Obama Weary of Attacks By Left-Wing Groups 04 Jul 2009
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04 July 2009 http://www.legitgov.org/ All items are here:
http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news Obama Weary of Attacks By
Left-Wing Groups 04 Jul 2009 President Obama, strategizing yesterday
with congressional leaders about health-care reform, complained
that liberal advocacy groups ought to drop their attacks on Democratic
lawmakers and devote their energy to promoting passage of comprehensive
legislation. In a pre-holiday call with half a dozen top House and
Senate Democrats, Obama expressed his concern over advertisements
and online campaigns targeting moderate Democrats, whom they criticize
for not being fully devoted to "true" health-care reform. [B*** me,
Obusha. Who do you think gave you $750 million so that you could
get elected and implement 'change?' That's right - mainly the *left*
side of your base, that is already sick and more than tired of your
sycophantic acts of conciliation and out-and-out lies. --LRP]
US warns North Korea after reports of Scud missiles test --South
Korea reports launch of seven ballistic missiles --Tests on US
Independence Day violate UN resolutions 04 Jul 2009 The United
States warned North Korea not to "aggravate tensions" today after
South Korea said its neighbour had fired seven ballistic missiles
in violation of UN resolutions. The tests, seen as a message of
defiance to the US on Independence Day, will further increase
pressure in the region as America tries to gather support for tough
enforcement of the UN resolution imposed on the government for its
May nuclear test.
North Korea Launches 7 Missiles Off Its East Coast 04 Jul 2009
Defying the United States on Independence Day, North Korea fired
seven missiles on Saturday into the sea off its east coast. The
test-firings came two days after North Korea fired four short-range
missiles into the sea. North Korea had warned ships to avoid waters
near its east coast through July 10 because of military exercises,
and the test-firing were widely predicted.
Attack on U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan kills two soldiers --U.S.
military officials say 'several' U.S. soldiers also were wounded
in the assault on the remote outpost in Paktika province. It's the
same area where an American soldier disappeared on Tuesday. 04 Jul
2009 'Insurgents' armed with rockets, mortars and a truck bomb
staged an unusual frontal attack on a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan
today, killing two American soldiers and forcing the defenders to
call in airstrikes to avoid being overrun.
KBR might seek federal funds to pay its legal bills --Uncle Sam
could soon be writing another big check to KBR. 04 Jul 2009 KBR may
ask the U.S. government to reimburse it for legal bills if a jury
decides the company failed to protect KBR truck drivers during a
deadly April 2004 roadside attack, a lawyer for the Houston-based
government contractor said. Though no final decision has been made,
lawyer Robert Meadows said, if the cases go to trial and result in
a jury award, "its conceivable that KBR would look to the government
to accept responsibility under its contract" with the company.
Iraq tells Biden: Reconciliation pure internal affair 05 Jul 2009
The reconciliation in Iraq is pure Iraq's internal affair and the
involvement of U.S. officials is not desired by Iraqis, said Iraqi
government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh on Saturday. "The reconciliation
issue is purely Iraqi affair and any non-Iraqi involvement would
certainly have a negative impact," said Dabbagh. He confirmed that
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki expressed the same meaning to
the visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during their meeting on
Friday.
Biden spends July 4 with son, other troops in Iraq 04 Jul 2009 Vice
President Joe Biden spent the Fourth of July with his son and other
American troops in Iraq on Saturday. Biden took a break from politics
and presided over a naturalization ceremony for 237 U.S. troops
from 59 countries in a marble rotunda at one of Saddam Hussein's
former palaces at what is now Camp Victory, the U.S. military
headquarters on the western outskirts of Baghdad.
Guantanamo suspect's lawyers seek CIA site access 30 Jun 2009 Lawyers
for the first detainee transferred from Guantanamo Bay for trial
in a U.S. civilian court asked a judge on Tuesday for access to CIA
"black sites" where they say he was harshly interrogated tortured.
Lawyers for Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani said they needed access to the
secret detention sites prisons, whose locations abroad have not
been publicly identified, to gather evidence and inspect whether
any statements the Tanzanian made under interrogation were reliable,
according to court papers filed in Manhattan federal court.
'Iran nuke could wipe Israel off map in seconds' 04 Jul 2009 Michael
Oren, Israel's ambassador to the United States, on Friday warned
that an Iranian atomic bomb could "wipe Israel off the map in a
matter of seconds," and that the Iranians could "accomplish in a
matter of seconds what they denied Hitler did, and kill 6 million
Jews, literally." Oren made his comments in a conversation with
journalist Jeffrey Goldberg at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado.
