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MOSCOW, March 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russian intelligence has information that the U.S. Armed Forces have nearly completed preparations for a possible military operation against Iran, and will be ready to strike in early April, a security official said.
The source said the U.S. had already compiled a list of possible targets on Iranian territory and practiced the operation during recent exercises in the Persian Gulf.
"Russian intelligence has information that the U.S. Armed Forces stationed (…)

A second member of the Royal Navy crew captured in the Gulf has apologised for "trespassing" in Iranian waters, in a broadcast on Iranian television.
The crewman, who introduces himself as Nathan Thomas Summers, says: "I would like to apologise for entering your waters without permission."
A third letter allegedly from LS Turney was released on Friday in which she said she had been "sacrificed" to the policies of the UK and US governments.
It also demanded an end to "oppressive (…)

President’s Daily Brief (PDB) for August 6, 2001 contained a two-page section entitled "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US."
President’s Daily Brief (PDB) for August 6, 2002 - "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US."
President’s Daily Brief (PDB) for August 6, 2003 - "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US."
President’s Daily Brief (PDB) for August 6, 2004 - "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US."
President’s Daily Brief (PDB) for August 6, 2005 - "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in (…)

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan late Thursday discussed over phone the recent illegal crossing of British sailors and marines into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf region.
Fifteen British sailors and marines, who had entered Iranian territory, were arrested by Iranian coastal guards on Friday, March 23.
According to the Press Bureau of the presidential office, the telephone conversation was on an initiative by the Turkish premier.
During (…)

caduceus Doctors Opposing Circumcision
An Appeal for Misha caduceus AN URGENT APPEAL FOR YOUR HELP TO PROTECT A 12 YEAR-OLD BOY
Those of you who are serious about protecting children from non-therapeutic circumcision have a unique opportunity to assist with a legal case in Oregon. An Oregon father, (an attorney), claims to be in the process of converting to Judaism and wants his now 12-year-old son, ‘Misha’, of whom he has custody, circumcised against both the child’s and the (…)

WAR
Bush and the Congress call it a war, don’t they?...but in war aren’t we supposed to be fighting a uniformed foe? The only uniforms I see in Iraq are Police and Security Forces, and "most" of the time we don’t fight them,even if they do take the occasional pot shot at us when we’re not looking, and/or spill the beans to various opposition forces about US positions and plans.
Just who ARE we fighting? What are "Insurgents"?, rag-tag, barefooted teens with Kalichnikovs?, angry young (…)

Michael D. Morrissey March 29, 2007
May be redistributed for non-profit purposes; orig. pub. at http:www.mdmorrissey.info/cock-up
When the BBC reports the fall of Building 7 23 minutes before it happens you know this is not a "cock-up" but a whistle blowing loud and clear from inside the loop.
Just ask yourself the simplest questions. Is the BBC the National Enquirer? Has it ever happened before? How could it happen? Talk about the nose on your face. Could it be any plainer?
An (…)

Sign the support petition
Proposal from Gérard Streiff, Sarah-Jane Mellor, Luca Di Nella, Laurent Klajnbaum, and Roberto Ferrario, members of Marie-George Buffet election campaign Council.
The writer Cesare Battisti has just been arrested in Brazil. He is threatened
with extradition to Italy.
One has to remember that Battisti had met asylum in France, where he could
benefit of a non-written rule that give to former Italian activists the French
State protection, provided that they (…)

By Nicola Nasser*
Flanked by international and regional non-Arab dignitaries representing the UN, EU, OIC, NAM and the leaders of Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan as well as the foreign minister of Iran, the leaders of the 22-member League of Arab States on Wednesday re-launched in Riyadh their five-year old Arab Peace Initiative, determined to reactivate it with mechanisms and a follow-up diplomatic campaign that will again take it to the United Nations Security Council despite a U.S. veto, (…)

This past weekend, Hendrik Voss, a volunteer in the SOA Watch national office and an organizer in the struggle to close the School of the Americas, was being detained on an order from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He was held for three days in DC’s Central Cellblock, the DC Jail and at a Homeland Security Detention Center in Northern Virginia.
Due to swift and successful organizing, solidarity, and movement contacts, Hendrik was released from custody on Monday evening. Many (…)