2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://prorev.com/2006/08/world-council-of-churches-israels.htm THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2006 WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES: ISRAEL’S ATTACK ON LEBANON DELIBERATE AND PLANNED ELIANE ENGELER, JERUSALEM POST – Israel’s assault on Lebanon was planned even before Hizbullah attacked and was aimed at driving a wedge between the different faiths that have been living in harmony in … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore Friends, The IDF is, I believe, highly respected in Israel. Methinks Peretz puts nail in his own coffin here. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060817/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_israel_1 Israel downplayed Hezbollah’s arsenal By AMY TEIBEL, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 11 minutes ago Israel’s defense minister, his credentials already in question before the just-ended war … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www3.telus.net/GreenwoodMuse/MeddAug14.06.htm August 14/06, Monday 12:15 am “THE NEW NORMAL” Medderick Crotteau [ Canadian ] Screening at airports. Police with sub-machine guns, bulletproof vests and riot gear patrolling public transportation junctions. How long before they are at every public transit facility and outside of corporate buildings along with private security … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore ³A few weeks ago, on July the 10th, President Bush approved the last report of a so-called ‘Commission to Assist a Free Cuba.’ That means a clear plan of intervention in another country…. They said that they have additional measures that remain classified² ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://williambowles.info/americas/cuba_alarcon.html The Américas www.williambowles.info 2/8/06 … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore A foolish move by Syria. Playing into Israel’s hands. They are chomping at the bit to attack Syria. Syria seems to be overlooking the extent of the damage Lebanon has suffered, and which Syria could suffer as well. Those places which have offered guerilla resistance to Israel — Palestine and Lebanon — … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore Is Turkey trying to provoke an international incident? rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060817/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictpoliticsairlineiransyriaturkey_060817115356 Iranian planes grounded in Turkey for weapons search Thu Aug 17, 7:53 AM ET Turkey has grounded two Syria-bound Iranian planes over the past month to search for weapons following Israeli intelligence that Iran is supplying rockets to … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore The Lebanese government seems more concerned with preserving its privileged position that it is with the welfare of the Lebanese people. While that government complains about Hezbollah, and while Israel breaks the cease-fire to attack alleged Hezbollah targets, Hezbollah itself is working on reconstruction. What frightens everyone about Hezbollah is that it … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060817.WORLD17-2/TPStory/TPInternational/America/ World in Brief Court rejects election claims by Lopez Obrador Mexico City — Mexico’s top electoral court rejected complaints about the July election yesterday, giving conservative candidate Felipe Calderon’s party the largest stake in the legislature. The electoral judges must declare a president-elect by Sept. 6 at the … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore Hassan Nasrallah is the head of Hezbollah. Strange how seldom his words are reported; could it be because he makes too much sense? rkm ³Peace cannot be unilateral. So long as there is imperialism in the world, a permanent peace is impossible. This war will not come to an end as long … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore Friends, A very interesting article, particularly if you’ve been following developments in physics. Pearson has come up with a very creative model that claims to overcome the various contradictions that physics theory is currently troubled by. From my layman’s studies, I find Pearson’s arguments plausible, but I don’t know nearly enough to … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore What is Israel’s goal here? Israel most certainly knows that Hezbollah will not be slowed down one bit by a few more air raids. However it would be hardly surprising if Hezbollah were to retaliate by lobbing a few missiles toward Israel if Israel continues to break the cease-fire. It seems that … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore ³Iran today launched a series of large-scale military exercises aimed at introducing the country’s new defensive doctrine² I imagine the new defensive doctrine has to do with the modern missile systems recently supplied from Russia and China. It is quite prudent of Iran to prepare for attack as best it can. rkm … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://infowars.com/articles/sept11/neo_facists_declare_war_on_truth_movement.htm Neo-Fascists Declare War On Truth Movement False Flag Provocation Likely To Occur Within Months, 9/11 & Truth Activists Targeted For Elimination As Alex Jones Makes Unpalatable Prediction Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com | August 17 2006 As manufactured terror alerts, magnified turmoil in the Middle East, and dire proclamations … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore We need to keep in mind that whatever Israel does, the US has approved beforehand. