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Tea party protesters scream 'nigger' at black congressman
Demonstrators outside the U.S. Capitol, angry over the proposed health care bill, shouted "nigger" Saturday at U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia congressman and civil rights icon who was nearly beaten to death during an Alabama march in the 1960s. Protesters also shouted obscenities at other members of the Congressional Black Caucus, spat on at least one black lawmaker and confronted an openly gay congressman with taunts. Capitol Police escorted the members of Congress into the Capitol after the confrontation.
Protester spits on Rep. Cleaver
A congressman who was spat on by a protestor on Capitol Hill says he is declining to press charges, but turns out the Capitol Police say they made no arrests. Missouri Democrat Emanuel Cleaver was making his way through a group of angry protestors when the incident occurred. Cleaver, who is black, was also one of several lawmakers who faced racial epithets as they walked to the Capitol to vote.
Brick thrown through window of Rep. Slaughter's office
The "Slaughter Solution" on health care isn't the only thing that has come under attack in U.S. Rep. Louise M. Slaughter's world this week. Sometime early this morning, someone threw a brick through the front window of her Pine Avenue office. The damage was discovered about 12:30 a.m., city police said. Slaughter, D-Fairport, NY, is head of the House Rules Committee, which will structure the debate on health care reform votes set for this weekend.
Obama Rallies Democrats in Final Push for Health Bill
President Obama and House Democratic leaders on Saturday closed in on the votes needed to pass landmark 'health care' legislation, with the outcome hinging on their efforts to placate a handful of lawmakers who wanted the bill to include tighter limits on insurance coverage for abortions. Mr. Obama, in an emotional address at the Capitol, exhorted rank-and-file House Democrats to approve the bill, telling them they were on the edge of making history with a decisive vote scheduled for Sunday. "Every once in a while a moment comes where you have a chance to vindicate all those best hopes that you had about yourself, about this country," he said. "This is one of those moments."
Dems race to lock in final votes
Democratic leaders are still locking down the final votes needed to pass the centerpiece of their domestic agenda -- a historic rewrite of the nation's health care laws that would expand [overpriced] health insurance access to nearly every American. They hope to secure the votes of a trio of veteran Blue Dogs - Rep. Loretta Sanchez of California, and retiring Reps. Marion Berry (Ark.) and John Tanner (Tenn.) - as well as a handful of anti-abortion Democrats who could break from hard-liner Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) to back the bill.
U.S. may expand use of its prison in Afghanistan
The White House is considering housing international terrorism suspects at Bagram air base, as is done at Guantanamo Bay. The White House is considering whether to detain international terrorism suspects at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, senior U.S. officials said, an option that would lead to another prison with the same purpose as Guantanamo Bay, which it has promised to close. Although it has been known for some time that the administration was seeking options other than Guantanamo for holding existing prisoners, it has not been reported previously that it was considering Bagram for suspected terrorists that might be captured in the future.
Taliban controlling Marjah by night
Militants are regaining control of Marjah, residents have reported, less than a month after Western military officials claimed to have seized the Afghan town from the Taliban. Marjah is now home to an occupation force numbering more than one Nato soldier or Afghan police officer for every eight residents. But militants are stepping up an underground campaign against officials loyal to the Western-backed Karzai regime.
Special Forces now Report to McChrystal
Most of the U.S. Special Operations forces in Afghanistan now are under direct control of Gen. Stanley McCrystal, the top U.S. commander in that country said. McChrystal said the decision to bring most of the special operations troops under his control was made in response to high civilian casualties and reports the Special Forces troops were operating as cowboys [well, war criminals], The New York Times reported Tuesday.
Iraq War protesters gather near AirFest 2010 at MacDill Air Force Base
(Tampa, FL) Protestors against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan used the popularity of the MacDill Airfest as a way to spread their message Saturday. Members of Veterans for Peace sponsored a vigil for peace. For about four hours, they held signs at the corner of Dale Mabry Highway and Gandy Boulevard near MacDill Airforce Base. Saturday is the anniversary of the start of the Iraq War.
