DEATH TOLL FROM GAZAN PATIENTS KEPT WAITING BY THE ISRAELI CLOSURE OF GAZA REACHES 107

The death of Fatima al-Maqadima, an elderly woman from al Buriej refugee camp, raised the death toll to 107. She had been suffering from cancer and had been prevented from leaving the Strip to receive necessary medical treatment.

ONE MILLION CALLS

We are attempting to contact ALL Ron Paul meetup members to drive this effort. If we can get each member to make just 5 phone calls a day, we can BLAST the Ron Paul message to more than 1 MILLION Iowans prior to the August 11th Straw Poll!

LOOKING FOR TRUTH IN CREDENTIALS: THE WTC "EXPERTS"

by Kevin Ryan

the fact is that the experts found to support the official conspiracy theory of 9/11 are predominantly those who profit from doing so.

RECESSION FEARS HAMMER ASIAN STOCKS

TOKYO (AFP) — Asian stocks tumbled Monday with Tokyo hitting a 30-month low as recession alarm bells rang louder in the United States following a shock drop in employment, dealers said.

STOP THREATS THEN WE'LL TALK, IRAN TELLS WEST

"If they (the West) want to have serious negotiations, in fair conditions and taking into account the interests of the two parties, they must first stop threatening."

BRITAIN MAKES CAMERA THAT "SEES" UNDER CLOTHES

LONDON (Reuters) - A British company has developed a camera that can detect weapons, drugs or explosives hidden under people's clothes from up to 25 meters away in what could be a breakthrough for the security industry.

GANG MEMBERS GET TRAINED IN THE ARMY

LOS ANGELES – While hundreds of Mexican soldiers are deserting the army to join drug trafficking gangs, California is facing the opposite problem: A growing number of gang members here have infiltrated the U.S. Armed Forces in order to receive military training.

STATES TACKLE IMMIGRATION BECAUSE FEDS WON’T

Frustrated over the federal government’s continued lack of immigration enforcement, state lawmakers around the country have already proposed more than 350 immigration-related bills in the first two months of 2008.

US NEEDS NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR REST OF CENTURY: GENERAL

The program is controversial in part because it runs counter to the US obligation under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to work toward bringing its stockpile to zero.

THE U.N. IS ESCALATING THE IRAN NUCLEAR CRISIS

Astonishingly, the UNSC resolution takes virtually no notice of the fact that all outstanding issues which led to the Iran file being sent to New York in the first place have now been resolved. The demand, first made in 2006, that Iran suspend enrichment and reprocessing activity, was a derivative demand aimed at instilling confidence pending resolution of those outstanding issues. Now that those original issues have been resolved — and this is what the IAEA has pointed out in its last two reports — there is no basis for the suspension demand to be pressed, let alone made the basis for fresh sanctions.

THE PRISON INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES: BIG BUSINESS OR A NEW FORM OF SLAVERY?

There are approximately 2 million inmates in state, federal and private prisons throughout the country. According to California Prison Focus, "no other society in human history has imprisoned so many of its own citizens." The figures show that the United States has locked up more people than any other country: a half million more than China, which has a population five times greater than the U.S.

BUSH AND URIBE V. CHAVEZ AND CORREA

Correa and Chavez both deployed troops to their borders, and each country went further. Ecuador severed diplomatic ties with its neighbor, and Correa called Uribe Washington's "unconditional puppet" for his blatant act of aggression. Chavez also expelled Colombia's ambassador, and called the strike "a cowardly murder, all of it coldly calculated" and planned in Washington. He also warned Colombia against similar Venezuelan incursions that he would interpret as a "cause for war."

ATLANTA FEDERAL RESERVE RELEASES DVD AIMED AT HELPING BANKS PREPARE FOR DISASTERS

Drawing on the experience of bankers who have weathered crisis situations, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta developed Crisis Preparedness: Reconnecting the Financial Lifeline, a DVD designed to assist bankers with their institutions' emergency preparedness efforts. Each section of the DVD profiles a facet of crisis preparedness, from preparing and testing a plan to caring for employees to providing cash to customers to working with banks and first responders.

