"... a blueprint that Pentagon strategists say they hope to use MORE FREQUENTLY in counter terrorism missions AROUND THE GLOBE."::::::::
DIANE'S NEWS CLIPS begins here :)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Excerpted from: http://www.truthout.org FOCUS | Pentagon Sees Move in Somalia as Blueprint http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011307Y.shtml Military operations in Somalia by American commandos to root out operatives for al Qaeda in the country are a blueprint that Pentagon strategists say they hope to use more frequently in counter terrorism missions around the globe. Some critics of the Pentagon's aggressive use of Special Operations troops have argued that using American forces outside of declared combat zones gives the Pentagon too much authority in sovereign nations and blurs the lines between soldiers and spies. --- Republicans on Panel Back President's Plan, Masking Divisions http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011307C.shtml Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee came to the defense of President Bush on Friday, lending support to his decision to send more troops to Iraq and hoping to head off a Senate resolution criticizing the plan. --- Maureen Dowd | A Risky Game of Risk http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011307D.shtml "I feel good about the new war with Iran," writes Maureen Dowd. "How can you not have confidence in the crackerjack team that brought you Operation Iraqi Freedom, which foundered and led to Operation Together Forward, which stumbled and led to Operation Together Forward II, which collapsed and was replaced by The New Way Forward, the Surge now being launched even though nobody's together and everything's going backward?" --- Pentagon Intensifies Pressure on Iran http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011307A.shtml --- FOCUS | Eleanor Clift: The Washington War Game http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011307Z.shtml Newsweek's Eleanor Clift writes: "Early rumblings of an anti-war movement sounded in Washington this week as several progressive groups joined forces to press the Democratic Congress to use its power of the purse to stop the latest escalation of the conflict in Iraq. Unlike their predecessors in the Vietnam era, who were often scruffy and unshaven, these activists are well within the mainstream in their appearance as well as their politics." --- William Fisher | Mohamed al-Hatfield vs. Ahmed al-McCoy http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011307B.shtml "It's been a few days since President Bush spoke to the American people about his new 'strategy' for 'victory' in Iraq. Reading the newspapers, listening to radio and watching television, one would think all the words that could possibly be written or spoken on this speech have finally been exhausted. But when the punditocracy gets hold of this kind of issue, ... [snip] --- "The Most Dangerous Foreign Policy Blunder Since Vietnam" http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011307E.shtml George W. Bush's last attempt to win the war in Iraq is meeting with strong resistance. His own party is criticizing him with brutal openness, calling his new ideas for Iraq a disaster. Bush is almost completely isolated - like Richard Nixon during his final days in office. --- Official Attacks Top Law Firms Over Detainees http://snipurl.com/17fwu _________________________________ BUSH BUMPER STICKER: [[IMAG20]] No, Seriously, Why Did We Invade Iraq? _________________________________ NEW IN GRIST ... A Sight for Soar Eyes John Amos, eco-geographer and head of nonprofit - SkyTruth, InterActivates [[IMAG21]] If a picture is worth a thousand words, John Amos hopes to inspire a loud shout-out against environmental destruction. Amos, president of the nonprofit SkyTruth, uses aerial photography of gold mining and natural-gas drilling to clearly demonstrate the scope of industrial damage to the planet. As InterActivist this week, Amos describes how he turned from a Big Oil-advising professional geologist to a boring-shoe-wearing, SkyTruth-telling environmentalist -- who still cries at It's a Wonderful Life. http://snipurl.com/17f9h _________________________________ Carole JEAN, Éditrice http://bigpictureworld@yahoo.com Economist Rodrigue TREMBLAY, Ph.D. 