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6-30-09 email alert from Good Karma Public Relations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
30 June 2009
ISRAEL ATTACKS JUSTICE BOAT; KIDNAPS HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS; CONFISCATES MEDICINE, TOYS AND OLIVE TREES
For more information contact:
Greta Berlin (English)
tel: +357 99 081 767 / friends@freegaza.org
Caoimhe Butterly (Arabic/English/Spanish):
tel: +357 99 077 820 / sahara78@hotmail.co.uk
www.FreeGaza.org
[23 miles off the coast of Gaza, 15:30pm] - Today Israeli… »»»

This show was broadcast June 30, 2009.
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JUNE 18, 2009 Glenn Greenwald salon.com
A new NYT/CBS News poll just released today asked a question designed to test support for Obama’s proposal to indefinitely detain Guantanamo detainees without charges — and it foundoverwhelming opposition to that plan (click to enlarge):

The view that detainees should be charged with crimes or released is often depicted as the fringe “Far… »»»

Obama’s Real Message to Latin America?
The Coup in Honduras
by Nikolas Kozloff 29 JUNE 2009 voltairenet.org

On July 28, troops in Honduras ousted President Manuel Zelaya and flew him out of the country. Praised by the traditional left for his economic policies and social reforms, Zelaya’s alliance with Hugo Chavez and growing relationship with… »»»

by Free Gaza Monday Jun 29th, 2009 7:55 PM indybay.org
Very Dangerous, call fax or email. Also the embassies, call the talk shows.
Very Dangerous, call fax or email. Also the embassies, call the talk shows.

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Dear Friends,
We just spoke again with our people aboard the Spirit of Humanity. The Israeli Navy is continuing to try and… »»»

This show was broadcast June 24, 2009.
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This show was broadcast June 26, 2009.
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This show was broadcast June 27, 2009.
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25 JUNE 2009 by Paul Joseph Watson voltairenet.org

President Barack Obama was forced to address accusations that the CIA was involved in fomenting the post-election riots in Iran during his White House press conference yesterday, claiming the allegations were “patently false,” despite the fact that the U.S. government publicly gave the CIA approval to undertake… »»»

28 JUNE 2009 voltairenet.org

Bestselling author Naomi Klein on Friday took her call for a boycott of Israel to the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, where she witnessed Israeli forces clashing with protesters.
“It’s a boycott of Israeli institutions, it’s a boycott of the Israeli economy,” the Canadian writer told journalists as she joined a weekly… »»»

by Thierry Meyssan* 19 JUNE 2009 voltairenet.org
From Mossadegh to Ahmadinejad
The CIA and the Iranian experiment
by Thierry Meyssan*

The news of alleged election fraud has spread through Tehran like wildfire, pitching ayatollah Rafsanjani’s supporters against ayatollah Khamenei’s in street confrontations. This chaotic situation is secretly stirred by the CIA which has been spreading confusion by… »»»

Kurt Sonnenfeld : Exclusive interview voltairenet.org 22 JUNE 2009

As official videographer for the U.S. government, Kurt Sonnenfeld was detailed to Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, where he spent one month filming 29 tapes: “What I saw at certain moments and in certain places … is very disturbing!” He never handed them over… »»»

Class struggle and imperial propaganda
by James Petras* 19 JUNE 2009 voltairenet.org
In line with the forecasts by western opinion leaders and reporters based in Tehran, the outcome of the Iranian presidential election leaves no room for doubt: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won by a landslide victory. This is hardly surprising, observes Professor James Petras, since people… »»»

SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2009 english.aljazeera.net
Note from No Lies Radio: Why is it when someone calls for the people to vote on an issue that directly challenges the ruling elite of a country to help the poor, a military coup suddenly happens? Will the ruling elite in any country ever allow a vote that will challenge… »»»

By Nicole Johnston, Al Jazeera correspondent english.aljazeera.net
SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2009

Baghdad has refused to recognise contracts awarded by the Kurdistan regional government [EPA]

With proven oil reserves of around 112 billion barrels and up to another 150 billion barrels of probable reserves, Iraq is the greatest untapped prize for international oil companies.
To put that in context,… »»»

updated 8:05 p.m. EDT, Thu June 25, 2009
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) – The United States may have been behind the killing of Neda Agha-Soltan, the 26-year-old Iranian woman whose fatal videotaped shooting Saturday made her a symbol of opposition to the June 12 presidential election results, the country’s ambassador to Mexico said Thursday.