Blair's secret oil links to Mideast revealed
Blair allowed to keep details of deals from public since June 2008 A watchdog in Britain has revealed that former UK Premier Tony Blair has secretly received cash from a South Korean energy company and from Kuwaiti royals. The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments says Tony Blair has been receiving cash from the Kuwaiti government and the South Korean UI Energy Corporation which has oil interests in the US and Iraq. The Advisory Committee had allowed Blair to keep details of both deals from the public for 20 months, since June 2008, as the former prime minister claimed the deals were commercially sensitive.
2nd mystery 'hit'
--Israeli jet flyover amid Hungary slay In a possible sequel to the Dubai assassination, Israeli spy planes flew uninvited and unannounced over Budapest the same day a Syrian man was shot to death in his car, Hungarian media reported yesterday. Two Israeli air force Gulfstream V-type jets, equipped with sophisticated intelligence gear, flew more than 1,300 miles over Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania on Wednesday before flying over eastern Budapest and then disappearing, the reports said. The incident occurred the same day Budapest police said a 52-year-old Syrian was gunned down while stopping his black luxury car at a traffic light on the east side of the capital.
IDF kills Palestinian teen
IDF forces clash with Palestinians at village near Nablus; 16-year-old boy dies after being shot in stomach, another teen in critical condition; Army says it used crowd dispersal means to quell rioters heading to settlement A 16-year-old boy was killed Saturday and a 19-year-old Palestinian sustained grave head wounds in clashes between IDF troops and Palestinians in a village near Nablus. Army officials said dozens of rocks were hurled at the forces, which were forced to respond with crowd dispersal means.However, doctors in Nablus said the killed teen was hurt by live ammunition.
UC Berkeley student senate votes in favor of divestment
19 March 2010 Early yesterday morning, the University of California Berkeley Student Senate (ASUC) passed a bill to divest from companies that provide military support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Debate began the night before at 9:00pm and ended and six hours later when the vote was held at 3:00am... Ultimately, the bill passed with 16 senators in favor and 4 against.
Clashes leave 54 dead in NW Pakistan
At least 54 people have been killed and several others injured in two separate incidents in troubled northwestern Pakistan. On Saturday, the Pakistani army helicopters bombed what officials called five militant training camps in the Orakzai tribal area, killing at least 32 people and injuring several others, the Press TV correspondent reported.
Dozens arrested as anti-Muslim English Defence League protestors battle rivals
Riot police battled to control thousands of rival demonstrators taking part in an ill-tempered city centre protest organised by a controversial right-wing group. Hundreds of officers, some horse-mounted and armed with batons, separated supporters of the English Defence League (EDL) and members of Unite Against Fascism (UAF). Two officers were injured following ugly clashes... A police helicopter was also dispatched to assist the officers on the ground. There was a total of 67 arrests, 55 of which were UAF supporters and the remaining 12 EDL, police said. [Notice the racist UK police arrested a lot more anti-fascist demonstrators and allowed the anti-Muslim Nazis to run rampant?]
UK anti-militant project stirs Muslim unease
A British anti-radicalization campaign called Prevent is a pressing priority in the European country experts see as the most at risk from Al-Qaeda [al-CIAduh] attack. But to listen to its critics, the project, aimed mainly at Muslim communities, might more accurately be named Provoke. Security officials are struggling to stem a tide of unease among Muslim communities about the program, which seeks among other things to identify people most vulnerable to recruitment by Al-Qaeda-aligned groups and wean them away from extremism.
Homeland Security seeking clearance to fly drones over Texas
The federal government may soon send unmanned aircraft to scour West Texas and the state's coastal waters in an effort to 'boost border security,' U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a letter to the governor sent Friday. Governor Rick Perry (R) had formally requested the assistance a week ago. Homeland Security has six drones and is working with the Federal Aviation Administration to get the necessary clearance to begin flying over Texas, Napolitano wrote.
