge. 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Click here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Information Clearing House NewsletterNews You Won't Find On CNNJanuary 11, 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I wouldn't call it fascism exactly, but a political system nominally controlled by an irresponsible, dumbed down electorate who are manipulated by dishonest, cynical, controlled mass media that dispense the propaganda of a corrupt political establishment can hardly be described as democracy either." -- Edward Zehr - (1936-2001) Columnist "Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them." -- Justice Joseph Story : (1779-1845) US Supreme Court Justice 1833 U.S. Counters Israeli Claim Iran Nuclear Facility Bomb-proof By Haaretz ServiceGen. David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command, told CNN's Christine Amanpour that Washington had developed a contingency plan for dealing with Iran's contentious nuclear program. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24358.htm Israeli General Denies Iran is Nuclear ThreatBy Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel AvivA general who was once in charge of Israel's nuclear weapons has claimed that Iran is a "very, very, very long way from building a nuclear capability". http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24357.htm Taking Tea with the Lizards By Joe BageantThe Tea Party is the latest neoconservative end run around the possibility of a real third party emerging to threaten the status quo. To be honest, it's a brilliant political move, absorbing any energies that might have propelled a real third party. And, in true neocon fashion, it capitalizes on the working class' inchoate anger at the ongoing screwjob they've been getting from both parties for thirty years. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24371.htm Helen Thomas Deviates From the Terrorism Script By Glenn GreenwaldAt a White House press conference yesterday with Janet Napolitano and John Brennan, Helen Thomas shows -- yet again -- that she's one of the very few White House reporters willing to deviate from approved orthodoxy scripts. She asks the prohibited question about the motives of Terrorists, and keeps asking as she receives complete non-responses, until they all just decide to ignore her: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24362.htm Answering Helen Thomas on Why They Want to Harm Us By Ray McGovernThank God for Helen Thomas, the only person to show any courage at the White House press briefing after President Barack Obama gave a flaccid account of the intelligence screw-up that almost downed an airliner on Christmas Day. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24363.htm CIA Planned to 'Rendition' Kidnap Suspects in Germany: Report By Agence France Presse"It was about grabbing people without the Germans knowing about it," the German weekly magazine cited an unnamed former CIA agent as saying. "We were planning stuff that was totally illegal."http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24370.htm U.S. Suggestion of Sanctions Causes Stir in Israel By Jeffrey Heller"Under American law, the United States can withhold support on loan guarantees to Israel," George Mitchell said on U.S. television on Wednesday after being asked about the kind of pressure that could be brought to bear on Israel. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24359.htm Senators McCain, Lieberman Downplay Mitchell's Threat By Roni SoferMitchell can threaten Jerusalem, but there will be others ready to defend Israel in Washington: Four senior US senators visiting Israel said Sunday that they oppose attempts to apply pressure on Israel by freezing aid. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24360.htm Africom - Latest U.S. Bid to Recolonise Continent By Tichaona NhamoyebondeTowards the end of last year, the US government intensified its efforts to bring a permanent army to settle in Africa, dubbed the African Command (Africom) as a latest tool for the subtle recolonisation of Africa. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24364.htm The Implosion of the American Political Consciousness By David Michael GreenOur problem isn't that the Obama administration is socialist, but rather that it is a captive of the worst elements of capitalism. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24361.htm George Orwell's Animal Farm VideoAnimated barn animals act out human faults in life and politics in Orwell's captivating tale. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24368.htm Official: Algerian army kills 10 "al-Qaida fighters": An Algerian military police official says an army patrol has ambushed suspected militants from al-Qaida's north Africa wing, killing 10.http://snipurl.com/u1q6o Pakistan: Eight militants, one soldier killed in South Waziristan: Eight militants have been killed while one soldier lost his life during operations in South Waziristan on Monday. Security forces have also arrested six suspected militants in Swat.http://snipurl.com/u1q6t US Attack In Pakistamn Kills Five People: : Five more people were killed and six others sustained injuries in yet another US drone attack on a remote village in Dattakhel Tehsil in the troubled North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday night.http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?223234 Fear grips Karachi as nine people shot dead: The three-day death toll of the recent targeted killings reached 27, while nine people were killed in the third consecutive day in various areas of the city.http://snipurl.com/u1q79 CIA bomber shared US and Jordanian secrets: If the video is verified, it will point to massive intelligence failures by the United States and Jordan, one of its most important Middle East allies.http://snipurl.com/u1q85 Iraq: Civilian killed, 7 wounded in Iraq's Diyala province: One civilian was killed and seven others were wounded in separate incidents in Diyala province in eastern Iraq on Sunday, a provincial police source said.