Sowing The Seeds Of Civil War Joe Quinn 18/06/2006 Signs of the Times A short chronology of recent events in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Hamas was established by Israel as a counterweight to the authentic grass-roots Palestinian Liberation Organistaion. Israel couldn't control the PLO so they needed a "Palestinian" group that they could... ~ Read More ~

Israel Spinning Out of Control By Sam Bahour The Milli Gazette Online Israel's Defense Minister Amir Peretz announced today that Israel is preparing a global "propaganda offensive" to counter the recent barrage of news reports and writings that condemned Israel for the recent killing of 10 civilians, including 5 children, on a Gaza beach. In political and media lingo this is called spin, to twist and turn an event so as to give an intended interpretation, and Israel excels at it. ~ Read More ~

Collaborators with the Israeli Occupier are Among Us Interviewed by Silvia Cattori, June 11, 2006 A Palestinian living in a refugee camp in northern Gaza gives us his account of the current situation The voice that you hear below is that of a young Palestinian baker who voted for Hamas in the recent election, hoping they would be able to lighten the suffering of his people. We think that his account sincerely reflects the feelings of a large part of the population of Gaza and can help us to rethink our biased way of seeing the situation there. Silvia Cattori: A few weeks ago when we talked you told us of your fears that your society would become destabilized by the men of the security forces led by Mohammed Dahlan.(1) Has the situation deteriorated since then? Hicham: Yes, it is difficult, very difficult. Especially since the recent massacre of the women and children on the beach. Unfortunately, the Israelis are killing civilians every day here in Gaza and in the West Bank. Normally nobody talks about it. When it happens, like last Friday, that their crime is too visible and provokes protests, the military spokesmen begin by hastily saying that experts will do an investigation, sometimes making apologies. Then, subsequently, they retract this statement, sowing doubt, and let it be understood that it probably wasn't from their positions that the shots were fired, in order to finally place the responsibility onto Hamas, on the victims. It's always in this way that they mask their crimes and deceive public opinion. We've never seen the results of their inquiries. We never seen them judge the criminals that have already killed thousands of children and have wounded tens of thousands of others. We never see your governments react with firmness against the brutality that Israel imposes upon us. ~ Read More ~

Signs Economic Commentary Donald Hunt Signs of the Times June 19, 2006 Gold prices continued to plummet last week and U.S. interest rates rose sharply. Everything else remained pretty much unchanged. If interest rates are rising over fear of inflation and gold is a hedge against inflation, why are gold prices falling? The paradox of gold is that it is both money and commodity. If it is, in effect, a currency, then with inflation the value of gold should go down. Yet, since it is also a commodity, and has been throughout history seen as a safe haven, its value should go up in inflationary times. Most likely the price of gold will eventually go up against the paper currencies. What we are seeing is probably both a natural correction as well as an indication of increasing volatility. ~ Read More ~

The Principle of Universality: Appreciating a fundamental principle for healthy culture by Jim Prues In these unsettled times where corporations control traditional media and the government seems completely divorced from understanding the needs of their citizenry, it would seem useful to review principles for a healthy society. Very near the top would be the principle of universality. ~ Read More ~

Wall Street Journal Gives Hugo Chavez A Mixed Review by Stephen Lendman In contrast to its one-sided stance on Hugo Chavez, the June 16 Wall Street Journal had an interesting article on US based activists in Boston, New York, San Diego, Miami, Cincinnati and other cities around the country forming Bolivarian Circles and other groups supporting the Chavez government. But it couldn't do it without taking its usual swipe at the Venezuelan leader beginning with the front page article's title: Move Over Che: Chavez Is New Icon of Radical Chic. That's WSJ language intending to demean in its headline rather than use a proper one to reflect what their story was about. ~ Read More ~

Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head NASA Spies Lunar Meteoroid Impact Flashback: NASA Astronomers Spot Rare Lunar Meteor Strike Flashback: Police report 'dazzling' meteor: Australia Flashback: (Yet another) Meteor lights up the morning skies Flashback: Meteor lights Alberta sky Flashback: Meteorite falls in Northeast Brazil Flashback: Astronomer: "UFO" observed across Thailand is meteor Flashback: Nah. It couldn't have been a meteorite. Could it? Flashback: Daytime Meteor Spotted In Colorado Flashback: UFO 'probably a small meteorite or something' Flashback: Witnesses to 'green fire' wanted Flashback: South Africa: Meteorite crashes through windscreen of car Flashback: Record meteorite hits Norway - Impact blast comparable to Hiroshima	Murder on the Beach Who really killed Huda Ghalia's family? Israeli Media and the Gaza Beach Bombing Beach deaths: No int'l probe Hamas: Probe arms transfer to Abbas Hamas, Fatah edge toward compromise on Israel The Israeli and Arab Lobbies The Power of the Israel Lobby: Its Origins and Growth Burning Cole Quartet backs EU funding mechanism for Palestinians Flashback: Desmond Tutu: Apartheid in the Holy Land Israeli hero known as a plunderer	Bring 'em on! U.S. troops search for missing GIs in Iraq Insurgent blasts kill at least 27 in Iraq 10 workers at Baghdad bakery kidnapped Pentagon Details U.S. Abuse of Detainees Bush is a war criminal: Austria's Haider Torture admission By US Special OPs How US hid the suicide secrets of Guantanamo Identity of Zarqawi's successor remains enigma What happens when the horrors of Iraq become to much for a soldier to bear? Witness: U.S. Troops in Iraq Taken Captive US outflanked in Eurasian energy politics
Birds of a feather Lawyers: Threats and "Coercive Techniques" Used Against Marines CBE for UK police chief involved in Menezes operation and last week's shooting of a Muslim US military honoured in secret by Britian Amnesty: Microsoft helped Israeli Police in Vanunu probe U.S. Warns N Korea Over Missile Test - But tested own missile last Wednesday! Drug wars take over fading Acapulco resort	American Apocalypse New Orleans shootout leaves 5 teens dead How an Al-Qaeda Cell Planned a Poison-gas Attack on the N.Y. Subway Odd actions near Cheney prompt arrest Al-Qaida cell 'plotted gas attack' on New York subway Secrecy in court shuts out defense - Lawyers barred in terrorism cases Blanco signs law that would ban abortions	Nuking Iran For No Reason Iran: U.S. Making Nuke Talks Difficult Iranian charm offensive calls Bush's bluff 1,000 Protest Before Iran World Cup Match Yahoo censors more Chinese than the Chinese Canadian dollar tumbles after China tightens reserve rules Taunted and jeered, Bolton bolted
Europe French PM: Fight against terrorism must be legal Germany urges nuclear powers to disarm Two more middle-of-the-night blasts hit Corsica Militant farmer Jose Bove to run for president in France Villepin shows stubborn streak in Suez merger	Down the Tubes Green goo globs up Great Lakes Earth's heart of gold Monsoon rains flood northeastern Bangladesh Canada finds bird flu case, plans further testing Ariz. Wildfires Force Hundreds to Evacuate	Out of this world Rat study shows dirty better than clean To Profit Or Explore Might Be The Meaning Of Life Phasers on Stun: Weapons in Space

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