Paper in China Sets Off Alarms in U.S.
Larry M. Wortzel, a military strategist and China specialist, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on March 10 that it should be concerned because "Chinese researchers at the Institute of Systems Engineering of Dalian University of Technology published a paper on how to attack a small U.S. power grid sub-network in a way that would cause a cascading failure of the entire U.S." When reached by telephone, Wang Jianwei [a graduate engineering student in Liaoning, China] said he and his professor had indeed published "Cascade-Based Attack Vulnerability on the U.S. Power Grid" in an international journal called Safety Science last spring. But Mr. Wang said he had simply been trying to find ways to enhance the stability of power grids by exploring potential vulnerabilities. ['Alarms set off in U.S.' Translation: The corporaterrorists and their whores in Congress want to de-regulate the industry make a killing on pseudo-security measusres.]
Members of Congress Called 'Ni**er,' 'Fa**ot,' Spat On By Tea Party Protesters
Abusive, derogatory and even racist behavior directed at House Democrats by Tea Party protesters on Saturday left several lawmakers in shock. Preceding the president's speech to a gathering of House Democrats, thousands of protesters descended around the Capitol to protest the passage of health care reform. The gathering quickly turned into abusive heckling, as members of Congress passing through Longworth House office building were subjected to epithets and even mild physical abuse. A staffer for Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) told reporters that Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) had been spat on by a protester. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a hero of the civil rights movement, was called a 'ni--er.' And Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was called a "faggot," as protestors shouted at him with deliberately lisp-y screams. Clyburn said he had not witnessed such treatment since he was leading civil rights protests in South Carolina in the 1960s.
Tea Partiers Call Lewis 'N****r', Frank 'F****t', At Capitol Hill Protest
By Brian Beutler Civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and fellow Congressional Black Caucus member Andre Carson (D-IN) related a particularly jarring encounter with a large crowd of [tea party and anti-healthcare] protesters on screaming "kill the bill"... and punctuating their chants with the word "nigger." Standing next to Lewis, emerging from a Democratic caucus meeting with President Obama, Carson said people in the crowd yelled, "kill the bill and then the N-word" several times, while he and Lewis were exiting the Canon House office building.
State of the health care debate: Talk radio attacks an 11-year old
Conservative talk show hosts and columnists have ridiculed an 11-year-old Washington state boy's account of his mother's death as a "sob story" exploited by the White House and congressional Democrats like a "kiddie shield" to defend their health care legislation. Marcelas Owens, whose mother got sick, lost her job, lost her health insurance and died, said Thursday he's taking the attacks from [sociopaths] Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin in stride.
Grand jury subpoenas GOP in Ensign probe
A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas to a Republican campaign committee and Nevada firms in a probe of Sen. John Ensign, under scrutiny for his efforts to find lobbying work for the husband of his former mistress. One subpoena went to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, formerly chaired by Mr. Ensign, R-Nev., committee spokesman Brian Walsh said. A Las Vegas TV station reported Thursday that grand jury subpoenas in the Ensign probe went to six Las Vegas businesses it did not name.
Credit Card Firm: We Were Subpoenaed By Feds In Ensign Case
Here's a statement from eCommLink, one of the Nevada companies at the center of the mushrooming John Ensign investigation, acknowledging that it has received a subpoena from the Justice Department: 'eCommLink, like a number of other Nevada companies, has received subpoenas regarding the Federal investigation of Senator John Ensign. We are cooperating fully in this investigation.' KLAS-TV reported yesterday that the company, and other credit card firms, contributed to Ensign's NRSC in exchange for Ensign's help in fighting new regulations.
World votes to continue trading in species on verge of extinction
Their sheer size and strength have made them among the most celebrated of endangered species, yet they have all been betrayed -- by vested interests at a UN meeting on wildlife protection. Proposals to ban trade in bluefin tuna and polar bears were overwhelmingly rejected yesterday at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), meeting in Doha, Qatar.