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060819/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_israel_1200 Lebanon gives warning after Israeli raid By SAM F. GHATTAS, Associated Press Writer Sat Aug 19, 10:53 AM ET Israeli commandos raided a Hezbollah stronghold deep inside Lebanon Saturday, sparking a … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://wsws.org/articles/2006/aug2006/usec-a18.shtml Warnings of a US recession and global slowdown By Nick Beams 18 August 2006 Three commentaries published in the Financial Times over the past week have pointed to the increasing likelihood of a US recession that would have major implications for the global economy. In an article published … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://rense.com/general73/more.htm More Clues Point To Bush Attack On Iran Wayne Madsen 8-20-6 Additional clues point to U.S. attack on Iran. State Department sources report that State’s Iran Desk Officer Henry Wooster has suddenly been transferred to another position. Meanwhile, Vice President Dick Cheney’s office is assembling a group of … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore “Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will be seeking political support as well as energy deals when he visits China on Tuesday, but Beijing is keen to stick to business and avoid antagonising Washington, analysts say.” “…their courtship has raised hackles in US corridors of power, where some officials fear the emerging Asian heavyweight … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20060816&articleId=2982 TO VIEW VIDEO CLICK HERE http://content.mishtara.org/bilin-11-8-06.wmv Israeli Soldier in Bil¹in: ³This is Lebanon!² Posted in Reports, Bil’in Village, Video Israeli activists have uploaded a video of the shooting of Lymor and the initial violence of the Israeli military in Bil¹in on Friday, August 11th. To view it click … Read more
2006-08-22 Richard Moore The excerpt below comes from an article by Dave Pollard that was forwarded to me by Tom Atlee. In the excerpt, Dave is summarizing things he learned about indigenous cultures from his reading Hugh Brody’s, THE OTHER SIDE OF EDEN. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2006/08/06.html#a1606 THE OTHER SIDE OF EDEN is … Read more
2006-08-19 Richard Moore Friends, We’ve been discussing this topic for some time, and I’ve posted several very good analyses (Engdahl, Chossudovsky, etc.). I’ve also been posting LOTS of news articles from a range of sources, of varying credibility. All this material can be reviewed in the archives: http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/. From the perspective of geopolitical strategy, there … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1042.shtml COMMENTARY They simply can’t stop lying, can they? By William Online Journal Guest Writer Jul 27, 2006, 00:54 There are times when I think that this tired old world has gone on a few years too long. What’s happening in the Middle East is so depressing. Most discussions … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20060810&articleId=2942 The Pentagon’s “Second 911” “Another [9/11] attack could create both a justification and an opportunity to retaliate against some known targets” By Michel Chossudovsky August 10, 2006 One essential feature of “defense” in the case of a second major attack on America, is “offense”, according to Homeland Security … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525882141&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull IDF says free to hit Syrian arms convoys Yaakov Katz, THE JERUSALEM POST Aug. 16, 2006 Despite the cease-fire between Israel and Hizbullah, the IDF is allowed to destroy Syrian weapons convoys that cross into Lebanon to reach Hizbullah guerrillas, a top IDF officer said Tuesday. At the … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525882124&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull IDF: We’ll disarm Hizbullah if UN can’t Gil Hoffman, THE JERUSALEM POST Aug. 16, 2006 The IDF will have to resume operations in Lebanon if the expanded United Nations force being assembled does not fulfill its obligation to dismantle Hizbullah, an official in the Prime Minister’s Office warned … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/815788 Mexican riot police seal Congress Aug 16, 2006 Hundreds of riot police in black body armour sealed Congress with roadblocks and a metal wall on Tuesday to keep leftist protesters away after a violent clash over Mexico’s disputed presidential election. Federal police took control of all the streets … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4797113.stm ‘Siege’ warning to Mexico rival Supporters of Mexico’s left-wing presidential candidate have pledged to place his rival “under siege” if he is declared winner of the disputed poll. A spokesman for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s party said Felipe Calderon would not be able to operate outside his office … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060816/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictlebanon_060816115517 Syria warns Israel