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/10/content_12786431.htm Iraqis Decry Settlements in Blackwater Shootings: Several victims of a 2007 shooting involving American private security guards employed by the firm formerly known as Blackwater claimed Sunday they were coerced into reaching settlements and demanded the Iraqi government intervene to have the agreements nullified.http://snipurl.com/u1q8g Young UK men 'tortured' while held in Yemen: A group of British Muslims who were detained and allegedly tortured last month while travelling in Yemen say their interrogators demanded detailed information about mosques in London and their associates in Britain.http://snipurl.com/u1q8k Yemen's president open to dialogue with al-Qaida: The United States has complained in the past that Yemen struck deals with al-Qaida fighters and freed them from prison after they promised not to engage in terrorism. Some later broke those promises and are now believed to be active in al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen.http://news./s/ap/20100110/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_al_qaida In case you missed it: Yemen oil min- oil majors mull investments-paper: The companies include Exxon Mobil, Total, and BP (BP.L), the minister said, but did not elaborate on the nature of the investments.http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLL50541520090221 Israeli attack kills five Gaza militants: Confirmed dead by Gaza medics were Hassan al-Qatrawi, 29, and Huzaeifa el-Hams, 27, as well as two others. Islamic Jihad confirmed in a statement the death of the three militants and said they were members of the group's armed wing al-Quds Brigades.http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1141532.html Iran will enrich uranium to 20% if West balks: "The Tehran reactor produces medicine for 800,000 people. The parties engaged in negotiations with Iran to supply the 20 percent [enriched] fuel are advised to stop the procrastination. Otherwise, Iran will begin 20 percent enrichment," the chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee told IRNA on Sunday.http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115851§ionid=351020104 'Iran's military deterrent is unimaginable': Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi has highlighted the deterrence capability of Iran's ballistic missiles and warned enemies against taking any military action against the Islamic Republic.http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115844§ionid=351020101 Fact or fiction? Suspect: 20 Others Trained to Blow Up Jets: British Intelligence has confirmed perhaps the most chilling boast that accused Christmas Day bomber Umar Abdulmutallab made to investigators after his arrest: that close to 20 other young Muslim men were being prepared in Yemen to use the same technique to blow up airlinershttp://snipurl.com/u1q99 Israeli Firm Responsible for Amsterdam Airport Security Where Terrorist Boarded Aircraft: An Israeli firm is responsible for security inspections in the airport in Schiphol, Holland, the airport where Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab boarded the Airbus 330 heading for Detroit (USA). The Israeli company, ICTS, is reportedly one of the leaders in security, & operates in Amsterdam and a number of other European countries.http://snipurl.com/u1q9c Israeli firm blasted for letting would-be plane bomber slip through: The Israeli firm ICTS International and two of its subsidiaries are at the crux of an international investigation in recent days, as experts try to pinpoint the reasons for the security failure that enabled Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to board Northwest flight 253 and attempt to set alight explosives hidden in his underwearhttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1141434.html Israeli Security Firm Fails To Stop Passenger From Carrying Explosives On Detroit Flight: This firm was also one of the companies operating the security position at Boston's Logan Airport on Sept. 11, 2001, when one of the planes that eventually collided with the World Trade Center took off from there.http://snipurl.com/u1q9l The Man In Orange: My wife Lori and I were passengers and innocent victims of Northwest Flight 253 (Flight 253). - What I would like to emphasize in this article is that not only did we almost lose our lives in the air, but we also almost lost our lives after our plane landed. Let me explain.http://haskellfamily.blogspot.com/2010/01/latest-story-by-kurt-haskell.html Palestinian official: Israel destroyed 150 Arab homes in West Bank: Israeli security forces on Sunday knocked down shelters that were home to about 150 Palestinians in the West Bank, Palestinian officials said.http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1141553.html Netanyahu: Israel will resume