New IAEA chief sees no proof Iran developing nuclear weapons 03 Jul
2009 The incoming head of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) says he knows of no hard evidence that Iran is trying to
gain the ability to develop nuclear weapons. Japanese diplomat
Yukiya Amano told the Reuters newsagency he has seen no such evidence
in IAEA official documents.
Damning report slams Israel, Hamas over civilian deaths, destruction
03 Jul 2009 Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian
civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which
breached the laws of war, Amnesty International concluded in a new
report published this week.
Operation 'Cast Lead': 22 days of death and destruction, is the
first comprehensive report to be published on the conflict, which
took place earlier this year.
Israel/Gaza: Operation 'Cast Lead' - 22 Days of Death and Destruction
(Amnesty International USA) 02 Jul 2009 Facts and Figures: Gaza
--Some 1,400 Palestinians were killed, including some 300 children,
and hundreds of other unarmed civilians, including more than 115
women and some 85 men aged over 50 during the 22-day Operation "Cast
Lead".
Gaza activists still in Israel jail 04 Jul 2009 A number of foreign
activists are still in detention in a Tel Aviv jail four days after
the Israeli navy stopped their boat as they attempted to reach the
Gaza Strip. Mairead Maguire, a Nobel peace prize winner, told Al
Jazeera on Saturday that the activists had agreed to remain in
detention until Israel agreed to free all of the activists.
In Israeli jail, McKinney expects more from Washington 04 Jul 2009
Former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney, who is in an Israeli jail for
trying to take humanitarian aid to Gaza, says the White House has
done nothing to secure her release. Speaking to Press TV from inside
the Israeli jail, she said US taxpayers paid for Israel's 22-day
war on the Gaza Strip. "Operation Cast Lead was made possible by
the US taxpayers' gift to the Israeli war machine in the form of
F16s, helicopters gunship, white phosphorous, uranium cluster bombs
and anything that kills," she told Press TV from inside the Israeli
jail on Saturday.
CLG News and Action Alert: IDF Seizes Gaza Aid Ship Posted by Lori
Price 01 Jul 2009 Israeli forces have boarded a ship trying to carry
aid and pro-Palestinian activists to the Gaza Strip in defiance of
Israel's blockade of the territory. The 20 passengers include former
US congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and Nobel Prize winner Mairead
Maguire. [Updated]
US to employ new approach to win over Muslims: Envoy 03 Jul 2009
The Obama administration wants to engage the Muslims in a way that
is innovative, dynamic and out of the box, says Farah Pandith,
Americas first special envoy to the Muslim communities. The main
objective behind the administrations new strategy is to 'know the
next generation of (Muslim) thinkers. And in this role Ill be doing
that,' Pandith told a briefing in Washington.
Video: Pentagon's Robo-Hummingbird Flies Like the Real Thing By
Noah Shachtman 02 Jul 2009 Military-backed researchers have built
a tiny drone that looks and flies like a hummingbird, flapping its
little robotic wings to stay in the air. So far, the mock bird,
built for Pentagon mad-science division Darpa, has only stayed aloft
for 20 seconds at a time. But that short flight was enough to show
the potential of a whole new class of miniature spies, inspired by
nature. Darpa just handed AeroVironment, makers of the winged "nano
air vehicle," another $2.1 million to build a hummingbot 2.0.
OAS set to suspend Honduras after coup 04 Jul 2009 The Organization
of American States was likely to suspend Honduras on Saturday after
a caretaker government refused to restore President Manuel Zelaya
who was toppled in a military coup last weekend. Honduras' interim
rulers who took power after the coup have rejected an OAS demand
to restore Mr. Zelaya, and defiantly renounced the OAS charter in
an apparent pre-emptive move. But an OAS official said such a
renunciation was not valid, since the Honduras authorities were not
a legitimate government.
Swine flu: UK ministers warn 40 a day could die by end of summer
04 Jul 2009 Yesterday there were more than 7,400 confirmed cases
of swine flu in the UK.
If the number of cases continues to grow at the current pace, the
UK could have 100,000 new cases every day by the end of August.
Under the Government's pandemic action plan, there are three levels
of alert for a serious flu outbreak. Earlier this week the Health
Secretary announced the UK would now enter the third, most serious,
phase.
'The re-emergence of H1N1 in 1977 made it potentially a man-made
pandemic.' Swine flu pandemic 'caused by accidental leak from
laboratory' 30 Jun 2009 The swine flu pandemic may have been caused
by an 'accidental' leak from a laboratory three decades ago,
scientists have claimed. An investigation into the genetic make-up
of flu viruses claims the pandemic may not have occurred, had it
not been for the 'accidental' release of the same strain of influenza
virus from a research lab in 1977.
