Archive for May 16th, 2009
IAEA Chief: ‘Israel Would Be Insane to Attack Iran’
16 May 09 | JPo
Israel would be “utterly insane” to attack Iran, outgoing International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei said in an interview with German daily Der Spiegel Saturday.
U.N. Signals ‘No’ to A.U. Request for Somalia Peacekeepers
The United Nations Security Council has told the African Union it will not take over the A.U. peacekeeping mission in Somalia under current conditions. But African officials remain hopeful the world body will change its mind.
U.S. Drone Strike in North Waziristan Kills 40
16 May 09 | AWC News
Missiles attacked village religious school. Read the rest of this entry »
Greek Nationalists Protest Bilderberg Club Meeting
16 May 09 | AP
Police heavily guarded a luxury resort in Greece on Saturday where a secretive annual rendezvous of top politicians and business leaders reportedly took place.Several dozen Greek demonstrators gathered outside the Astir Palace hotel in the coastal town of Vouliagmeni to criticize the Bilderberg Group, an international group that was founded half a century ago in the Netherlands.
The Impotent President
by Paul Craig Roberts
15 May 09 | Counterpunch
Who runs America?
What do you suppose it is like to be elected president of the United States only to find that your power is restricted to the service of powerful interest groups? Read the rest of this entry »
Barak: Netanyahu to Back Palestinian State, Israel MP Says Otherwise
Israel Would Use U.S. Bombs to Attack Iran
Israeli government ministers and Knesset members who will help make the decision about whether to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities do not have to wait any longer for a preparatory briefing by the Israel Air Force.
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers ‘Defeated’
16 May 09 | AJE
Sri Lanka’s president has declared that the island’s Tamil Tiger fighters have been “defeated,” after the military said it had captured the area of coastline held by the separatists. Read the rest of this entry »
Congress Alliance Wins First Post-26/11 Indian Election
16 May 09 | FT
The Congress Party on Saturday claimed an emphatic victory in India’s parliamentary elections as voters backed secular leadership over communal politics and the continued premiership of Manmohan Singh. Read the rest of this entry »
The Elite Gather in Greece for a Not-So-Secret Meeting
15-16 May 09 | WSJ and Guardian
The Astir Palace hotel in this Greek coastal town wasn’t open for coffee Friday. Greek media, apparently tipped off, were abuzz over the reasons behind the heightened security at the hotel: a gathering of the Bilderberg Group, a secretive annual rendezvous of top politicians and business leaders. Read the rest of this entry »
Boy Scouts Train in Post-9/11 Law Enforcement Methods
14 May 09 | NYT
Ten minutes into arrant mayhem in this town near the Mexican border, and the gunman, a disgruntled Iraq war veteran, has already taken out two people, one slumped in his desk, the other covered in blood on the floor.
The responding officers — eight teenage boys and girls, the youngest 14 — face tripwire, a thin cloud of poisonous gas and loud shots — BAM! BAM! — fired from behind a flimsy wall. They move quickly, pellet guns drawn and masks affixed.
Chinese Yuan: Next World Currency?
by Nouriel Roubini
14 May 09 | NYT
The 19th century was dominated by the British Empire, the 20th century by the United States. We may now be entering the Asian century, dominated by a rising China and its currency. Read the rest of this entry »
Sri Lanka: Military Conflict vs. Propaganda War?
by Thalif Deen
15 May 09 | IPS
The Sri Lankan government, which has come under heavy fire for the massive humanitarian crisis in the country’s war zone, is winning the 25-year-old military conflict but is on the verge of losing the propaganda war overseas. Read the rest of this entry »
Military Commissions: Neither Court Nor Tribunal
President Obama’s decision Friday to revive military tribunals to try suspected terrorists will likely fail to erase the taint of illegitimacy over the courts despite efforts at reform, civilian and military legal experts said. Read the rest of this entry »
A.U. May Seek NATO Help in Somalia Crisis; U.S. Blames Eritrea for Somali Instability
The African Union says if the situation gets further out of control, it may ask assistance from NATO forces stationed in Somalia’s pirate-infested waters. Read the rest of this entry »