illegal West Bank building in 8 months: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday reminded coalition members that Israel's freeze on construction in West Bank settlements was only temporary, saying: "In another eight months, we'll start building again."http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1141563.html Hamas warns of unrest if Israel seizes Gaza-Egypt borderline: Hamas on Monday warned that unrest will hit the region if Israel occupies the border area between Egypt and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/11/content_12792888.htm The looming war in Gaza: Can Obama stop it before it starts?: The countdown to the Second Gaza War has begun in earnesthttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1141858.html U.S. To Store $800 Mil in Emergency Gear in Israel: The U.S. Army will double the value of emergency military equipment it stockpiles on Israeli soil, and Israel will be allowed to use the U.S. ordnance in the event of a military emergency, according to a report in Monday's issue of the U.S. weekly Defense News.http://www.forward.com/articles/123141/ 5 militants killed in southern Russia: Two militants were gunned down Sunday in the provincial capital, Makhachkala, after police surrounded and stormed a house where a group of wanted terrorists was hiding, regional Interior Ministry spokesman Mark Tolchinsky said.http://snipurl.com/u1qa6 Migrants escorted out of Italy town: At least 300 African migrants have been transported out of a southern Italian town rocked by two days of clashes between the migrants, police and local residents.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/01/20101918461937126.html Churches firebombed in Malaysia: Two more churches and a Catholic convent school in Malaysia have been targeted by arsonists, amid a row over the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/01/20101106245977872.html Somali Islamists: A potential ally?: There are some huge misunderstandings within the international community about the role that Islam and Somalia's Islamists should play in the governance of Somali society and the de-radicalisation efforts.http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/01/201016102343505552.html Chavez: Venezuela sent F-16 jets to intercept U.S. military plane: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday that he had ordered F-16 jets to intercept a U.S. military plane that twice violated Venezuelan airspace earlier in the day.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/09/content_12780156.htm Venezuela devalues currency: The government-set rates are an attempt to keep the cost of priority imports low in the face of an inflation rate of 25 per cent - the highest in Latin America.http://english.aljazeera.net/business/2010/01/20101913615836221.html Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,366,350"www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,691icasualties.org/oif/ Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 1,582http://icasualties.org/oef/ Cost of War in Iraq$700,919,461,679 Cost of War in Afghanistan$246,997,138,062 Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy Tom Feeley - Lifeforce Sunday, January 10, 2010 6:34 PMFw: Another False Flag Event http://www.rense.com/general89/moss.htmMossad, CIA Behind Christmas Plane Bombing AttemptThe Mutallab Op - Same Ol' Christmas SpiritBy Leland Lehrman1-2-10We now have Marine combat veterans debunking the official propaganda about the Christmas airline bombing attempt on established veteran websites. The cavalry's finally coming, can you hear the trumpets? The comments on the Veterans Today article linked below are vital. An attack on Christmas and an excuse for further war and domestic tyranny was the main gig. But a key side deal here is probably getting the necessary permanent silence from Mutallab's father, who probably knows too much about Zionist Jew Mossad running Nigeria, Africa and the WORLD. He may have subtly indicated discomfort with something, probably the US/Saudi/Israeli proxy terror war against his wife's country, Yemen. The Yemeni wife may also be the target. She may know someone in Yemen and may have explained to Yemen who "Al Qaeda" in Yemen really is, which is why Yemen is now openly telling the world that "Al Qaeda" is really ISRAELI. The presence of Israeli "security" firm ICTS at Schiphol is deafening, ICTS of course is suspected on 9/11 of having arranged for security lapses and/or patsy-framing operations at some of the originating US airports. Here's the US version of the Mathaba report where I first got the news, at bottom. http://www.veteranstoday.com/modules.php?name=News & file=article & sid=9951 & mode=thread & order=0 & thold=0Could Terror War Be Response By Israel And GOP To Threats Of Their Global Plans? By Gordon Duff Senior Editor - Staff Writer When nothing adds up, its time we starting looking at what we know. Our recent terrorist, now dubbed "the crotch bomber" is another dupe. He could have been working for anyone, drugged, brainwashed or simply influenced, maybe by crazy Arabs, maybe by the Mossad, maybe by the CIA. We only know the game is falling apart. We do know a couple of things. Dad, back in Nigeria, ran the national arms industry (DICON) in partnership with Israel, in particular, the Mossad. He was in daily contact with them. They run everything in Nigeria, from arms production to counter-terrorism. Though Islamic, Muttalab was a close