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POPSSpain: Honduran Coup. Turmoil
At the UN today the PM of Spain said the recent coup in Honduras was not acceptable. Recent Background: The deposed President secretly returned to the country but they quickly had to seek asylum in the Brazilian embassy, which then became a focal point for street protest and a police siege. While invading and occupying countries over ten thousand kilometers from home the Americas have been heating up. Shootings on the border yesterday by federal agents and that never use to happen. Plans for U.S. troops to move into military bases in Columbia was also complained about at the UN. Under the guise of fighting terrorism and/or fighting the Drug War these invasions take place, but many times this is just excuses and lies. At least we should, imo, return to our Constitutional procedures for declaring war...it is clearly wrong to be starting all these wars and not obeying our own laws on how to do this properly, but almost pointless to tell this to the hypocrite flag-waving wa
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POPS Delegates Walk Out On Ahmadinejad Undeterred, Mr Ahmadinejad went on to accuse foreign troops of spreading "war, bloodshed, aggression, terror and intimidation" in Iraq and Afghanistan. And he also used his speech to brush off accusations that his re-election in June was a fraud, describing the polling day as "glorious and fully democratic". Notably absent from Mr Ahmadinejad's podium address was the subject of Tehran's stand-off with Western powers over its nuclear ambitions. As the Iranian leader prepared to address delegates, the UN Security Council members announced that they were expecting Iran to engage with them on the issue. "We expect a serious response from Iran and will decide, in the context of our dual track approach, as a result of the meeting, on our next steps," Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on behalf of Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States. Realtime results for #GreenNY http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23GreenNY
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POPSU.S. troops stormed Afghan hospital (or..How To Win Friends & Influence People) A United Nations report in July said the number of civilians killed in conflict in Afghanistan has jumped 24 percent this year, with bombings by insurgents and air strikes by international forces the biggest killers. The report said 1,013 civilians were killed in the first half of 2009, 59 percent in insurgent attacks and 30.5 percent by foreign and Afghan government forces. The rest were undetermined.
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POPSHezbollah Readies for War as UN Can Only Observe
Hezbollah, which has the backing of Iran and Syria, is rebuilding its force in the south, undaunted by its loss in Lebanon’s June elections, in which a pro-U.S. coalition won a parliamentary majority. The peacekeepers’ stay in south Lebanon expires on Aug. 31 and the UN Security Council must decide whether to extend it without change or authorize them to impose the weapons ban by force even without the support of the Lebanese army. Free of Hezbollah The 12,000 UN soldiers were sent to Lebanon after a 2006 war with Israel that began when Hezbollah, which the U.S. and Israel consider a terrorist organization, captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid. After the fighting ended, the Security Council passed a resolution prohibiting “weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese state.” The peacekeepers were deployed to keep south Lebanon free of Hezbollah’s militia and arms, a role they have to perform with the cooperation of the Lebanese army.
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POPSAn urgent request from Jane Burgermeister US EXERCISES
We are concerned about the intersection of these combined military exercises with what we feel is a spurious declaration by the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) of a Level VI pandemic of H1N1 influenza. We have reason to believe this could lead to mandated genocide via lethal mass vaccination of the American people and other peoples of the world, resulting in unprecedented profit for the international bank-based criminal syndicate that presently controls the UN, its WHO, and their client national governments, including that of the United States, as evidenced by the recent federally-mandated bank bailout and unaccountable corporate welfare imposed against the will of the American people and endangering the general welfare of our country. Especially since members of the military, law enforcement and first responders are part of the population most at risk for such mandated vaccination programs, as well as being those most likely to have to enforce them, we would appreciate if y
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POPS United States Army, 234th Anniverary The 234th anniverary is celebrated at Fort Belvoir. It’s also Flag Day, with the adoption of Old Glory by the Continental Congress 232 years ago today. *OK, the US Navy, Marines, Air Force and allies from many free nations helped, too.
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POPSAhmadinejad Wants America To Apologize ~ Obama Wants To Apologize In related news... Iran sent 6 warships into the Gulf of Aden today. http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-39868320090525 Ahmadinejad Challenges Obama to Public Debate What will they debate? TEHRAN (AFP) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday ruled out any talks with world powers on Tehran's nuclear drive, but said he was open to a debate with US President Barack Obama. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090525/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics They both want US troops out of Iraq. They both want Israel to give up land.
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POPS Kremlin: Battles Over Energy May Lead To Wars Medvedev's predecessor Vladimir Putin, who is now Russia's powerful prime minister, often accused the West in the past of trying to expand its clout in the ex-Soviet nations and push Russia out of its traditional sphere of influence. The Kremlin has fiercely opposed NATO's plans to incorporate its ex-Soviet neighbors, Ukraine and Georgia. Russia currently controls most natural gas export routes out of the former Soviet region, but that grip is coming under growing pressure from China and the West. Intensifying rivalry for influence in the ex-Soviet region fomented tensions and helped stage the ground for last August's war between Russia and Georgia, which sits astride a key export pipeline carrying Caspian oil to Western markets. The war erupted when the U.S.-allied Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili sent troops to regain control over the separatist province of South Ossetia, which had close links with Russia.