BUH BYE TUCKER! MSNBC CANCELS CARLSON’S SHOW

We have documented many of Tucker’s atrocities during his time at MSNBC and have been asking for this for years.

MEDIA PART OF THE MCCAIN BUBBLE: HE’S A CRANKY OLD MAN THAT GOT CAUGHT IN A LIE

One is “The New York Times” is not currently his favorite newspaper. And the other point is Elizabeth Bumiller was catching him in a lie that he told in 2004. He had been lying. He said no, he hadn’t had that conversation. So it was, by definition, a “gotcha” question, and he doesn’t like that, but he especially doesn’t like “The New York Times.“

IRAQ WAR TO COST $12B A MONTH IN 2008

Beyond 2008, working with "best-case" and "realistic-moderate" scenarios, they project the Iraq and Afghan wars, including long-term U.S. military occupations of those countries, will cost the U.S. budget between $1.7 trillion and $2.7 trillion -- or more -- by 2017.

GRAND THEFT DELEGATE

While it is true that pledged delegates are technically free to go for whomever they wish, the idea of actively lobbying them to ignore the will of the voters who allocated them has traditionally not gone over well.

THE WORLD AS IT IS

Those who have empathy cannot drop tons of iron fragmentation bombs on crowded Palestinian refugee camps in Gaza, killing more than 120 Palestinians in a week, of whom one in five were children and more than half were civilians. Those who have empathy do not, as Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai did, thunder at the Palestinians that they face a shoah, meaning catastrophe or holocaust. Those with empathy are unable to rejoice, as many leaders of Hamas did, over slaughter, as if the murder of the other’s innocents is justified by the murder of your innocents.

PRIVATIZE WATER!

On cable TV this morning, the AP investigation finding drugs in drinking water got a lot of attention. No one mentioned, needless to say, that these water systems are all owned and run by government.

HISTORY CHANNEL ADMITS ANTHRAX ATTACKS ARE AN INSIDE JOB

From the History Channel's show Conspiracies: Anthrax Attacks explaining how the weaponized strain could only come from the United States BioDefense Program.

WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS

MCCAIN BUDGET NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP, EXPERTS SAY

"This is one of the most fiscally irresponsible plans we've seen by a presidential candidate in a long time," said Robert Greenstein, executive director of the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Vague, expensive promises are not unusual on the campaign trail and the proposals put forward by Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton also would likely lead to increased deficits, analysts said.

BUSH SPENDING U.S. TAX DOLLARS TO FOMENT UNREST IN BOLIVIA

Documents show that Washington is backing Right-wing opposition to Bolivia's democratic reforms.

THE DEFICITS OF JOHN MCCAIN

In a country where the water provided by Halliburton (and KBR) makes our soldiers ill (seems a bad way to spend money to me), where the outsourcing started by Cheney and Rumsfeld has led to record poor performance and incompetence in Iraq, well. . . it looks like the future budget deficits for Mr. McCain’s next 100 years of US presence in Iraq are going to be records as well.

NSA QUIETLY EXPANDS DOMESTIC SPYING PROGRAM, EVEN AS CONGRESS BALKS

"The central role the NSA has come to occupy in domestic intelligence gathering has never been publicly disclosed," The Wall Street Journal's Siobhan Gorman reports on Monday page ones. "But an inquiry reveals that its efforts have evolved to reach more broadly into data about people's communications, travel and finances in the U.S. than the domestic surveillance programs brought to light since the 2001 terrorist attacks."

HOW LOW CAN THE DOLLAR GO? ZERO VALUE

The collapse of the U.S. Dollar in the past couple of weeks has been spectacular. In fact, each day this week we saw the U.S. Dollar reach new consecutive new lows. At this point, global confidence in the U.S. Dollar is eroding and it cannot be considered a tangible investment vehicle. Many highly respected economists are predicting further problems for the U.S. Dollar with some predicting that an inflationary depression is right around the corner.

FDIC REPORTS SECOND BANK FAILURE OF 2008

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- A second bank has failed this year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday. The FDIC and the Commissioner of Missouri's Division of Finance closed Hume Bank in Hume, Mo., on Friday, the federal banking regulator announced.