associate of Israel. He has been misrepresented. His "banking" is a cover. Next, what do we know about the two Al Qaeda leaders Bush had released, the ones who planned this? According to ABC news, the Al Qaeda leaders running the insurgency in Yemen were released from Guantanamo, although two of the highest ranking known terrorist there, without trial. Guantanamo prisoner #333, Muhamad Attik al-Harbi, and prisoner #372, Said Ali Shari, were sent to Saudi Arabia on Nov. 9, 2007, according to the Defense Department log of detainees who were released from American custody. Both of the former Guantanamo detainees are described as military commanders and appear on a January, 2009 video along with the man described as the top leader of al Qaeda in Yemen, Abu Basir Naser al-Wahishi, formerly Osama bin Laden's personal secretary. With all the hoopla about trials in New York, not a word is said when top level terrorists are released to Saudi friends of the Bush family who let them go. We are now fighting these two Bush friends in Yemen. They are running a major insurgency there. We have been using Cruise missiles and our jets to attack their bases in the last weeks. CBS NEWS LEARNS CIA HAD ADVANCE INFORMATION ON DETROIT TERRORIST CBS News has learned that as early as August of 2009 the Central Intelligence Agency was picking up information on a person of interest dubbed "The Nigerian," suspected of meeting with "terrorist elements" in Yemen. "The Nigerian" has turned out to be Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. But that connection was not made when Abudulmutallab's father went to the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria three months later, on November 19, 2009. It was then he expressed deep concerns to a CIA officer about his son's ties to extremists in Yemen, a hotbed of al Qaeda activity. THE CIA OFFICIAL STATEMENT CIA admits broad information during the November interview, information not acted on in any responsible way but failed to understand that the terrorist they were warned of in November was the one they had been tracking since August. "We learned of him in November, when his father came to the U.S. embassy in Nigeria and sought help in finding him. We did not have his name before then," said Paul Gimigliano, a CIA spokesman. "Also in November, we worked with the embassy to ensure he was in the government's terrorist database - including mention of his possible extremist connections in Yemen. We also forwarded key biographical information about him to the National Counterterrorism Center.”CIA, ISRAEL AND YEMEN It is claimed by groups claiming to be Al Qaeda in Yemen that the Detroit attack was in retaliation to US attacks on bases in Yemen run by Al Qaeda leaders released by Bush. The government of Yemen, as reported in the BBC , says that the Al Qaeda terrorists, led by those released by Bush, are really Israeli agents though they have organized attacks against US targets: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said the security forces have arrested a group of alleged Islamist militants linked to Israeli intelligence. Mr Saleh did not say what evidence had been found to show the group's links with Israel, a regional enemy of Yemen. The arrests were connected with an attack on the US embassy in Sanaa last month which killed at least 18 people, official sources were quoted saying. "A terrorist cell was arrested and will be referred to the judicial authorities for its links with the Israeli intelligence services," Mr Saleh told a gathering at al-Mukalla University in Hadramawt province. "Details of the trial will be announced later. You will hear about what goes on in the proceedings," he added. The 17 September attack was the second to target the US embassy since April. Militants detonated car bombs before firing rockets at the heavily fortified building. Mr Saleh did not identify the suspects, but official sources were quoted saying it was same cell - led by a militant called Abu al-Ghaith al-Yamani - whose arrest was announced a week after the attack. With continual reports from Pakistan that India and Israel have been involved in terrorist attacks against US supporters there and the recent reports that the Detroit bomber was assisted by an Indian while boarding in Amsterdam and partially confirmed reports that a second bomber, an Indian, was arrested and taken from the plane in Detroit. MILive broke this story in the US which originated with Reuters: Reuters reports Dutch military police are investigating claims that an accomplice may have helped Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab board Northwest Flight 253 in Amsterdam on Christmas day without a passport. Kurt Haskell of Newport, Mich., took to the comments section of this Web site early Saturday to share his story: That he and his wife, Lori, saw a well-dressed man help Abdulmutallab board the flight without a passport under the guise he was a Sudanese refugee. The military police have already said Abdulmutallab did not go through passport control at Schiphol when he arrived from Lagos. In another interview on Inside Edition, Haskell described what happened: A passenger has come forward with disturbing new details about the plot to bring down a jet, including the astonishing claim that the accused terrorist was able to board the plane without a passport. Kurt Haskell showed INSIDE EDITION his boarding pass for Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit. The