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11 killed by Iraqi car bombs:
Car
bombs ripped through two Iraqi cities on Monday, killing at least 11
people, Iraq officials said, in the latest attacks targeting the
country's Shiites a month after the U.S. military withdrawal.
Seven policemen killed in Iraq compound siege Monday: A wave of attacks and a three-hour siege of a police compound in west Iraq left seven policemen dead http://bit.ly/AjI0eo
Mine Explosion Kills Five In Kunduz: Five members of a family had been killed and wounded when a mine exploded in Khanabad district of Kunduz province. http://bit.ly/zTRNcP
Two Nato Occupation Force Soldiers Killed in Southern Afghanistan:
Two
Nato soldiers died as a result of non-battle-related injuries in
southern Afghanistan on Sunday, Isaf said without providing more
details. http://bit.ly/wu62L9
Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud killed (AGAIN?) in U.S. drone attack: report: Taliban official denies leader's death, says he wasn't in area of drone strike http://nydn.us/xnfpJM
Contempt notice issued against Pakistan PM Supreme court begins proceedings against Yousuf Raza Gilani over inaction in reopening corruption cases.
Pakistani Prime Minister Faces Off with the Military: The
army publicly chastised Gilani for his remarks and warned of
"potentially grievous consequences for the country." Gilani responded
by sacking the Defense Ministry's top bureaucrat, a retired three-star
general, replacing him with a trusted aide.
Rival Libyan militias clash in Tripoli; 3 killed: Since fighting began last week in Tripoli, five people have been killed, a hospital official said.Rationalizing Savagery:
Rick Perry: Urine video Marines made 'mistake': Republican
presidential hopeful Rick Perry on Sunday accused the Obama
administration of "over-the-top rhetoric" and "disdain for the
military" in its condemnation of a video that purportedly shows four
Marines urinating on corpses in Afghanistan.
Robert Fisk : Pissing on the Afghan dead. This is the horror of war: How many other abuses took place off camera? How many Hadithas? How many My Lais?
Rick Sanchez: "there is a huge problem with journalism in the United States" - Video - Dana
Loesch, a CNN contributor, made a statement on her radio show that she
would "drop trou and do it too." The act she was talking about was
joining US Marines to urinate on dead Afghans.
$11 million bounty on Musharraf's head: Just
days ahead of former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf's
planned return to Pakistan from self-exile, a grandson of slain Baloch
nationalist leader Akbar Bugti has put a bounty worth Rs. 101 million
(USD 1,118,370) on the former military ruler's head.
Six workers killed in bombing by "terrorists" in northern Syria: A
roadside bomb allegedly planted by "terrorists" went off in Syria's
northern province of Idlib on Sunday, killing six workers and injuring
16 others
Six more killed in Syria :
Five civilians were killed in Syria and a brigadier was assassinated on Monday
Report: Syrian rebels to create military council in exile:
Leading
deserters from the Syrian army are to create a supreme military
council to plan operations against the regime of President Bashar
al-Assad, the broadcaster Al-Arabiya reported on Sunday.
Russia presents new Syria resolution at UN: "It
is high time for the council to have serious negotiations," said the
spokesman stressing how there has been no talks among all 15 members of
the council on a Syria resolution for more than three weeks.
Foreign intervention in Syria dangerous - Tunisian president: Any
foreign intervention in Syria will result in an outburst in the entire
Middle East, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki said in his interview
for the Algerian newspaper El Khabar.
What if the Iranians start killing scientists? : If
there are assassinations on one side, it must be assumed that there
will be assassination attempts on the other side too. If Iranian
scientists are not immune, then neither are scientists from the
countries suspected of carrying out the assassinations.
Iran warns Gulf countries not to replace its oil: "Our
Arab neighbor countries should not cooperate with these adventurers...
These measures will not be perceived as friendly."
EU's Iran Oil Embargo Said Likely to Be Delayed Six Months: A
European Union embargo on imports of Iranian oil will probably be
delayed for six months to let countries such as Greece, Italy and Spain
find alternative supplies, two EU officials with knowledge of the
talks said.
U.S.-Israel delaying joint exercise for (6 Months) 'optimal' conditions: "Austere
Challenge 12" will be conducted in the second half of this year after
being scheduled to take place in late spring, the Pentagon spokesman,
Capt. John Kirby, said in a statement. The change comes, he said,
following close consultation between the U.S. European Command, or
EUCOM, and the Israel Defense Forces.
France Said to Seek Faster Execution of EU's Iran Oil Embargo: -- Nations
including Germany and the U.K. also favored the shortest delay, while
nations most exposed to imports from Iran pressed for an exemption of
as long as 12 months, the EU diplomat said
'Israel and U.S. postpone massive defense drill in fear of escalation with Iran': Israeli
defense officials tell Channel 2 that Washington wants to avoid
causing further tensions in region after various foreign reports of U.S.
and Israeli preparations for strike on Iran.
Leiberman: Sanctions on Iranian Central Bank will 'suffocate' nuclear ambitions: Foreign
Minister Avigdor Lieberman called for tough sanctions targeting Iran's
central bank and its oil and gas industry to "suffocate" Tehran's
nuclear ambitions, but did not rule out military action.
UN chief urges end to Israeli occupation: "Settlements,
new and old, are illegal. They work against the emergence of a viable
Palestinian state," said the UN secretary general.
Israeli settlement construction is 'vandalism': Britain's
Deputy Prime Minister: Nick Clegg makes statement during press
conference with PA President Mahmoud Abbas, who begins a three country
European tour to consult the stalled peace talks.
One U.S. family is responsible for half of Netanyahu's donations: Owners
of Duty Free America, a large chain of duty-free shops that operates
in 13 airports, pledged half of NIS 330,000 Netanyahu raised. http://bit.ly/wb53EI
Al Qaeda captures Yemeni town with little resistance: A
police source and witnesses said the militants met little resistance
from a small police force when they entered the town of Radda in Al
Baydah province, 170 kilometres from Sanaa, on Saturday night, seizing
an ancient citadel and mosque.
Global crisis is systemic - Putin: He said the world is entering a turbulent period.
Perez sworn in as Guatemala's president: Otto
Perez Molina has been sworn in as Guatemala's president, calling on
the US and Mexico to help him fight a wave of drug trafficking and
violence that has overwhelmed the Central American country.
The Mexico drug war: Bodies for billions: Over
the past five years, nearly 48,000 people have been killed in
suspected drug-related violence in Mexico, the country's federal
attorney general announced this month. In the first three quarters of
2011, almost 13,000 people died.
Spanish judge reopens Guantanamo torture probe:
A
Spanish judge on Friday re-launched an investigation into the alleged
torture of detainees held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, one day after a British authorities launched a probe into
CIA renditions to Libya.
When Romney ran Bain Capital, his word was not his bond: "The
Real Romney," by Boston Globe reporters Michael Kranish and Scott
Helman, have shed light on the strategies that Mitt Romney's old
private-equity firm, Bain Capital, used to generate outsize returns for
its investors.
Wall Street, Washington and Gingrich: Newt
Gingrich and his consulting companies helped financial-services giant
Credit Suisse Group gather exclusive Washington information and
analysis, showing that the Republican presidential candidate benefited
from a practice that has come under fire from lawmakers.
Santorum charity for the poor spent most of its money on management, political friends:
Homeless
families and troubled children were not the biggest beneficiaries of
Operation Good Neighbor. Instead, the foundation spent most of its money
to run itself, including hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees for
fundraising, administration and office rental paid to Santorum's
political allies. http://wapo.st/xvgUtS
"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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