AP: WATER MAKES US TROOPS IN IRAQ SICK

A report obtained by The Associated Press said soldiers experienced skin abscesses, cellulitis, skin infections, diarrhea and other illnesses after using discolored, smelly water for personal hygiene and laundry at five U.S. military sites in Iraq.

The Defense Department's inspector general's report, which could be released as early as Monday, found water quality problems between March 2004 and February 2006 at three sites run by contractor KBR Inc., and between January 2004 and December 2006 at two military-operated locations.

CIA & FBI SPREAD DISINFORMATION THROUGH THE MEDIA

ARMY STRUGGLES WITH RISING SUICIDE

All Spec. Travis Virgadamo ever wanted was to be a soldier.

But two years after his father signed papers for him to enlist at age 17, things went terribly wrong. Last August, three months after arriving in Iraq, he walked outside his barracks and killed himself with his rifle.

SEN. WEBB RAPS SEN. MCCAIN ON G.I. BILL

"The one person who really ought to be on this bill is John McCain," said Webb. "John McCain constantly talks about how important this war is and constantly talks about how important military service is and as I’ve reminded him, 'John, Uncle Sam paid for your education at the Naval Academy, paid for your dad’s education, paid for your grandfather’s education….' I think the people who have already given this kind of service deserve to have their education paid for."

IRAQ VETERAN SAYS MCCAIN POLICY IS WRONG

"I honor and thank John McCain for his years of military service to our country," said Martinez, who is studying at the University of Texas at San Antonio. "But I don't think he offers the right leadership on Iraq or understands how to reinvigorate our economy here at home."

THE STATE TORTURE OF HOPE STEFFEY

The video obtained by Hope Steffey's lawyer and released to the public represents only a fraction of Hope's actual torture by the Stark County sheriffs department in Ohio. The video is difficult to watch, but it's very important for people, particularly Americans, to know that this outrageous crime has taken place in their country. The legal outcome of this case could determine what kind of country the United States becomes. If this level of injustice and brutality towards American citizens by their own law enforcement agencies and legal system is condoned and not corrected, the real possibility of humiliating and painful torture exists for all Americans.

ISRAELI OCCUPATION EXPOSES PALESTINIAN WOMEN TO HARASSEMENT AND ABUSE

“Palestinian women and girls are, along with the rest of the Palestinian population, regularly subjected to harassment, intimidation, and ill-treatment at Israeli checkpoints scattered throughout the West Bank, including around East Jerusalem”, the Al Haq Institute stated, “Such treatment constitutes as an assault on their dignity and security of person in violation of both international human rights and humanitarian law. Palestinian women and girls have also not escaped the violent consequences of Israel’s repeated military incursions and attacks in the Occupied Territories”.

WAKE UP TIME FROM ORWELL'S NIGHTMARE

On March 5, 2008, 404 House members beat the drum for more war by citing Iran and Syria as the main sponsors of Palestinian terror in the passing of House Resolution 951 citing the "more than 4,000 rockets and mortar shells [that] have been fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip by Hamas and other terrorist organizations... [and claims] the Government of Israel's military operations in Gaza only target Hamas and other terrorist organizations." [1]

Apparently the idiots running the asylum in the House of Representatives perceive the 982 Palestinian children who have been killed by Israeli forces, since 2000 are card carrying members of Hamas, but reality is:

"The majority of these [Palestinian] children were killed and injured while going about normal daily activities, such as going to school, playing, shopping, or simply being in their homes. Sixty-four percent of children killed during the first six months of 2003 died as a result of Israeli air and ground attacks, or from indiscriminate fire from Israeli soldiers." [2]

BAGHDAD BOMB KILLS FIVE US TROOPS

Five US soldiers have been killed by a suicide bomber while on patrol in Baghdad, the US army has said.

WE SHOULD TAKE BLINDERS OFF THE EVENTS OF 9/11

There is an explosives fingerprint confirmed at Ground Zero. The 9/11 commission was forbidden to tell us that scanning electron microscopy and X-ray spectroscopy of world trade center dust samples found many aluminum-rich iron microspheres, once molten droplets which solidified in air, strong evidence of explosives.

ISRAEL PLOTS ANOTHER PALESTINIAN EXODUS

Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai's much publicized remark last week about Gaza facing a shoah – the Hebrew word for the Holocaust – was widely assumed to be unpleasant hyperbole about the army's plans for an imminent full-scale invasion of the Strip.

