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4Aug

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Iraq, USA

OBAMA SPEECH ON IRAQ

NOVANEWS In Speech on Iraq, Obama Reaffirms DrawdownAugust 2, 2010 posted by Michael Leon President Obama’s appearance before the Disabled American Veterans group draws attention to the transition in Iraq - Doug Mills NYT - “As a candidate for president, I pledged to bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end,” Mr. Obama told a convention of Disabled American Veterans in Atlanta on Monday. “Shortly after taking office, I announced our new strategy for Iraq and for a transition to full Iraqi responsibility. And I made it clear that by August 31, 2010, America’s combat mission in Iraq would end. And that is exactly what we are doing — as promised and on schedule.” - By Peter Baker ATLANTA — Nearly eight years after he denounced what he called a “dumb war” in Iraq and nearly two years aft...

4Aug

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Lebanon

LEBANON, ZIO=NAZI CLASH NEAR BORDER

NOVANEWS Lebanon, Israel clash near border; at least 4 dead August 3rd, 2010 | Author: Patriot Just received the following from friend General (Ret) Jim David who is mentioned on the cover of the third edition of Paul Findley’s ‘They Dare to Speak Out’ book (perhaps the the Israelis are trying to start the war with Iran by going back into Lebanon and thus drawing in Syria and then Iran in accordance with the rest of the ‘A Clean Break’ agenda: http://tinyurl.com/acleanbreak): From: General (Ret) James David Subject: Israelis kill 4 Lebanese Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 10:30 AM Just like they do all the time, Israel tries to provoke Lebanon into another war by cutting a tree in Lebanon territory. The Israelis are famous for their provocation becau...

3Aug

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Pakistan & Kashmir

PUNJAB: POLICE ONSLAUGHT ON ACTIVISTS

NOVANEWS by Narinder Kumar Jeet Punjab - Democratic mobilization resists police onslaught on activists Rajeesh | August 2, 2010 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pglpM-1RE Source: Sanhati August 01, 2010 Now-a-days, the Punjab Police is too much pre-occupied with Naxalite-phobia. Some months ago the DGP himself came out with an extremely irresponsible statement, branding the 17 mass organizations of farmers and agri-labour as front organizations of the Naxalites/Maoists, because they have been consistently fighting against the anti-people and anti-national policies of the rulers. The police arrested Surjit Singh Phul, President of Bharti Kisan Union (Krantikari), subjected him to severe torture at the Joint Interrogation Center Amritsar and slapped on him a case unde...

3Aug

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Pakistan & Kashmir

DEATH TOLL TO 27 IN KASHMIR VALLEY

NOVANEWS Rajeesh | August 3, 2010| Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pglpM-1RF At least four people, including a youth, were killed here on Tuesday in clashes between protesters and security personnel, thereby taking the death toll in the Kashmir Valley to 27. The 16-year-old youth died in a hospital this evening after being wounded in the massive explosion on Sunday at the Khrew police post in Pulwama. Curfew remains enforced in all ten districts of the valley, with security forces maintaining a close and strict vigil to contain the disturbances. Reports said that residents of the Qamarwari area in downtown Srinagar defied the curfew and took part in several demonstrations. They refused to heed security forces demands to disperse. This resulted in security forces firin...

2Aug

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Afghanistan

GATES: SMALL 2011 TROOP PULLOUT FROM AFGHANISTAN

NOVANEWS By Anne Gearan WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Robert Gates is predicting that only a small number of U.S. forces will come home from Afghanistan when a presidentially mandated withdrawal begins a year from now. Gates reaffirms that a withdrawal will begin in July 2011. He says he thinks the initial pullout will be modest, and that a large number of U.S. forces will remain in Afghanistan. The Pentagon chief says the pace of the withdrawal would pick up as security conditions improve. The U.S. will have more than 100,000 troops in Afghanistan by the end of this summer. The plan is to begin bringing them home next July, with the scope of the pullout to be determined by security conditions then. Gates was interviewed for ABC’s “This Week.”