lawyer, who lives outside Detroit, was returning home from an African safari when he says he saw the terror suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallabm, and another man, who he thought was Indian, approach the ticket agent. "Only the Indian man spoke," says Haskell, "And what he said was, 'This man needs to board the plane but he doesn't have a passport.' His clothes were like jeans and a t-shirt or something, he looked kind of thin, like a 16-year-old teenager, and the other man, looked like he was 50 years old, looked like he was a wealthy, Indian man. I just couldn't figure out why they were together," Haskell tells INSIDE EDITION. An earlier CBS news report today stated: CBS News has learned the State Department system designed to keep track of active U.S. visas twice failed to reveal Nigerian terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had been issued an active visa allowing him multiple entries into the United States. According to a law enforcement source, the first failure came on Nov. 19, 2009, the very same day Abdulmutallab father's, Dr. Umaru Mutallab, a prominent banking official in Nigeria, expressed deep concern to officials at the U.S. Embassy in Abjua, Nigeria, that his 23-year-old son had fallen under the influence of "religious extremists" in Yemen. The second failure to flag an active visa belonging to Abdulmuttalab occurred the very next day in Washington, after Mutallab's concerns were forwarded to officials there. It was only after the Christmas Day terror attack in Detroit that U.S. officials learned that Abdulmuttalab had been issued a visa by the U.S. Embassy in London valid from June 16, 2008, through June 12, 2010. .. Thus, in another set of coincidences, the system put in place after 9/11, meant to prevent the misuse of student visas for terrorist acts, single, Islamic engineering students tied to religious extremists being a risk factor in that area, failed totally. Picture the November 19 interview. A poor taxi driver comes to the US embassy: "My son, he is hanging around with a rough crowd. He says he wants to blow something up!" No, wait, that was someone else. Picture the November 19 interview. One of the richest people in the world, head of a major bank, cabinet minister, head of the national armaments industry, close associate of the US Ambassador and someone known around the world makes an appointment to come to the US embassy. He wouldn't have met a clerk. The US Ambassador himself would have arranged for the highest ranking officer in the embassy hold the interview. Mr. Muttalab would have been greeted by the ambassador when he came to the embassy. MUTALLAH MEETS WITH CIA CHIEF OF STATION IN NIGERIA, NOVEMBER 19 We have confirmed that Mutallah met with the CIA chief of station in Nigeria. Imagine this person of great power and influence, with friends at the highest levels of the CIA and Mossad. When he came to announce his son may be a terrorist, he was a loving father asking for help? He would have made these points: * My son is a danger to himself and others, please keep him safe * Do not allow my son to travel to the United States under any imaginable circumstances as he is likely to be involved in acts of terrorism * Please assure me that you will act immediately and contact me as to what measures you have taken Were any of this true, this is what would have been said. Were any of what we have been told true, none of what we saw in Detroit could have happened. What we know is that something very different than this really happened. Go ahead and Google "muttalab, nigeria, bank, mossad, defense" screenhunter_13_dec._29_23.13 Let's look at the Wayne Marsden report on the failures at the airport in Amsterdam along with direct ties between this case and the shoe bomber Richard Reid: The Mutallab case also resembles that of another attempted plane bombing, that of the hapless "shoe bomber" Richard Reid. It has also been revealed that Mutallab is the son of Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, the former chairman of First Bank of Nigeria. According to This Day of Lagos, the elder Mutallab claims he reported the extremist views of his son to Nigerian security agencies, as well as to the U.S. embassy in Abuja, yet no attempt was made to prevent the radically-inclined Nigerian student to board the plane in Schiphol. The attempted plane bomber was schooled at the British International School in Lome, Togo and attended college in London and moved to Egypt and Dubai. The elder Mutallab is a frequent visitor to the United States and he is married to a Yemeni woman. ... Marsden points out the well established family ties to Yemen thru his wife. He further points out how Israel managed to bring the terrorist son of Mutallab through multiple airport security obstacles with the same ease the United States shephered a known terrorist through a visa process. What we hadn't seen is how much this process had been tested during the "shoe bomber" episode. For a number of years, passengers at Schiphol flying to the United States have been subjected to intense grilling by security personnel linked to an Israeli firm. US bound passengers at Schiphol are asked a number of personal questions, including where they have stayed either in the Netherlands or in their country of origin. Hotel receipts are routinely requested by security personnel and the addresses of private temporary residences are recorded. Mutallab boarded a KLM flight