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NOVANEWS Myth-Debunking Snopes Obscures Israel’s Role in 9/11 July 21, 2010 by Maidhc Ó Cathail Snopes.com, officially known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, has since its humble inception in 1995 come to be regarded as one of the most trusted debunkers of conspiracy theories on the internet. Described by one of its many fans – it apparently has over 6 million visitors per month – as “the grand-daddy of all fact-checking sites,” Snopes is downright cavalier, however, in its attitude to facts surrounding Israel’s role in the 9/11 attacks. In its large section on urban legends relating to 9/11, Snopes purports to debunk a claim that “four thousand Israelis employed by companies housed in the World Trade Center stayed home from work on September 11, warned in advance of the impending a...

NOVANEWS July 21, 2010 by Michael Leon   The mother of Sgt. Coleman Bean, above, testified before congress on the V.A.'s handling of suicide prevention. Star-Ledger Photo - Is the VA reversing its decades-old message to veterans: Die soon - By Richard Gale and Gary Null Progressive Radio Network This documentary and original investigative report exposes a 19 year secret US government program whose consequence resulted in the needless suffering and deaths of our brave gulf war veterans. Total dead since 1991 — over 75,000. Does anyone care? Could your father, husband, son or daughter be among those our government considers expendable? Voices of Homeless Veterans From 1991 to 2003, hundreds of thousands of our bravest men and women sought help from the Veterans Administration, from the D...

  Security forces should vacate schools, HRD writes to states Rajeesh | July 15, 2010  | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pglpM-1Q5 While government forces and Naxals are engaged in a complex conflict across eight Naxal-affected states, schools and education are fast becoming a casualty in the fight. Taking note of the situation, the Union HRD Ministry has written to all Naxal-hit states asking that security forces occupying government schools vacate them at the earliest and schools damaged by Naxals be rebuilt In a recent letter to chief secretaries of the eight Naxal-affected states, the HRD Ministry has noted how schools had begun to bear the brunt of the conflict and needed to be protected, sources said. Hundreds of schools in these states are being used to house s...

NOVANEWS July 19, 2010  by Gordon Duff   Full Military Honors Funeral vs Congressional Funeral  By Joe “Ragman” Tarnovsky for Veterans Today When a veteran dies, one entitlement we are guaranteed because of the contract for military service we signed among ourselves and the United States government, is a full military honor funeral if we were discharged from the service under circumstances other than dishonorable. Like other promises made to veterans when we are young and considered assets to do the killing and dying for America, when we become older we are then looked at as liabilities and to save money, many of the promises made during our enlistment are then broken after the government has used us for the dirty work. The promises and guarantees by law for our military service are el...

CENTRAL FLORIDA VETS FOR PEACE: Resolution calling for the Impeachment of President Obama for the commission of war crimes. July 19, 2010  by Gordon Duff Hello Gordon Duff and Veterans Today,  Our U.S. Military is currently, and has been since January 20, 2009, been committing with regularity war crimes under the command and authority of the current President Barack H. Obama. Our Central Florida chapter of Veterans For Peace has debated, voted on, and approved the following resolution calling for the Impeachment of President Barack H. Obama for those war crimes being committed under his command and authority … the same war crimes that Veterans For Peace National identified in its March 19, 2005 call for the Impeachment of President George W. Bush. YouTube - Veterans Today - Please make s...