Neda Agha-Soltan, 26,… »»»

New America Media, News Report, Shane Bauer, Posted: Jun 06, 2009
Editor’s Note: The Iraq Special Operations Forces (ISOF) is probably the largest special forces outfit ever built by the United States, and it is free of many of the controls that most governments employ to rein in such lethal forces. Research support provided by… »»»

10:34 PM | June 24, 2009 latimesblogs.latimes.com
Night-time military helicopter flights over downtown Los Angeles this week are part of training exercises to familiarize military personnel with urban settings and prepare them for future assignments overseas, according to authorities.
The helicopters, which have appeared nightly for almost a week, have attracted the attention of residents as… »»»

By Dafna Linzer and Peter Finn ProPublica and Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, June 26, 2009; 6:52 PM
The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, is drafting an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely,… »»»

By Jim Hightower, AlterNet. Posted June 25, 2009.
What’s going on here is not the “magic of the marketplace,” but some hocus-pocus by brand-name dealers.
Like a Fourth of July crescendo of fireworks, our gasoline prices are rising higher and higher. While this is tough on consumers, we’re assured by a covey of tongue-clucking industry analysts that… »»»

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:16:41 GMT presstv.ir
NOTE FROM NO LIES RADIO NEWS: watch this developing story…could it be true that the intellegence agencies are tied to the Taliban and possibly Al Qaeda itself?A tribal leader who earlier defected from Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud and revealed the militants group’s ties with the US and… »»»

Editorial: South Punjab and terrorism
Friday, June 19, 2009 dailytimes.com.pk
NOTE FROM NO LIES RADIO NEWS: watch this story carefully…could it be the intellegence agencies are linked to the Taliban and perhaps to Al Qaeda also?
….
But the refrain in Pakistan continues about India actually orchestrating terrorism in Pakistan. Some obscure ex-Taliban terrorists named Qari Turkistani, who… »»»

Note from No Lies Radio News: watch this story closely…already it seems that this accident is incomprehensible and now the most important victim is someone who could have testified whether or not there was an “air stand-down” on Sept 11th, 2001.
June 24 (Bloomberg) — David F. Wherley Jr., the head of the Washington National Guard… »»»

Middle East News Jun 21, 2009, 12:13 GMT
Tehran ­- Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami on Sunday warned that the country was moving towards martial law.
‘I am worried that security and military is gradually prevailing over the countrys atmosphere,’ Khatami said in statement carried by the website of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi.
Khatami is… »»»

This show was broadcast June 23, 2009.
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This show was broadcast June 17, 2009.
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This show was broadcast June 18, 2009.
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This show was broadcast June 19, 2009.
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This show was broadcast June 20, 2009.
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6-19-09 foxnews.com
The USS John McCain, a Navy destroyer, is preparing in case of orders to intercept a North Korean when it leaves the vicinity off the coast of China, according to a senior U.S. defense official.
The U.S. military is preparing for a possible intercept of a North Korean flagged ship suspected of proliferating weapons… »»»

Sean O’Neill timesonline.co.uk June 20, 2009
An independent public inquiry should be held into how suicide terrorists were able to carry out the July 7 bombings, Scotland Yard’s former head of counter-terrorism says.
Andy Hayman, who was Assistant Commissioner for Special Operations at the time of the bombings in 2005, is the first figure from the… »»»

19 Jun 2009 telegraph.co.uk
The Taoiseach, who held private talks with Gordon Brown yesterday, won guarantees from European Union leaders that Irish policies on tax, abortion and military neutrality would not be affected by Ireland ratifying the treaty.
“I feel we will be in a position to hold a second referendum at the start of October,”… »»»

JOSHUA FRANK counterpunch.org 6-19-09
On Monday the Democrat controlled House voted 226-202 to approve a rushed $106 billion dollar war spending bill, guaranteeing more carnage in Iraq and Afghanistan (and lately Pakistan) until September 30, 2009, which marks the end of the budget year. The Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of the bill’s… »»»

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS counterpunch.org June 20, 2009
A number of commentators have expressed their idealistic belief in the purity of Mousavi, Montazeri, and the westernized youth of Terhan. The CIA destabilization plan, announced two years ago (see below) has somehow not contaminated unfolding events.
The claim is made that Ahmadinejad stole the election, because… »»»

Thursday, June 18, 2009 english.aljazeera.net
Note from No Lies Radio: now that it is obvious the plane broke up in mid-air, only a bomb or a missile could do that. And if it is a missle, then being the plane was 35-40K feet in the air, that means that only a military missile could… »»»

