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ISRAEL: SPYING IN US, ORGANIZED CRIME HAND IN HAND WITH ESPIONAGE

ISRAELI OWNED COMPANIES IN US INVOLVED IN SPYING

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WISDESPREAD CRIME OPERATIONS IN THE US

By Gordon Duff, Jeff Gates and referenced sources

44% of Congress are millionaires. Less than 1% of the population are millionaires. We have a problem.

In the Sphere blogsite today, writer David Knowles has a very informative piece. It seems that 44% of all sitting members of Congress are millionaires while less than 1% of the American population shares that status. The story is here.

Being in Congress is pretty much being available to the ultimate in insider information. Fortunes are made simply by knowing people and knowing facts that the rest of us can never garner since we do not have a Congressman's access.

This is not representative government. Let me ask you something. Did you serve in uniform, possibly in combat, so that this situation could masquerade as "representative government" for you and yours?

She Ran to Gunfire, and Ended It

Photo: Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

By James C. McKinley Jr. The New York Times

KILLEEN, Tex. — The police officer who brought down a gunman after he went on a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army base here was on the way to have her car repaired when she responded to a police radio report of gunfire at a center where soldiers are processed before being sent overseas, the authorities said Friday.

As she pulled up to the center, the officer, Sgt. Kimberly Denise Munley, spotted the gunman, later identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, brandishing a pistol and chasing a wounded soldier outside the building, said Chuck Medley, the director of emergency services at the base.

The Good Soldier

From Bill Moyers' Journal - As America prepares to observe Veterans Day and President Obama weighs sending more troops to fight in Afghanistan, BILL MOYERS JOURNAL broadcasts a powerful documentary about the impact on soldiers of learning to kill – or be killed. THE GOOD SOLDIER follows four veterans – one from World War II, two from Vietnam, and the fourth from Iraq – as they reveal how the experiences of battle changed their lives. Watch a preview online.

Find out more about the film and theatrical release locations and dates at thegoodsoldier.com. PLEASE NOTE: Due to rights restrictions we will not be able to stream THE GOOD SOLDIER in its entirety online.

Regional Veterans' News

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Tulsa, Oklahoma Veterans and supporters ask Coburn to drop hold on bill
Vancouver, Washington Clark forum on vet suicide timely amid Fort Hood tragedy

Fox News Suggests Mass Screening of American Muslims in Defense Jobs. Wow!

From the Salon web site on Friday of last week we learn that Fox News is playing to stereotype and openly calling for the screening of Muslims that have any position with America's defense, especially those in uniform. This of course follows the tragedy of last week at Fort Hood involving an American born officer who is a Muslim allegedly killing or wounding several dozens fellow soldiers on what appears to be a "religious conviction" motivation for his alleged behavior.

This is not helpful and although it is an appropriate question to explore, the news channel is being very "unhelpful" to say the least if this initially reasonable question soon turns into another Fox Channel crusade against "them". This stuff is not only getting old, it is dangerous. The story is here.

As I have previously pointed out, this kind of thing has happened before in the U.S. Armed Forces. I am getting tired of Fox News telling me who my enemies are. All the time. Non stop. I had no idea there were so many "thems" out there!

BELIEF OVER TRUTH: ROAD TO AMERICA'S DOWNFALL

Facts vs. Beliefs – Today’s Ancient Warfare

By Jeff Gates STAFF WRITER

In unconventional warfare, beliefs are deployed as weapons by those waging war by way of deception. Recall Iraqi weapons of mass destruction? Iraqi ties to Al Qaeda? Iraqi biological weapons laboratories? Iraqi meetings in Prague with Al Qaeda? Iraqi purchases of yellowcake uranium from Niger?

All these claims were alleged true but later proven false or, worse, fabricated. Yet all were widely believed. In combination, those beliefs induced a consensus to wage war in Iraq in response to a mass murder on U.S. soil. The same deception traceable to the same source is now working to expand this war to Iran.

Indo-Israeli Plot against Pak-Iranian Ties

By Sajjad Shaukat

Although the whole of Islamic world is target of Indo-Israeli plot, yet the same has intensified in case of Pakistan and Iran. It is because of the fact that Pakistan is a declared atomic country, while Iran is determined to continue its nuclear programme. In this regard, US-led some western countries have also been supporting the Indo-Israeli nexus against Islamabad and Tehran overtly or covertly.

However, we cannot blame especially India and Israel including US regarding the conspiracy against Pakistan and Iran without some concrete evidence. In this context, in his interview, published in the Indian weekly Outlook on February 18, 2008, Israel’s ambassador to India, Mark Sofer explained regarding India’s defence arrangements with Israel by disclosing, “We do have a defence relationship with India, which is no secret” and “with all due respect, the secret part will remain a secret.” On being asked whether he foresaw joint exercises, Sofer replied, “Certain issues need to remain under wraps for whatever reason.”

U.S. Department of Defense Announces Latest Contract Awards

No. 873-09
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CONTRACTS: AIR FORCE

BEM-Bay West, JV, Saint Paul, Minn. (FA8903-10-D-8593); CAPE, Inc., San Antonio, Texas (FA8903-10-D-8593); North Wind, Inc., Idaho Falls, Idaho (FA8903-10-D-8597); Sullivan-Weston Services, JV, San Diego, Calif. (FA8903-10-D-8599); Bhate Environmental Associates, Inc., Birmingham, Ala. (FA8903-10-D-8596); Hydrogeologic, Inc., Reston, Va. (FA8903-10-D-8596); Oneida Total Integrated Enterprises, Milwaukee, Wis., were awarded a $350,000,000 contract that will provide environmental restoration and remediation support. ITT Corporation, Systems Division, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., was awarded a $5,847,128 contract which will provide the Eastern and Western Range architecture and requirements option of an additional year. At this time, $3,000 for each contract has been obligated. The contracting activity is AFCEE/ACX, Brooks City-Base, Texas.

Religious Freedom Activist Weighs in on Fort Hood Massacre

The last thing we need now is to make this a Christian v. Islam thing. Jason Leopold has a piece noting Mikey Weinstein, the founder and president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, weighed in on the shooting rampage at Fort Hood.

Weinstein called upon President Obama to immediately issue a statement as Commander-in-Chief making it clear that there would be a zero tolerance policy against any member of the US military "inflicting harassments, retribution or reprisal against an Islamic member of the US military."