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Israel has ’8 days’ to hit Iran nuclear site: Bolton
Update: Former US envoy to UN tells Israel Radio deadline has slipped to 3 days “Bolton claimed Israel has only three days to strike before Russia ‘begins the fueling process for the Bushehr reactor this Friday,’ after which any attack would cause radioactive fallout that could reach as far as…
Israeli generals, intel officials oppose attack on Iran
WASHINGTON — Pro-Israeli journalist Jeffrey Goldberg’s article in The Atlantic magazine was evidently aimed at showing why the Barack Obama administration should worry that it risks an attack by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Iran in the coming months unless it takes a much more menacing line…
Rage frontman’s Arizona boycott swells to nearly 300 artists
Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Roca is no stranger to shredding public policy in his line of work: indeed, rebel music has been the man’s lifeblood for decades. Though already a legend in the music world, this is one socially motivated rocker who is not about to…
Report: US warships stationed off Iranian coast
As unconfirmed reports of an imminent Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities pick up steam in the Middle Eastern media, a US-based strategic intelligence company has released a chart showing US naval carriers massing near Iranian waters. The chart, published by Stratfor and obtained by the Zero Hedge financial blog,…
Former Israeli intelligence chief calls for preemptive strike on Iran
Israel should launch a pre-emptive strike to prevent arch-foe Iran from going nuclear, a former head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency said on Monday. “I am of the opinion that, since there is an ongoing war, since the threat is permanent, since the intention of the enemy in this case…
Sound Strike! Rage, Kanye, others refuse to perform in Arizona
What’s more important to Arizonans, the state’s new immigration law or the opportunity to continue attracting musicians to perform? Vocalist Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against The Machine is leading a growing cadre of musicians to boycott performances in Arizona as a result of the state’s controversial immigration crackdown.…
12,000+ Minnesota nurses walk off jobs in show of union force, solidarity
Organizers, hospitals call 1-day event the largest nurse strike in America’s history More than 12,000 nurses walked off the job Thursday for a one-day strike at 14 Minnesota hospitals, a show of force being watched by many across the country as a test of how fiercely a new national nurses’…
Washington Post: Qaeda ‘martyrdom’ statements more ‘reliable’ than US officials
ABC Nightline poll: Should US increase drone attacks ‘even at the cost of significant collateral damage’? Ever since the US invaded Afghanistan in 2001, critics have suggested that reports of deaths of key al Qaeda figures have been — as Mark Twain might put it — “greatly exaggerated.” Many times,…
US eyes plan for unilateral military strike on Pakistan
US military planners are looking at options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan, for use if a successful attack on US soil is traced to Pakistani tribal areas, The Washington Post reported late Friday. US retaliation would be contemplated only under extreme circumstances, unnamed senior military officials told the Post.…
Cannes award-winning director imprisoned in Iran since March
Update (at bottom): Celebrated director on hunger strike Auteur/colleague Abbas Kiarostami blasts Iranian government’s crackdown on artists CANNES, France  Iran’s Abbas Kiarostami premiered his new film at Cannes Tuesday and used the festival to slam his government’s crackdown on artists and call for the release of jailed director Jafar…
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