'Bush's Big Mess in the Middle East' /Monday Jan. 15 http://snipurl.com/17h5j _________________________________ http://jablankfort@earthlink.net: Buchanan: Who Is Planning Our Next War? This article by Pat Buchanan was written before Bush's speech. The critical "bipartisan" response to that speech and the interrogation of Rice and Gates means it is unlikely that the US will attack Iran at any time in the near future, since in the present atmosphere it is clear that it will stir up further anger against Bush and make it likely that those members of Congress from both parties who have not sold themselves heart and soul to the Jewish Lobby, will be foremost among the critics. What is likely, however, is that such an attack WILL be carried out by Israel with the US Navy and air force providing protective support against Iranian retaliation, and should that happen, it is a given that BOTH houses of Congress will applaud and rationalize Israel's actions despite the likelihood that the response among Iraqis to such an attack will be as harsh in terms of attacks on US occupying forces - and Iran's attempt to close the Straits of Hormuz, as it would be if the US had done it itself. - JB Read here: http://www.antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=10290 ----- It's not just CENTCOM; Look out for NORTHCOM! The Byrne Report | Urban Operations ... By Peter Byrne Did you know that the U.S. Northern Command just tightened its control over Northern California? "NORTHCOM" is the combatant command created by the Bush administration to control armies on the move inside the so-called North American battle space, which includes Mexico and Canada. The self-described job of NORTHCOM is to repel invaders, eliminate drug dealers and "terrorists," and control civil disturbances. To spot these nuisances, NORTHCOM runs an intelligence "fusion center" at its headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo. It correlates electronic data collected from military and commercial sources with duly recorded suspicions forwarded by local law enforcement agencies and neighborhood watch groups. On Nov. 19, NORTHCOM's 9th Reconnaissance Wing announced the deployment of the Global Hawk at Beale Air Force Base in Yuba County. On that day, the Air Force's newest unmanned spy plane flew its first official combat command mission over the continental United States. Beale will soon host a dozen of these $132 million war-fighting machines, which can fly at 65,000 feet for 34 hours while leisurely photographing Americans and uploading their pixels to the fusion center at Colorado Springs. Privacy? Fuhgeddaboutit. Continued: http://snipurl.com/17fao ----- Fred Kagan, batting clean-up for the Neocons Contrary to what many ostensibly "progressive" commentators, (including the Zionist hawk Greg Palast,) have written, the days of the neocons running the show out of the White House are far from over. Sure, Perle, Wolfowitz, Feith and Libby are gone, but the Ziocons have more depth on their roster than the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox combined, and that is just those based in what is euphemistically called the American Enterprise Institute, which now has Fred Kagan batting clean-up. http://snipurl.com/17fbd ----- Assyrian INAL Saving Lebanon NOT The Hudson Inst. is another Zionist "think tank" and Wurmser just happened to be one of the co-authors of the "Clean Break" document written with Richard Perle and Douglas Feith for Benjamin Netanyahu back in 1996. This article originally appeared on David Horowitz's "Front Page" web site: http://www.aina.org/news/20070111183245.htm Clinton vs. McCain: Who's really better for Israel? By Shmuel Rosner http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=811576 ----- When They Sandbag Jimmy Carter, Jewish Leaders Deny the Facts - Norah O'Donnell Questions the Israel Lobby Norah O'Donnell on MSNBC just now did a very aggressive job of interviewing Steve Berman, one of the Jews who resigned from the Carter Center advisory board in protest of Carter's book. O'Donnell asked whether he had been "lobbied" by Jewish groups to do so. Berman said he hadn't. She didn't seem to believe him, virtually repeating the question, and then bridled at the fact that these good friends of Carter did all this without even talking to their former hero ahead of time. Didn't you owe the former President that? she asked. http://mondoweiss.observer.com/2007/01/norah-odonnell-questions-the-israel-lobby.html --- Petition to Amazon re Carter's book Jimmy Carter's book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid has stirred up activity by the Jewish lobby as never before, with the latest action being the resignation of 14 members from the Carter Center, makes this petition to Amazon for its UNPRECEDENTED treatment of Carter's book, all the more important. Please consider signing it, if you have not yet done so, and passing it on to your own mailing lists.- JB http://snipurl.com/17faq _________________________________ Submitted by: http://LanceCiepiela@aol.com A picture book even our pResident could read! 14 Characteristics of Fascism - a pictorial http://impeachforpeace.org/blog/?m=200701 ~ Mikael Rudolph, Organizer - Minneapolis Chapter of World Can't Wait http://www.worldcantwait.org ...Co-founder: Impeach for Peace http://www.impeachforpeace.org ... (612) - 302-9252 _________________________________ Excerpted from: http://mediamatters.org Did AP cover same Bush speech as major papers? In its article on President Bush's visit to Fort Benning to promote his plan to increase troops in Iraq, the Associated Press claimed that Bush was "surrounded ... by cheering soldiers." Other media outlets, such as The Washington Post, however, reported that soldiers "saluted smartly and applauded politely" -- "hardly