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POPSWeapon of Choice: Depleted Uranium "As a soldier, you know, most of us didn't know what DU was or made aware of to stay away from it," said Wheat. When uranium is enriched for use as nuclear fuel or for nuclear weapons, a by-product called depleted uranium -- DU, for short -- is made. It is a form of uranium minus the most radioactive isotope. The military discarded DU until it discovered that its properties as a heavy metal made it perfect to protect U.S. troops as armor and was very effective as ammunition.
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POPSNYT: "Europeans Transfer Chad Mission to U.N." Gen. David Leakey, director-general of the European Union’s military staff, said that the Irish had worked hard to keep the force’s neutrality. “Look at the balance,” General Leakey said. “This has not been a French operation in an E.U. flag, but it delivered some significant security here. It’s served as a bridge for the U.N. to come and gave some more confidence to the people of Chad.” He praised the Europeans for moving relatively quickly with force into one of the most isolated and severe environments possible. But it was “not a war-fighting operation,” he emphasized. “We need to be careful that the E.U. not be stereotyped as a tree-hugging operation. Next time we might face something rather more vigorous.” ... New York Times
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POPSUnited States Is "Deadbeat" Donor Says Dirtbag Ban Ki-Moon During an Oval Office session Tuesday, Obama pledged to work to help bring peace to Darfur and called it "not acceptable" that Sudan's president has been kicking out humanitarian aid workers from the region of western Sudan. President Omar al-Bashir was charged in an International Criminal Court arrest warrant with war crimes and crimes against humanity for targeting civilians. Ban told Obama his support for climate legislation is "encouraging", but said 2009 is a "make-or-break" year for the U.N. and its member countries on global warming, Darfur and other prominent conflicts.
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POPSNorth Korea holds talks with UN as tensions rise North Korea also has severed dialogue with the South and threatened to reduce its neighbor to ashes in anger at President Lee Myung Bak's policy of cutting off what once had been a free flow of unconditional aid and tying handouts to the North's nuclear disarmament. The Korean Central News Agency of North Korea on Saturday quoted a military official from the North as saying in a note to the South Korean military: "If the U.S. forces keep behaving arrogantly in the area under the control of the North and the South," the North Korean Army "will take a resolute counteraction."
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POPS Iran ----- 1, West ----- 0 . . . . . of the majority Sunni world – provide military and financial support to Iran’s former arch enemies – Sunnis – in the form of aiding Hamas in its attacks on Israel from Gaza. Iran has preyed on the grassroots sympathy that is growing in all sectors of the Muslim world. With growing unanimity, the “cause” of the Muslim civilians in Gaza, decimated by Israeli counter-attacks, is gathering a huge political anger in the local Arab citizenry, bolstered by footage and photographs of dead children, destroyed Mosques, hospitals and schools (even a United Nations facility) and rolling Israeli tanks, place and troops. The shameful fact that Hamas hides behind civilian targets to launch their rockets into Israel is regrettably lost in translation. Iran has managed to foment a wedge between local average Arabs and their leaders in major regional powers, particularly in Egypt.
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POPSBush Thanks Howard, Blair And Uribe With Medal Of Freedom "All three leaders have been staunch allies of the United States, particularly in combating terrorism. And their efforts to bring hope and freedom to people around the globe have made their nations, America and the world community ," said the spokeswoman, Dana Perino, on Monday. Mr Howard agreed that there was a personal warmth between himself and the US President, George Bush, but said the award should be seen in the context of what it means for the friendship between the two nations. Asked whether the US-Australia relationship had peaked during his tenure, Mr Howard said he believed it had been closer than at any time, but it was not possible to see what lay in the future. "We had a very strong relationship on trade, intelligence sharing, and military co-operation was definitely stronger than any time in the past," he said. The Medal of Freedom was first awarded in 1945 and rejuvenated under John Kennedy in 1963.
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POPSDeal Signed: War with Iraq Over. The End is Near OMG. - Now that this is approved here is the one sentence that was DENIED: "However, Maliki's government, or its successor, can negotiate a later, separate, agreement with the Americans allowing them to stay longer if it believes Iraq is not yet stable enough." All up to now news reports I've read said the deal could absolutely NOT be extended but could only be shortened, forcing an earlier withdrawal. But now, instead, the USA twisted the arm and bribed this first puppet government and when it needs to several years from now it will do it again. Yea! Our Oil companies can stay! Our most expensive embassy in the world can stay! Victory at last! Even if the deal didn't have this critical possibility of extension I figured - there were bound to be loopholes anyhow. Our generals would argue over what the phrase 'complete withdrawal,'
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POPSU.S. Eyes "Surge" of Over 20,000 for Afghanistan The United States has asked Japan and NATO allies that have refused to send troops to Afghanistan to fund an estimated $17 billion doubling of the Afghan army to 134,000 soldiers over five years. Gates has waged a nearly two-year campaign to recruit additional fighting forces from reluctant NATO allies, saying the military alliance would be weakened if some nations remained on the sidelines of the NATO fight in Afghanistan. He has seemed resigned, however, to accepting checks instead of troops from some European nations. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i6u24j0kOEdx9NA14L-TVjlUg5sgD94JU0EG1
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