2Aug

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Iraq

JULY DEADLIEST MONTH FOR IRAQIS SINCE 2008

By Sameer N. Yacoub BAGHDAD – July was Iraq’s deadliest month in more than two years, according to new official figures, suggesting that a resilient insurgency is successfully taking advantage of a months long deadlock in forming a new government. The figures released late Saturday show that 535 people were killed last month, the highest since May 2008 when 563 were killed, heightening concerns over Iraq’s precarious security situation even as the U.S. troops are reducing their numbers. Iraq has been mired in a political deadlock for nearly five months since a March parliamentary election failed to produce a clear winner. The political impasse further deepened this weekend, when a Shiite bloc nominally allied with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s coalition publicly announced its rejection ...

31Jul

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China

MAOIST MARTYR

NOVANEWS Sidhu Soren's family refuses to take body Rajeesh | July 28, 2010 at 9:06 am | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pglpM-1Rf NARESH JANA Sidhu Soren (top); Lakshmimoni, his mother, on Tuesday. (Samir Mondal) Goaltore, July 27: Sidhu Soren’s family has refused to take his body and claimed the leader of the Maoist-backed People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities was a martyr “for his country” who was killed in sleep. “My son has laid down his life for his country. We will not take his body from the police. What will I do with a dead son?” asked Sidhu’s father Jamadar Baskey, shortly after turning away policemen who had gone to his the family’s house this morning and asked him to identify Sidhu’s body in the morgue of the Midnapore Medical Colle...

31Jul

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India

INDIA: THE GOVERNMENT HAS KILLED MU SON

NOVANEWS "He did the right thing. He had the guts to fight the CPM harmads" Rajeesh | July 28, 2010 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pglpM-1Ri RAMGARH: There is no road to this village tucked away in a forest, 58 km from Midnapore town. A winding dirt-track leads to the forest hamlet, interrupted by ponds and ditches. It's Parkota, a village that has not seen electricity. This is the birthplace of Sidhu Soren alias Bhuta Baskey the topmost Maoist leader to have been killed in Bengal. On Tuesday morning, a police team from Lalgarh turned up at his mud hut when the Baskey family was busy with their usual chores. A constable handed out a message written in English to the dead rebel's father Jamadar Baskey and left. Jamadar took it as yet another "police paper" that he...

29Jul

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India

INDIA: GREEN HUNT IS STATE VIOLENT

NOVANEWS Spring Thunder Anew: Neo-Robber Baron Capitalism vs. ‘New Democracy’ in India Rajeesh | July 29, 2010 at 7:52 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pglpM-1Rq Sourece: parisar on July 28, 2010 Bernard D’Mello (Bernard D’Mello (bernard) is deputy editor, Economic & Political Weekly, and a member of the Committee for the Protection of Democratic Rights, Mumbai. He thanks Gautam Navlakha for his comments and suggestions on an earlier draft. The usual disclaimers apply. This article has appeared in Seminar, 607, March 2010 in a symposium – “Red Resurgence” – on the Naxal/Maoist challenge to the state.) The white man called you Bhagat Singh that day, The black man calls you Naxalite today. But everyone will call you the morning star tomorrow. —Excerpt from ...

28Jul

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China

GUNNING DOWN MAOIST LEADER

NOVANEWS PCPA militia leader, 5 others killed in Lalgarh shootout Rajeesh | July 27, 2010 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pglpM-1QP GOALTORE (WEST MIDNAPORE): Security forces pulled off a major breakthrough in the dense forests of Lalgarh early on Monday by gunning down Maoist leader Sidhu Soren and five armed squad members, including a woman. A COBRA constable was killed while chasing the retreating rebels. Soren is the biggest kill in Jangalmahal since the start of the Maoist insurgency in Bengal. The 27-year-old was the secretary of the Maoist-backed People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) when it was set up in 2009. He went on to head the Sidhu Kanhu Mass Militia, the armed wing of the PCPA blamed for many murders and the Jnaneswari Express mass...