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Archive for June, 2010

Why did Israel attack civilians in the Mediterranean?

Posted by seumasach on June 1, 2010

Israel weighed in advance the consequences of its attack against a humanitarian convoy of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip. What were its objectives in triggering a world diplomatic crisis, and why did it defy its Turkish ally as well as its U.S. protector?

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

1st June, 2010

The attack launched by three Israeli Saar missile patrol boats on 31 May 2010 against the freedom flotilla in international Mediterranean waters denotes a headlong rush on the part of Tel Aviv.

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Wall Street operative Geithner rebuffed in Berlin on mission to make world safe for derivatives

Posted by seumasach on June 1, 2010

Webster Tarpley

Tarpley.net

28th May, 2010

On themost important stop of last week’s desperate mission to make the world safe for derivatives, US Treasury Secretary Geithner has been dealt a decisive rebuff. Geithner’s obvious attempt to sabotage the recent prohibition enacted by the German government against naked credit default swaps (among the most toxic of derivatives) was rejected in Berlin on Thursday by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble.

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‘Delhiites living under cellphone radiation threat’

Posted by seumasach on June 1, 2010

India Today

28th May, 2010

Cellphone towers mushrooming across Delhi have become a major health hazard, having raised electromagnetic radiation (EMR) exposure in the city to dangerous – and often fatal – levels. At risk are schools, markets, hospitals and even venues of the Commonwealth Games.

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‘Israel is a lunatic state’ – Finkelstein on Gaza flotilla attack

Posted by seumasach on June 1, 2010

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Pourquoi Israël a t-il attaqué des civils en Méditerranée ?

Posted by seumasach on June 1, 2010

Israël a pesé à l’avance les conséquences de l’attaque qu’il a lancé contre un convoi humanitaire maritime. Quels sont ses objectifs en déclenchant une crise diplomatique mondiale, pourquoi a t-il défié son allié turc et son protecteur états-unien ?

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

31st May, 2010

L’attaque conduite par trois patrouilleurs lance-missiles israéliens de classe Saar, le 31 mai 20101, contre la flottille de la liberté, dans les eaux internationales de Méditerranée illustre la fuite en avant de Tel-Aviv.

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