the boisterous, rock-star reception Bush typically gets at military bases." Read more > http://snipurl.com/17fbt --- Blitzer asserted Dodd's trip to Damascus was "giving comfort to" Syrian leader Read more >> VIDEO: http://mediamatters.org/items/200701120007?src=other --- Media Matters implores ABC not to air violent hate speech and racist fearmongering Read more >> http://mediamatters.org/items/200701120012?src=other _________________________________ Missed? Dept By Rob Kall | Pro Bono Lawfirms Threatened By Gitmo Official For Defending Detainees When does an American turn into a monster? A Nazi? A Joe McCarthy? A threat to democracy? Threatening noble people who do the difficult, sometimes punishingly thankless job of standing up for justice is one way the right wing is now pumping through its echo chamber. http://snipurl.com/17fvr --- By Andrew Bard Schmookler The Oil Companies Disinformation On Global Warming http://snipurl.com/17fvs --- By David Swanson Land Of Enchantment And Impeachment There is a decent chance that within the next month or two the New Mexico State Legislature will ask the U.S. House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against President Bush and Vice President Cheney. http://snipurl.com/17fvv --- By Vi Ransel The Seven Deadly Sins POEM - The Seven Deadly Sins are deadly precisely because they are so very hard to see coming. We drift gradually, not into the quicksand of pure evil, but slide slowly into the tar pit of more of the same small things... http://snipurl.com/17fvx _________________________________ FOOD AND THE ENVIRONMENT http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/feed/feed-january-2006.html _________________________________ Consumer Reports on Safety : http://blogs.consumerreports.org/safety/ _________________________________ http://www.antiwar.com | http://www.truthdig.com | http://rackjite.com/ _________________________________ Daytime Comet ... Space Weather News http://spaceweather.com Observers around the world are reporting that Comet McNaught is now visible in broad daylight. The comet is very close to the sun, so it is tricky to find. If you want to try, here's how to do it: Go outside and stand in the shadow of a building so that the glare of the sun is blocked out. Make a fist and hold it at arm's length. The comet is about one fist-width east of the sun. This weekend is a special time for Comet McNaught because it is making its closest approach to the sun. Solar heat causes the comet to vaporize furiously and brighten to daytime visibility. McNaught is now the brightest comet in more than 40 years, and it may become the brightest in centuries. Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos and updates. _________________________________ Love your Mondays I'm one of the fortunate few who really enjoy their job. For those who don't, there is a way out. VocationVacations offers a unique approach to job hunting. Rather than quitting, test-drive your dream job first. You will get opportunities to actually do what you have always wanted. Over 70 careers are available. Browse by subject if you are undecided. When you choose a job, a mentor is assigned to guide you. If the program is successful, you will have the confidence to pursue your dream. To encourage others, you can give them gift certificates. If everybody enjoyed their job, Monday would be the new Friday. TO VISIT TODAY'S COOL SITE, GO HERE: http://www.vocationvacations.com Be sure to listen to me Monday through Friday. Use my map to find me near you http://www.komando.com/listen/index.aspx _________________________________ eHEALTHY NEWS One-Second Nap Can Find Answers to Your Problems - This simple trick can allow you to tap into your subconscious in a few seconds to help you find powerful solutions to your problems. http://snipurl.com/178mj ----- Headache Drugs Can Actually Give You a Headache - Turns out the drugs used to treat headaches actually cause rebound withdrawal headaches that are worse than the original. Find out better options. http://snipurl.com/178mn ----- The Diabetes Epidemic Has Doubled in America - Diabetes in the U.S. has doubled in the last 30 years and drug companies want to cash in with $25 billion of dangerous drugs. http://snipurl.com/178mp _________________________________ VIDEO: AdCorp Inc | United States - 2005 | Running time - 11:50 Creating a brand is serious business. AdCorp's advertisement executive, Pete Wells (played by Andy Dick) and his think tank team do this every day. Spend a few minutes behind closed doors as they work under pressure to come up with the name for the store currently known as... http://www.pawky.com/featured/adcorp_inc _________________________________ NationalGeographic.com http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/ _________________________________ NASA Astronomy picture of the day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html _________________________________ If at first you don't succeed, you're running about average. ~ M.H. 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