New safeguards for polar bears voted down at CITES meeting
Defenders of Wildlife fears trade will lead to continued population declines for species threatened by climate change --The United States proposal would have banned the international commercial trade in polar bear parts and products --During debate, virtually all parties agreed with the serious threat posed to the polar bear's survival by climate change DOHA, Qatar Defenders of Wildlife expressed its disappointment today over the decision by the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) not to give greater protection to the polar bear.
Synagogue Bomb Suspects: Feds Badgered Us to Do It
Lawyers: Alleged NY bomb plot 'hatched and directed' by federal informant Defense attorneys say an alleged plot to bomb New York synagogues was hatched and directed by a federal informant. Lawyers for four men from Newburgh have filed a motion to dismiss the terror indictment against them. They said the informant badgered the defendants until they got involved in the plot. They said the informant chose the targets, supplied fake bombs for the synagogues and a fake missile to shoot down planes. The motion said he also offered to pay the defendants, who attorneys alleged weren't inclined toward any crime until the informant began recruiting them.
Links with torture countries to go on
Britain must continue to work with international intelligence agencies in the fight against terrorism even if they are not committed to UK standards on the abuse or torture of detainees, the Foreign Office has warned. In its annual report on human rights around the world published last night, the Foreign Office said the UK could not afford the "luxury" of co-operating only with agencies in countries which do not share UK standards on human rights.
MI5 and MI6 have to deal with torturers, government says
The security services "cannot afford the luxury" of dealing only with countries which respect human rights, the government has said. A report by the Foreign Office said the government could not "reduce the risk to zero" of torture or mistreatment at the hands of foreign powers but had to use intelligence gained from such methods to save British lives. [?!?] The department's annual report on human rights said the Government has been "absolutely clear that the UK stands firmly against torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment." But it added: "We cannot always have that same level of assurance when [prisoners] are held overseas by foreign governments."
UK has 5,700 "secret agents"
Britain employs more than 2,200 spies to 'protect the country' against terrorism and the threat from foreign enemies, it has been disclosed. It is the first time that the number of foreign intelligence gathering officers employed by MI6, also known as the Secret Intelligence Service, has been published. The figure was disclosed yesterday in the annual report of the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee. According to the ISC's report, there are now 2,252 MI6 officers and it aims to increase that to 2,527 this year.
Russians Give Message to U.S. Generals in Afghanistan: Bribe the Taliban
Minutes of Secret Meeting Between Russian Veterans and Gen. Stanley McChrystal Also Say 'More Troops Won't Make a Difference' Two Russian veterans of the Soviet Afghan war privately warned Gen. Stanley McChrystal last summer that the key to winning the war would be to pay off the Taliban. The official who wrote a summary of two meetings between the Russians and U.S. military commanders also wrote that one of the "key take-aways" from the meetings was that extra troops were not the key to victory. ABCNews.com has obtained a document summarizing the discussions between two veterans of the Soviet Union's failed Afghan war and McChrystal, the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, during an August 2009 video teleconference. [USociopaths are already doing that. See: US to pay Taliban fighters to 'lay down their arms' 23 Jan 2010.]
Defense official says Afghan 'track and kill' program was authorized
Michael D. Furlong, the senior Defense Department employee under investigation for allegedly running an unauthorized intelligence-gathering [and track and kill] operation in Afghanistan, says his now-suspended program was fully authorized by top U.S. military commanders. According to Furlong, the program, which began in late 2008, was requested by Army Gen. David D. McKiernan, the former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and approved by the U.S. Central Command.
Taliban rises again in Kunduz, forcing more U.S. troops toward north
The past year has brought such a dramatic Taliban comeback in Kunduz that Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, is planning to shift some of the ongoing troop reinforcements to the north of the country, the first significant U.S. deployment to the region since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, U.S. officials say.
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