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China missile test was legal


NewScientist issue 2588
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:12 UTC
Near-Earth orbit has become a more dangerous place, after the People's Republic of China became the third nation to test an anti-satellite weapon.

While Beijing has been silent on the matter, US intelligence sources say a medium-range ballistic missile was launched from China's Xichang space centre in Sichuan province on 11 January. The weapon is believed to have had a hardened warhead, which smashed into and ripped apart a defunct Chinese weather satellite flying at an altitude of 850 kilometres.
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SOTT Focus: The Myth Of The Palestinian Suicide Bomber

Joe Quinn
Signs of the Times
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:29 UTC
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While the Israeli government has turned the Gaza strip and West Bank regions of Palestine into virtual prison camps, there is one section of the Palestinian community that appears to enjoy unhindered freedom of movement and a blind eye form the Israeli camps guards: "suicide bombers".

Today, one of these rare breed allegedly managed to get all the way down to the southern tip of Israel, to the Red Sea resort town of Eilat.

At 9.45 this morning (Eilat time), we are told that a "Palestinian suicide bomber" detonated his explosives in a small bakery, killing three people and himself. As with every other "suicide bombing" attributed to Palestinians over the past 6 years, we are forced to rely only on the claims of Israeli state security forces that each bombing was indeed a "suicide" attack. Such claims are almost always made within minutes of the event, subsequently propagating virus-like around the world's news agencies so that, by the time the world public gets wind of the news, it is already a closed case. There is however much to be gained from looking at the details of these alleged suicide bombings, because when we do, problems with the story invariably arise, not to mention uncomfortable questions.
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World War III has already begun, says former Israeli spy chief


Reuters
Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:39 UTC
A third World War is already underway between Islamic militancy and the West but most people do not realize it, the former head of Israel's intelligence service Mossad said in an interview published in Portugal.

"We are in the midst of a third World War," former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy told weekly newspaper Expresso.

"The world does not understand. A person walks through the streets of Tel Aviv, Barcelona or Buenos Aires and doesn't get the sense that there is a war going on," said Hakevey who headed Mossad between 1998 and 2003.

"During World War I and II the entire world felt there was a war. Today no one is conscious of it. From time to time there is a terrorist attack in Madrid, London and New York and then everything stays the same."

Violence by Islamic militants has already disrupted international travel and trade just as in the previous two world conflicts, he said.

Halevy, who was raised in war-time London, predicted it would take at least 25 years before the battle against Islamic fundamentalist terrorism is won and during this time a nuclear strike by Islamic militants was likely.

"It doesn't have to be something very sophisticated, It doesn't have to be the latest nuclear technology, it can be something simple like a dirty bomb which instead of killing millions only kills tens of thousands," he said.

Comment: While the idea that World War III is already underway between the West and "Islamic militants" is laughable in the extreme, it is true that a third world war is the last stages of planning. However, as was the case with the previous two world wars, the next major conflagration will be the product of lies, manipulation and an unprovoked and unjustified attack on Iran by the American and Israeli governments. We should also take note of the comment by Halevy that "Islamic militants" will use some form of nuclear weapon: "it doesn't have to be the latest nuclear technology, it can be something simple like a dirty bomb which instead of killing millions only kills tens of thousands". A little prophecy on the part of the ex-Mossad chief perhaps? After all, he should know all about deception and the art of needless war.

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SOTT Focus: MI6 And The Media - Manipulators Of The Mind

Joe Quinn
Signs of the Times
Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:36 UTC



We all know how Iraq bit the dust, or at least we should. It was, to a large extent, the result of a "sexed up" dossier on Saddam's alleged ability to fire WMDs at the UK within 45 minutes. One of the chief architects of this, then Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) John Scarlett, has recently been honored with a Knighthood for his duplicity, I believe he said something like: 'thank you your highness, just doing my job.'
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SOTT Focus: Making rights wrong: U.S. Attorney General on Habeas Corpus

G. Saunders
Signs Of The Times
Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:19 UTC


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In a recent article in the Baltimore Sun, Robert Parry felt compelled to draw attention to some very alarming comments made by US attorney general Alberto Gonzales:
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Surging toward the holy oil grail

Pepe Escobar
Asia Times
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:46 UTC
"I see the imminent death of 20,000 men,
That, for a fantasy and trick of fame,
Go to their graves like beds ...
O, from this time forth,
My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth."
Hamlet, Act IV; according to White House spin part of reading-adverse President George W Bush's book list during the summer of 2006.
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SOTT Focus: Democracy Decapitated In Iraq

Joe Quinn
Signs of the Times
Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:50 UTC
For an excellent example of what the US government has created in Iraq, we need look no further than the gruesome hanging and "accidental" decapitation of two of Saddam Hussein's aides.
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7/7 ringleader 'was watched since 2003'

Antony Barnett
The Observer
Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:12 UTC
The security services is bracing itself for further disclosures over Tube bombing intelligence failures

The 7 July bombers who killed 52 people in terrorist attacks in London in 2005 were once described by Britain's security service as 'clean skins'.

The vivid phrase implied that a gang of homegrown terrorists had come from nowhere, without an intelligence trail. But Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, the director-general of MI5, is bracing herself for embarrassing revelations on the full extent of what the British intelligence community knew about the bombers, and in particular the ringleader of the attacks, Mohammad Sidique Khan. The disclosures will add to pressure for a full public inquiry.

Comment: The full extent of what MI5 knew about the "bombers" includes the "bombers" being MI5 dupes who did not in fact carry out the attacks but who were simply used as the fall-guys. The body of evidence available makes it very clear that the London bombings in July 2005 were the work of MI5 itself. For the details, see Joe Quinn's excellent article: London Bombings - The Facts Speak For Themselves

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China Tells US Not to Interfere in Relations with Iran


VOA
Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:37 UTC
A Chinese official says the United States should not interfere in China's relations with Iran. The comment came after the U.S. expressed concern about a Chinese oil company's plans to invest in an Iranian oil field, at a time when Tehran is defying the United Nations over Iran's nuclear program. Daniel Schearf reports for VOA from Beijing.

China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Liu Jianchao, says China has every right to do business with Iran, and the U.S. has no right to comment on the two countries' dealings.
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SOTT Focus: Crocodile Condi vs Baby Babs Boxer

Laura Knight-Jadczyk
Signs Of The Times
Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:59 UTC
I nearly snorted my herbal tea through my nose this morning when I read:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday criticized Sen. Barbara Boxer's suggestion that because she doesn't have family in harm's way, she won't pay a personal price in the Iraq war.

"In retrospect, gee, I thought single women had come further than that, that the only question is are you making good decisions because you have kids," Rice said in an interview Friday on Fox News.


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Condolizzard "Klingon" Rice Exudes Mother-Love

As you can see in the photo above, Condi is practiced at exuding Motherly Love in every nuanced look and gesture. She's holding out her hands for an infant... to devour, I guess. Crocodiles do it. That's her version of feminism.

Barbara Boxer made an interesting point when she highlighted the fact that Condolizzard Rice - since she has no children - has little to lose with her war-mongering for Israel. (Perhaps Condi imagines that Israel will reward her with the presidency if she is a loyal and faithful lizzard.)

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Boxer and Rice have met before...
But oh, my, has the Zionist-controlled media had a field day with this one, rapaciously smearing and defaming Boxer.
"I spoke the truth at the committee hearing, which is that neither Secretary Rice nor I have family members that will pay the price for this escalation," she said. "My point was to focus attention on our military families who continue to sacrifice because this administration has not developed a political solution to the situation in Iraq."
What's interesting is that another story in the news may provide enlightening insight into the issue.
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