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Colin Leys - honorary professor of politics at Goldsmiths College London and editor of the 2010 Socialist Register. And Natalie Mehra - director of Ontario Health Coalition.

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from William Hughes

"On July 7, 2010, at “The Spy Museum,” in Washington, D.C., the IRmep sponsored a panel discussion. It was titled: “Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal: Espionage, Opacity and Future.” Human Rights activist Jeffrey Blankfort, a Middle East analyst and radio show host, served as the moderator of the event. He claimed that he was a “espionage target” of a branch of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) located in California back in the early 90s. Mr. Blankfort said he was successful in his lawsuit with respect to this purported violation of his rights. See: http://www.counterpunch.org/adlspying2.html and http://impactvoters.com/html/adl_spying.html
Mr. Blankfort also bought the audience up to date on the satus of Mordechai Vanunu. He also charged that the House Speaker, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), regularly carries with her the “dog tags” of an Israeli soldier "captured by Hamas."
For background on this forum and its sponsor, The Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, go to: http://irmep.org/Defaults.asp"

from William Hughes

"On July 7, 2010, at “The Spy Museum,” in Washington, D.C., the IRmep sponsored a panel discussion. It was titled: “Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal: Espionage, Opacity and Future.” One of the speakers was the IRmep’s Director, Grant F. Smith. He is the author of the books, “Spy Trade,” “America’s Defense Line” and “Foreign Agents.” Smith underscored in his remarks that President John F. Kennedy tried to stop Israel from developing nuclear weapons. And, that his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, the then-U. S. Attorney General, had “ordered” a then-leading Israeli front group in this country “to register as a foreign agent.” For background on this event and its sponsor, The Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, go to: http://irmep.org/Defaults.asp (29 minutes, 04 seconds)"

from William Hughes

"On July 7, 2010, at “The Spy Museum,” in Washington, D.C., the IRmep sponsored a panel discussion. It was titled: “Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal: Espionage, Opacity and Future.” One of the panelists was Professor John J. Mearsheimer, the co-author of “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Professor Mearsheimer said: “There is no accountability for Israel on any issue!” He referenced Israel's attack on the USS Liberty, the killing of peace and justice activist Rachel Corrie, and Israel’s recent assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. For background on this event and its sponsor, The Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, go to: http://irmep.org/Defaults.asp (25 minutes, 47 seconds)"

from: William Hughes

On July 7, 2010, at “The Spy Museum,” in Washington, D.C., the IRmep sponsored a panel discussion. It was titled: “Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal: Espionage, Opacity and Future.” One of the panelists was Professor John J. Mearsheimer, the co-author of “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Professor Mearsheimer said: “There is no accountability for Israel on any issue!” He referenced Israel's attack on the USS Liberty, the killing of peace and justice activist Rachel Corrie, and Israel’s recent assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. For background on this event and its sponsor, The Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, go to: http://irmep.org/Defaults.asp

Morris

The Oil Spill has a martial law type cover up going on. A lot of suspicious activity suggesting foreknowledge exists (not in this video). Was the "Oil Spill" intended as a way to Blackmail the US, like one would expect from "The Joker" in a Batman cartoon?

Morris

Iran has a growing list of allies, and a growing inventory of ballistic missiles which can hit Israel's Nuclear facilities within minutes, and any shipping in the Gulf.

To illustrate library footage from the Islamic revolution, and the Cold War is used, as well as military exersizes. It is only the Old Guard that is upset that the Islamic Revolution took away "their" oil.

BP: The Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) was founded in 1908 following the discovery of a large oil field in Masjed Soleiman, Iran. It was the first company to extract oil from the Middle East. In 1935 APOC was renamed the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) and in 1954 became the British Petroleum Company (BP), one of the antecedents of the modern BP Plc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Iranian_Oil_Company

Morris

Israel Shamir is a hard hitting writer. His words cut straight through to the center. Here I read a couple of excerpts from his latest post. Which is a correspondence with someone in the UK. He ends on a positive vision for an integrated Palestine, when it is free from US and EU influence.

The entire post is here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shamireaders/message/1818

Morris

What we are seeing on youtube is not the red oil sludge appearing in plumes and on the surface. Using excerpts from experts on MSNBC this video explains why there has been so much secrecy, why foreign help has been refused for 70 days. There is a cover up, of what? Presumably it can only be negligence or sabotage.

Laura Flanders

Nomi Prins, former Wall Street trader and author of It Takes a Pillage, says that the current financial reform legislation is like throwing your extra junk in the attic and pretending that your house is clean. She says that it allows banks to keep all sorts of securities off their balance sheets--that it does nothing to prevent, in short, the kind of shady dealings that helped land us in this financial mess to begin with. http://www.truth-out.org/nomi-prins-financial-reform61014