SUNDAY: 28 IRAQIS KILLED, 10 WOUNDED

At least 28 Iraqis were killed and another 10 were wounded in the latest attacks. The U.S. military suggested that a recent surge in killings should not be taken as an overall return to violence. No Coalition deaths were reported.

MCCAIN: BAGHDAD AS DANGEROUS AS AN AMERICAN CITY

McCain said it, yesterday on CNN, then he tried to take it back. But he said it. McCain did this once before, remember? When he took a "safe" stroll in a Baghdad market... wearing body armor, flanked by 100 American soldiers, 3 Blackhawk helicopters, and 2 Apache gunships. And then said even in America leaders have to have security when walking around in markets. Watch the video of the latest evidence that McCain is either lying about Iraq, has no idea what's going on, or has simply forgotten the facts.

CIA TELEPHONE PSEUDONYMS AND NAMES

About 10,751 CIA telephone pseudonyms and true names are available via http://switchboard.intelius.com through a reverse telephone number look-up for (703) 482-1100 -- this is a CIA phone number located at a telephone sub-station in Mclean, VA

WHITE HOUSE TELEPHONE PSEUDONYMS AND NAMES

About 781 White House telephone pseudonyms and true names are available via http://switchboard.intelius.com through a reverse telephone number look-up for (202) 456-1414. Some are humorous ("Poppy Bush," "Junior Bush"), ironic ("Abu Gharib," "Johnson Tape," "Saddam Tape"), out of date ("Theodore Roosevelt," "Alice Rivlin"), psychopathological ("Terry Schiavo").

(9:12 A.M.-11:57 A.M.) SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: NEADS AND NORAD EXPERIENCING COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS

Tape recordings of the operations floor at NORAD’s Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) in Rome, New York indicate that both NEADS and NORAD are experiencing significant problems communicating with other agencies:

bullet At 9:12 a.m., a member of staff at NEADS tells another military agency over the phone: “We’re trying to reach the military coordinator. We’re having a difficult time.” [North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9/11/2001]

bullet At 9:22 a.m., a women at NEADS calls what is apparently an American Airlines office in New York, to ask about a report NEADS has received that Flight 11 is still airborne and headed towards Washington (see 9:21 a.m. September 11, 2001). After being given a phone number she needs to call for more information, the woman at NEADS replies: “[D]o me a favor and have them call us? We cannot call out for some reason.” [North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9/11/2001]

bullet At around 10:31 a.m., someone from the 1st Fighter Wing, which is the host unit at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, calls NEADS. During the conversation, they mention, “I tried to get a hold of NORAD… and their lines are all busy.” NEADS replies, “Yeah, I can believe it,” and adds, “Right now the circuits are so busy.” [North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9/11/2001]

bullet Around 11:50 a.m., someone with the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing is on the phone to NEADS. They mention, “We’re having a tough time getting hold of you guys.” NEADS responds, “We’re having problems with our phone lines as well.” [North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9/11/2001]

bullet At 11:57 a.m., a member of staff at NEADS complains: “They turned off all the goddamned lines to the outside.… No, local. So you can’t make outside phone calls.” [North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9/11/2001]

1979-1989: $600 MILLION FOR AFGHAN WAR PASSES THROUGH BIN LADEN CHARITY FRONTS

According to Michael Scheuer, head of the CIA’s first bin Laden unit, from 1979 to 1989 about $600 million is passed through bin Laden’s charity fronts. Most of it goes through the charity front Maktab al-Khidamat (MAK), also known as Al-Kifah. The money generally comes from donors in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf, and is used to arm and supply the mujaheddin fighting in Afghanistan.

LATE 1980S-EARLY 1990S: US ALLOWS RADICAL MUJAHEDDIN TO KILL THOUSANDS OF MODERATES IN AFGHANISTAN

Near the end of the Soviet-Afghan war in the late 1980s and into the early 1990s, the radical mujaheddin heavily funded by the CIA and Saudi Arabia kill moderate Afghans by the thousands. By doing so, they manage to eliminate rivals to power when the war is over. The US does not object or limit funding because of this.