From Times Online 6 October 2009 Travellers in Europe could face intrusive airport security measures in response to the latest ploy by al-Qaeda — suicide bombers who carry high explosives inside their bodies, it emerged today. French anti-terrorism chiefs are expected to recommend widening examinations already used to catch drug smugglers after President Sarkozy’s new [...]
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Mosque-Veto
Palestine Monitor September 14, 2009 A Palestinian woman died and dozens more were injured as they attempted to reach Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Incompetent and inhumane policing turned the Qalandia checkpoint into a scene of chaos as worshippers gathered for prayer on the third Friday of Ramadan. Pictures:
Jonathan Cook: The Two-state Solution, Israeli-style — Charity, checkpoints and client rulers
Jonathan Cook is a writer and journalist based in Nazareth, Israel. His latest books are “Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East” (Pluto Press) and “Disappearing Palestine: Israel’s Experiments in Human Despair” (Zed Books). His website is www.jkcook.net . Ramallah “Information Clearing House” Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s [...]
Neocons Paint Obama as Weak on ‘Rogues’
by Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service June 23, 2009 In what appears increasingly to be an orchestrated campaign, right-wing Republicans and Israel-centered neoconservatives are pulling out all the stops in depicting President Barack Obama as “weak” on national security and promoting democracy abroad.
Nobel Peace laureate Mairead Maguire detained by USA homeland security
On Friday 17th May, 2009, Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace laureate, was detained on her entry into Houston Airport, USA, by Homeland Security Immigration. Maguire was on her way home to Northern Ireland, after attending a 3 day conference in Guatemala, which was hosted by herself and three Sister Nobel Peace Laureates, Rigoberta Menchu, Jody Williams, and Shirin Ebadi. 150 women activists from around the World attended the Nobel Womens’ Conference to discuss, ‘Redefining Democracy, Human Rights and Peace.’
Israel allows 93 Christians to leave Gaza during pope visit, denies 400 others
Gaza – Ma’an – Israel granted permits to 93 Palestinian Christians to leave Gaza to attend a papal mass in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and turned down applications for more than 400 others, a church official in Gaza said on Monday.
Gideon Levy : Ask your sons
It is behavior well known to every police investigator: First the suspect denies everything, then attacks his interrogators, then admits to a small portion of the accusations (saying he merely did what everyone does), and finally breaks down and confesses.
British MP George Galloway starts libel suit against Cdn immigration minister
TORONTO — British antiwar MP George Galloway, who was denied entry into Canada in March, announced Friday he plans to sue Immigration Minister Jason Kenney over suggestions he supports terrorism. The defamation notice, the first step in commencing a defamation action, was also served on senior members of two Jewish organizations as well as [...]
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