DEBKAfile June 17, 2009, 9:17 PM (GMT+02:00)
Wednesday afternoon, June 17, armored convoys of Revolutionary Guard forces began rolling into Tehran from three directions to prevent supporters of the opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi assembling on the fifth day after the disputed presidential election, DEBKAfile’s Iranian sources report.
Special IRGC forces and police units are being flown… »»»

This show was broadcast June 16, 2009.
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This show was broadcast June 13, 2009.
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By Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. Posted June 13, 2009.
It is certainly not unprecedented for Western observers to miscalculate the outcome of an election in a country where pre-election polls are not as rigorous as Western countries, particularly when there is a clear bias towards a particular candidate. At the same time, the predictions of knowledgeable… »»»

Sunday, June 14, 2009 english.aljazeera.net
Several leaders of a group which supported defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi have been detained following violent protests over the results of Friday’s presidential election.
Thousands of Iranians took to the streets of Tehran, fighting running battles with riot police, after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the conservative incumbent, was declared the winner of the polls.
At least four of… »»»

DEBKAfile Special Report June 12, 2009, 6:09 PM (GMT+02:00)
With most of the votes counted, the election committee chairman in Tehran awarded president Mahound Ahmadinejad a 66 percent victory over his main reformist challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi’s 33 percent with the remainder divided among the two last contestants in Iran’s highly-charged presidential election. .
Earlier, Mousavi… »»»

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This show was broadcast June 11, 2009.
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Note from No Lies Radio: now if wreckage and bodies are being found on both sides of the Atlantic thousands of miles apart it is obvious the plane broke up in mid-air. Now only a bomb or a missile could do that. And if it is a missle, then being the plane was 35-40K feet… »»»

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Note from No Lies Radio: watch this story closely for signs of “false flag” attack.
DEBKAfile Special Report June 10, 2009, 9:40 PM (GMT+02:00)
The day after DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources’ revelation of Tuesday, June 9, that French security was going through the doomed Air France flight’s passenger list for suspected terror links, the Paris weekly L’Express reported… »»»

DEBKAfile Special Report June 9, 2009
Note from No Lies Radio: watch this story closely…could it be another false flag attack in the making?
 

Divers pull Air France tail fin out of Atlantic Ocean

A week after Air France A330’s unexplained fatal dive into the Atlantic June 1, DEBKAfile reports from Paris that US, French and Brazilian investigators… »»»

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Gina Cobb on June 03, 2009 at 02:02 AM ginacobb.typepad.com
June 03, 2009
Was the Air France Flight Bombed?

Is it a clue or just a coincidence?
There was a bomb threat to another Air France flight leaving Buenos Aires just three days before the disappearance of Flight 447.
The story, dated May 27, 2009, is linked at Drudge… »»»

Barry Eichengreen & Kevin H. O’Rourke, 4 June 2009, voxeu.org
This is an update of the authors’ 6 April 2009 column comparing today’s global crisis to the Great Depression. World industrial production, trade, and stock markets are diving faster now than during 1929-30. Fortunately, the policy response to date is much better. The update… »»»

Saturday, June 6, 2009 www.washingtonsblog.com
The tin-pot dictator will not let the media talk to the American prisoner captured when his plane crashed.
The dictator says that the prisoner confessed to a horrible murder, and has pleaded guilty.
And so - the dictator announces - there will be no trial, just a death sentence. Indeed, the prisoner… »»»

This show was broadcast June 5, 2009.
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The Nigerian military’s Joint Task Force launched a full-scale assault on villages in the oil-rich… »»»

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By Jeong Jae Sung

[2009-06-02 11:19 ]  dailynk.com

South Korean authorities made public on Monday, “On May 30th, a new North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was transported from the train station at the Saneum-dong Arms Laboratory near Pyongyang, not to Moosudan-ri in Hwadae, North Hamkyung Province, but to Dongchang-ri, Cheolsan, North Pyongan Province, to a newly… »»»

by Justin Raimondo, June 03, 2009. original.antiwar.com
In public, when it comes to the Iranian question, President Obama is all sweet reason and kissy-face. His recent video message to the Iranian people was just what the doctor ordered. However, this public performance is severely undercut by an ongoing covert program aimed at regime-change in Tehran –… »»»

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By Kim So Yeol [2009-06-01 19:10 ] www.dailynk.com
Recently, while North Korea has been resisting the South Korean government’s full participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and declaring the Korean War armistice agreement null and void, it has also been emphasizing a military response, raising concerns about the possibility of an additional provocation… »»»

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