in Lagos for Schiphol where he transited for his onward flight to Detroit on Northwest/Delta. Six months prior to Reid's near shoe bombing of American Airlines flight 63 from Paris to Miami in December 2001, while memories of 9/11 were still fresh in everyone's mind, Reid attempted to board an El Al flight from Schiphol to Tel Aviv. Reid was taken aside by El Al security and identified as a terrorist suspect. Reid paid for a one-way ticket with cash and would not reveal what he planned to do in Israel. However, rather than turning Reid into Dutch security for further action, he was allowed to board the El Al flight by Israel's Shin Bet security so his movements during his five days in Israel could be monitored. Six months later, Reid attempted to ignite his shoe on the flight from Paris to Miami. Israel had not informed British, American, or any other security agency of the concerns about Reid. Reid's aunt, Claudette Lewis who raised Reid in south London, was quoted as saying she believed her nephew had been "brainwashed." Reid later said El Al failed to detect that he had explosives in his shoes on the flight to Tel Aviv, an amazing revelation considering the Israeli airline's tight security. .. The links between El Al security and Mossad are extremely close with abundant cross-pollination of senior personnel back and forth. The security company that allowed Reid to board American Airlines 63 at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris was ICTS (International Consultants on Targeted Security) International. ICTS's senior management are all ex-Israeli security officials, many of whom worked for El Al security. It was ICTS that largely developed the passenger "profiling" procedures used at Schiphol and other airports around the world through its subsidiary, ICTS Holland Products BV. JUST THE FACTS: Let's review what we know thus far: * Our terrorist traveled to Yemen to meet with terrorists there * The terrorists in Yemen had been in Guantanamo but had been ordered released by the Bush Administration though they were, perhaps the most dangerous detainees held * The government of Yemen tells us that Islamic terrorists there have been arrested who have proven ties to Israeli intelligence * Our terrorists father, though we are told is a retired "Nigerian banker" actually ran their defense industry in close cooperation with Israeli Intelligence (Mossad) * Our terrorist's visa to the US was never with withdrawn, though he was on a "terrorist watchlist" * Our terrorist, though flying from Nigeria, entered the Netherlands without passing thru customs, something impossible to do without assistance from an intelligence agency * Our terrorist, while at the Amsterdam airport, was being assisted by a man appearing to be Indian, who claimed our Nigerian terrorist was a Sudanese refugee with no passport (no passport was used entering the EU, something technically impossible) * However, Dutch authorities, the same ones who confirmed he entered the country with no passport also confirmed he had a valid US visa, though on a terrorist watch list that is shared with Dutch authorities. * Airport security in Amsterdam is contracted to an Israeli controlled company with, not only the most sophisticated technologies, but, in fact, the company that had developed the concept of security profiling. * The parallels between this case and the Richard Reid "shoe bomber" case are much more than admitted. WHERE THE STORY IS GOING We keep going back to 2007. Why were these terrorists released to Saudi custody? Why did Saudi Arabia release them soon afterward? With the 2nd major terrorist front in the world being Yemen and the terrorist operation there under the control of released Bush detainees, there is reason for suspicion. While we have all of these facts, easily verifiable, we have a much stronger case against the Bush Administration or Israel than Al Qaeda. There is no real evidence that Al Qaeda would be operating in Yemen without American or Saudi help and even, as stated by the Government of Yemen, direct material assistance from Israel. Why would such a thing be done, something against all reason unless terrorism itself was part of a larger regional plan and a "war on terror" was only a ruse. When Pakistan comes to us and says that Israel and India are involved in terrorism there and we ignore it, is it because it isn't credible or because the US government has been involved, as we seem to be involved in Yemen? WHY THE STORY HAS TO GRIND TO A STOP OR.... "THE WHOLE DIRTY MESS WILL COLLAPSE" Why are we satisfied to take one person into custody, one person who ties to so many irregularities and ask nothing else? As with 9/11 and so many other seeminly impossible times when so many things go wrong that only great power and the cooperation of many agencies in many countries could make it possible, why do we ask nothing. We have a major investigation in Nigeria, not only of the father and his connections to Israel but our own embassy and why they left this visa alone when the individual was a known terrorist. How could this terrorist travel to Yemen to meet with an organization run by former detainees released by Bush and his Saudi friends, former detainees that Yemen claims are working for israel? How could he do this and be allowed to return to Nigeria, a country whose intelligence services are tied to Israel and trained by Israel. They would have known in a second. How did this terrorist enter the