Anti-G8 demonstrators clash with police in Italy 04 Jul 2009 Anti-G8
demonstrators clashed briefly with Italian police on Saturday in
the first big protest ahead of next week's summit of the world's
richest nations. Police in riot gear fired teargas at protesters
to prevent them from crossing a bridge and moving closer to a
contested U.S. military base in the northeastern city of Vicenza.
Guard units train for militia attacks 30 Jun 2009 (Camp Crowder,
MO) It isn't easy being an insurgent in Neosho, Mo... Such was the
case for several members of the headquarters detachment of the 229th
Multifunctional Medical Battalion.
During the battalion's annual training exercise, eight members of
the Jefferson City-based [Missouri National Guardsmen] unit, acting
as a fictitious militant group, attempted to disrupt the battalion's
operations through attacks and harassment. The battalion's other
two units, the Kansas City-based 205th Area Support Medical Company,
and the Springfield-based 206th Area Support Medical Company, fended
off the attacks while performing their medical duties.
Passenger Spots Handgun Being Smuggled Past Airport Security 04 Jun
2009 An eagle-eyed passenger at Philadelphia International Airport
spotted another passenger handing a bag directly to an airline
employee -- skipping airport security. The passenger alerted the
TSA, who located the US Airways flight and searched the bag. An
unloaded handgun was inside the bag. The Philadelphia Inquirer says
that Flight 1195 to Phoenix was delayed 4 hours due to the incident.
Gov. Palin Says She Will Quit, Citing Probes, Family Needs 04 Jul
2009 Sarah Palin, the Republican Alaska governor, announced her
resignation yesterday.
The announcement that she will step down by the end of July stunned
the political establishment, fueling speculation about why she is
leaving office with 18 months left in her first term and whether
her future will include a run for the presidency. Palin offered few
clues about her ambitions but said she arrived at her decision in
part to protect her family, which has faced withering criticism and
occasional mockery, and to escape ethics probes that have drained
her family's finances and hampered her ability to govern.
Pound Drops as Reports Show Economic Recovery May Be Faltering 04
Jul 2009 The pound posted its first weekly decline against the
dollar in a month after worse-than-expected reports on U.K. services
and gross domestic product signaled the economic recovery may be
faltering. The British currency also dropped for the second straight
week against the euro... Bank of England policy maker David Miles
said on July 2 that the U.K. banking industry "remains on life
support."
Purity of Federal 'Organic' Label Is Questioned 03 Jul 2009 ...The
government's turnaround, from prohibition to permission, came after
a USDA program manager was lobbied by the formula makers and overruled
her staff.
That decision and others by a handful of USDA employees, along with
an advisory board's approval of a growing list of non-organic
ingredients, have helped numerous companies win a coveted green-and-white
"USDA Organic" seal on an array of products. Some consumer groups
and members of Congress say they worry that the program's lax
standards are undermining the federal program and the law itself.
Former QB Steve McNair Found Shot to Death 04 Jul 2009 Nashville
fire officials and Tennessee Titans sources are confirming to
affiliate station WSMV that former Titans quarterback Steve McNair
has been found shot to death at an apartment in downtown Nashville.
Another woman was also found shot to death in the apartment, but
her identity has not been confirmed, Metro Police reported.
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Previous lead stories: Grand Jury Inquiry on Destruction of C.I.A.
Tapes --The tapes had shown C.I.A. officers using torture, including
waterboarding, on two prisoners. 03 Jul 2009 Current and former top
Central Intelligence Agency officers have appeared before a federal
grand jury in Virginia as part of an 18-month investigation into
the agencys destruction of 92 videotapes depicting the brutal
interrogations of two Qaeda prisoners. The witnesses recently called
by the special prosecutor, former government officials said, include
the agencys top officer in London and Porter J. Goss, who was C.I.A.
director when the tapes were destroyed in November 2005.
Obama administration delays release of CIA report 03 Jul 2009 The
Obama administration said Thursday that it needs two more months
to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention
and torture program before making it public, drawing criticism from
civil libertarians who say it's past time for Americans to know how
its government treated terrorism suspects. The Justice Department
had originally said it intended to release the report in June as
part of a lawsuit, but department officials now say they need until
the end of August.
Palin resigns as governor, leaves plans secret 03 Jul 2009 Alaska
Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from
office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the
Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run
for the White House in 2012. Palin and her staff kept her future
plans shrouded in mystery, and it was unclear if the controversial
hockey mom would quietly return to private life or begin laying the
foundation for a presidential bid.
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