over occupation of Golan Syria has warned Israel that the occupation of the Golan Heights “cannot last forever” and said Syrians would emulate Hezbollah to recover their land. “We say to the forces occupying our land that our people warn you that they will not … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1844618,00.html ‘People power’ is a global brand owned by America The US and the western media back protests over controversial elections when it suits them, but are silent over those in Mexico Mark Almond Tuesday August 15, 2006 The Guardian A couple of years ago television, radio and print … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore ³My story was never mentioned in the final report and I felt like I was being put on trial in a court room,² said Cacchioli. ³I finally walked out. They were trying to twist my words and make the story fit only what they wanted to hear. All I wanted to do … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore ³Pakistan’s ISI has a shady record of supporting terrorist organizations on the one hand while helping British police and intelligence officials on the on the other hand.² We might also note that the head of ISI was named by the FBI as the ‘moneybags’ for the alleged 19 hijackers, but this was … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Friends, Hezbollah is clearly part of the grassroots infrastructure of Lebanon, and is not going away. What can it mean if Israel promises to continue attacks against Hezbollah? It can only mean continued strikes on Lebanon generally. Perhaps this time the Iranians or Russians will give Lebanon up-to-date anti-aircraft missiles. rkm ——————————————————– … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore “It is a tinder-dry environment where anybody can drop a spark and the flames go up again” Mark Malloch-Brown UN deputy chief Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4800053.stm France to head new Lebanon force France has agreed to head an expanded UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon until February, the defence minister says. But the … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander –in- chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet: ³There was no military justification for the dropping of the [Hiroshima] bomb.² Friends, I saw a film, “The Day After Trinity”, narrated by Robert Oppenheimer, chief scientist of the Manhattan Project. In this film he noted that Hiroshima and … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Who is Paul Craig Roberts? Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy under Ronald Reagan (awarded the Treasury Department’s Meritorious Service Award for “his outstanding contributions to the formulation of United States economic policy.”) Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. Former … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: Investigating New Imperialism http://www.williambowles.info/ To subscribe, email: •••@••.••• ——————————————————– <http://www.feedfire.com/site/rss.cgi?ChanContentId=001779> Key Stories on Lebanon & Syria 16 August 2006 Assembled from a variety of sources, including URUK Net, VTJP and Information Clearing House Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:39 AM <http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/445.shtml>Electronic Lebanon | <http://williambowles.info/syria_lebanon/sl_newslinks.html>Lebanon/Syria Newslinks 17/8/06 APPENDIX II: INDEX ON … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/world/middleeast/17military.html August 17, 2006 THE MILITARY Insurgent Bombs Directed at G.I.¹s Increase in Iraq By MICHAEL R. GORDON, MARK MAZZETTI and THOM SHANKER This article is by Michael R. Gordon, Mark Mazzetti and Thom Shanker. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 ‹ The number of roadside bombs planted in Iraq rose in … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Friends, I see hope here. My fear was that there would be no recount, and Calderon would steal the election, as Bush did in 2000 and 2004. The fact that a recount has happened at all is a welcome surprise. That it indicates Obrador would have won is very encouraging. If he … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Brian Hill” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: FW: Whose terrorism?? Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:32:46 -0700 Organization: Institute for Cultural Ecology The Cuban Five Frank Joyce It wasn’t Libya, Afghanistan, or any other Arab-based group that first blew up a commercial airplane. Al Qaida had nothing to do with it. … Read more
2006-08-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0816grupos.html Mexico’s rich build dynasties Chris Hawley Republic Mexico City Bureau Aug. 16, 2006 12:00 AM MEXICO CITY – Carlos Slim is rich. Insanely rich. Astronomically rich. If you took his $37.6 billion and laid the dollar bills end to end, they would stretch to the moon and back … Read more
2006-08-16 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Brian Hill” <•••@••.•••> To: “‘Richard Moore'” <•••@••.•••> Subject: FW: [Bioreg] The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:32:09 -0700 Organization: Institute for Cultural Ecology —<forwarded message>— From: •••@••.••• [mailto:•••@••.•••] On Behalf Of Gene and Joyce Marshall Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 11:50 AM To: … Read more