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Friday, December 5, 2008 18:30
GMT Propaganda
Recycled: US Report Blames Pakistan For Future WMD Attack In a blatant effort to bolster the ailing war on terror, a report
produced as part of a mandate by the U.S. Congress has concluded that
a major terror attack will occur somewhere in the world before 2013
and that the blame will firmly fall at the feet of Pakistan.
More
online journalists than print journalists behind bars: CPJ
In a reflection of the digital age, more online journalists are jailed
around the world than journalists from any other medium, the Committee
to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported on Thursday.
Cops
Taser Drowned Dad’s Distraught Son California cops tasered a distraught
son whose father was drowning after he and his brother complained that
police were not doing enough to rescue their dad, while authorities
prevented the two sons from making any kind of rescue effort themselves. •
Amnesty
urges moratorium on Taser use
Iran
deploys 60-ship armada for massive war readiness maneuver Wednesday, Dec. 3, the Iranian navy and
air force began a six-day maneuver of marine and air might which Tehran
radio said would cover an area of 50,000 square miles of the Persian
Gulf, the Sea of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz.
Bush
reported to be drinking heavily With less than two months remaining in office,
George W. Bush, witnessing a devastating defeat for the Republican Party,
worse favorability ratings than those of Richard Nixon at the height
of the Watergate scandal, and the most devastating economic situation
since the Great Depression, is reported by a number of well-placed sources
in Washington as drinking heavily.
Israel
‘has faith in team Obama’
An Israeli official says Tel Aviv is familiar with and has full
confidence in the people nominated to run the Obama administration.
Worst
US Job Losses In 34 Years
More than half a million US jobs were lost in November, sending
the unemployment rate soaring to a 15-year high of 6.7%, official
figures show.
Bomb
Blast At Pakistan Market
At least 16 people have been killed and 75 wounded in a bomb blast
at a market in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, say police.
Alex
Jones on Press TV - 12/03/08 Press TV’s ‘Fine Print’,
broadcast Dec. 3, 2008. Obama’s Policies, Change, Pragmatism
or More of the Same?
Italy
hopes island G8 will be free from violence Italy is hosting next year's Group
of Eight summit on an island off Sardinia, hoping there will not
be any of the violence that dogged the last gathering of the world's
richest nations on its soil seven years ago.
Green-on-Green
Violence
The activist group Environmental Defense got a taste of what it
used to dish out this week when its Washington, D.C., offices were
invaded by another green group, the Global Justice Ecology Project.