Netherlands without showing a passport? Try it. You will meet lots of Dutch people who will keep you in a small room for hours, days even. It is absolutely impossible. People are picked up in the EU while in passport control for non-payment of child support. I am being told they can't find a terrorist? We haven't begun to discover how he got past security equipment and screening. It isn't like he isn't the highest profile potential terrorist who has entered Nigeria in decades. He is Islamic, young and traveling alone. Ask any young Islamic traveler how many times they have been searched. Is is on a terrorist watchlist. This is like the "no fly list" on steroids. You aren't just denied flight, you are put under immediate surveillance. If he had shown his passport, it would have shown him entering Yemen, a known terrorist training ground. This would have stopped him also. With the Bush administration releasing terrorist leaders and shepherding them back into their former profession, with our embassy, State Department, Homeland Security and every other organization we spent so many billions of dollars to "coordinate" all failing, is there, just perhaps, a minor sign of conspiracy? I would call President Obama to account for failures to discover what appears to be a conspiracy of his predecessor but, as the GOP blogs that fill the internet are working overtime to obscure the facts and place the blame on Obama alone, there could be no greater proof of non-involvement. Duffster: Frankly, if the Obama administration was involved with Bush, as it seems they are, then the Bush/Cheney "disinformation" attack dogs would be leashed. They are not. Thus, Bush and Cheney should be targeted for investigation. Veterans Today Senior Editor Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran and regular contributor on policial and social issues. Today's U.K. headlines http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html Fantasist wore haul of fake medals on Remembrance Day 'to impress his young wife' Alistair Campbell 'stands by every word' of 45-minute dodgy dossier that took us to war Minister's niece jailed for 15 years for knifing lover to death after drinking spree Farmer 'murdered wife after she demanded a divorce and £800,000' Families forced to pile rubbish outside their homes for FIVE WEEKS as snow halts services Newlywed pensioners found murdered in their seafront flat Coronation Street to finally run missing child storyline three years after Madeleine Radio 1 rapped over interview with BNP members on youth news programme Banks hiked credit card interest rates over Christmas to highest level in four years 'Nurse's jealous husband murdered and buried doctor over affair' 'Careless' delivery driver accused of running over and killing three-year-old girl Stop-and-search terror powers ruled 'illegal' by human rights court Iris Robinson's toyboy lover 'feigned cancer to end affair' 'Jobsworth' ticket inspector tried to kick soldiers returning from Afghanistan off train 'I just killed my girlfriend. It's quite simple': Estate agent's 999 call after killing girlfriend Iranian nuke professor killed by motorcycle bomb Girl grows back her face after suffering allergic reaction to paracetamol 'Even my parents think I earn too much', RBS boss tells MPs Islamist 'hate march' group is banned The return of sofa politics: Cameron faces a grilling... from This Morning's Phil & Holly England v Wales rugby clash will be first ever live 3D TV sports broadcast Tory scandal escort withdraws police complaint Matching BlackBerry phones, a chocolate fondue kit and a leg of ham: Charles and Camilla reveal their gifts from overseas tours Gay man who tried to poison lesbian neighbours with slug pellets over three-legged cat feud walks free Why were they left to die? Social services ignored pleas to help frail pensioners Does my bum look big in this? 'It better be... because it's good for your health Defence chiefs calculated costs 'on the back of an envelope', MPs told Met chief Ali Dizaei threatened to 'f*** up my life' claims web designer MORE HEADLINES http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html Tuesday's Newspaper Front Pages http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/National-Newspaper-Papers-Front-Pages-Tuesday-January-12-2010/Media-Gallery/201001215519366?lpos=UK_News_Left_Promo_Region_0 & lid=GALLERY_15519366_National_Newspaper_Papers_Front_Pages_Tuesday_January_12_2010 "Once a Government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to goand that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until finally, it becomes a source of terror to allits citizens and creates a country, where everyone lives in fear" Trueman.Transition from Globalization to World Government http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ktQSLgu4n4The long-awaited truth of allthings on Planet Earth http://jahtruth.net/Michael Chossudovsky's outstanding video lecture The Criminalization of War http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va & aid=16150 The Rothschild Octopus http://www.dejanlucic.net/THE%20ROTHSCHILD%20OCTOPUS Simple brainwashing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYIh4MkcfJAThe Myth of Osma bin Laden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn61PJQGCUoFull list of Brasscheck TV videos http://www.brasschecktv.com/index.php David Icke website:- http://www.davidicke.com/index.php/

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