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Citizens For Legitimate Government 09 August 2009 http://www.legitgov.org/ 51 US soldiers in Iraq diagnosed with swine flu --71 US soldiers in quarantine 09 Aug 2009 Fifty-one American troops in Iraq have been diagnosed with and treated for swine flu, while another 71 soldiers remain in isolation suspected of contracting the potentially deadly virus, the U.S. military said Sunday. The figures were released as Iraqi health officials confirmed Sunday the country's first swine flu death. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jcX7Q5ejiq4g05rCXVa5UvuqVRMQD99VFUQO0 Iraq confirms first death from A/H1N1 09 Aug 2009 The Iraqi Ministry of Health confirmed that the death of a teenage girl several days ago in the city of Najaf was due to A/H1N1 virus, the state-run newspaper al-Sabah reported on Sunday. "The medical tests at Baghdad's public health laboratories confirmed that the girl in Najaf, some 160 km south of Baghdad, has died from the A/H1N1 flu," Ihsan Jaafar, spokesman of the Iraqi Health Ministry, was quoted as saying. Swine flu outbreak suspected in military prison --Soldiers at IDF's Prison Four say 15 sick inmates held in isolation, army fails to provide proper treatment. IDF denied claims 08 Aug 2009 In recent days Ynet has received dozens of reports from soldiers and their parents about a swine flu outbreak in the IDF's Confinement Base 394, more commonly know as Prison Four. According to the reports, 15 of the soldiers held at the prison have been isolated from the rest of the inmates due to suspicion they have contracted the H1N1 virus. A phone conversation with one of the inmates revealed a grim picture. "What goes on here is a catastrophe." Suffolk County man, an NYPD cop, dies after contracting swine flu 07 Aug 2009 A young New York City police officer who lived in Blue Point died Friday after contracting swine flu, officials said. Ryan Johnson, 27, of the 83rd Precinct in Brooklyn, is the eighth person in Suffolk whose death is linked to swine flu, the Suffolk County Health Department said. Premier hospital's swine flu detection head quarantined 08 Aug 2009 The head of the swine flu screening centre at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital and a junior colleague have been put under home quarantine for suspected influenza A (H1N1). "I am now home quarantined for two days," S K Sharma, chief medical officer of the swine flu detection centre at the premium government-run hospital said. Over 260 new A/H1N1 flu cases confirmed in Europe 09 Aug 2009 A European health agency said on Saturday that 261 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours. Of the new cases, 199 were confirmed in Ireland, 24 in Portugal,14 in Austria, nine in Switzerland, eight in Slovenia, and seven in Romania, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control(ECDC) said in its daily situation report. Obama attending first US-Canada-Mexico summit, will discuss pandemic 09 Aug 2009 As President Barack Obama returns to Mexico, the swine flu that spread from here across the world is increasingly back in the news -- and at the top of the agenda of at a lightning-quick, three-way summit Sunday and Monday in Guadalajara. Obama, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will try to build on that earlier cooperation to handle an expected new wave of cases during North America's upcoming flu season. John Brennan, Obama's chief homeland security aide, said the talks are timely -- and crucial, given the long 'borders' the U.S. shares with Mexico and Canada... "There are people who are going to be getting sick in the fall and die," Brennan said. Baxter not to provide anti-swine flu vaccine to Czechs --Czech Health Ministry: Baxter unable to guarantee vaccine is safe, won't be responsible for its side-effects 03 Aug 2009 The U.S. pharmaceutical firm Baxter which manufactures a vaccine against the swine flu in its Czech branch will not ensure the vaccine for the Czech Republic in the case of a pandemic, Baxter media representative Jana Cechova told CTK today. "No contract for the delivery of the vaccines A(H1N1) between Baxter and the Czech Republic has been concluded," Cechova said. The server tn.cz writes that the Czech Health Ministry has explained its stopping the talks with Baxter by the firm's inability to guarantee that the vaccine is safe and who will bear the risks for possible side-effects. [See: Baxter: The 'Lucky Larry' of swine flu Baxter Vaccine 'Oddities' 17 Jul 2009.] 'The Government has drawn up drastic plans to immunise every schoolchild in the UK.' Fears As Pupils Get Swine Flu Jab 07 Aug 2009 Parents' fears were growing last night over plans to use Britain's 8.5 million schoolchildren as guinea pigs for swine flu vaccinations. The Government has drawn up drastic plans to immunise every schoolchild in the UK. In the biggest mass vaccination since the 1964 operation against smallpox, school nurses, health visitors and GPs would deliver the injections to five to 16-year-olds at all 33,700 schools. But there are serious concerns as little or no data exists on the safety or effectiveness of flu vaccines on young children. Sanofi starts swine flu shot trial, files with FDA 08 Aug 2009 Sanofi-Aventis, the world leader in flu immunisation, said on Friday it started human testing of its H1N1 swine flu vaccine on Aug. 6 and filed a supplemental licence application with U.S. regulators. The French drugmaker's vaccine unit Sanofi Pasteur had told Reuters on Tuesday tests would begin "in days"... Sales of vaccines to contain the[ir] current swine flu pandemic are expected to provide a windfall for the global drugs industry, leading to billions of dollars in additional revenues in late 2009 and early 2010, according to industry analysts. Afghan war will exceed cost of Iraq, say experts 10 Aug 2009 As the US expands its involvement in Afghanistan, military experts are warning that it is taking on security and political commitments that will last at least a decade and a cost that is likely to eclipse that of the Iraq war. This assessment follows comments on Saturday from the new head of the British Army, General David Richards, who believes stabilising Afghanistan may take as long as 40 years. Since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 the US has spent $US223 billion ($267 million) on war-related funding for that country, according to the Congressional Research Service. 'Aid' spending, excluding the cost of combat operations, has grew from $US982 million in 2003 to $US9.3 billion last year. Afghanistan could take 40 years, says new army chief --General Sir David Richards says UK involvement will last decades 08 Aug 2009 The new head of the British army warned today that the UK's involvement in Afghanistan could last for up to 40 years, as the Ministry of Defence announced that three British soldiers working with special forces had been killed in a roadside ambush. The latest military losses in Afghanistan came as the army's incoming head, General Sir David Richards, predicted that British involvement in the country could last up to 40 years. Richards, who will become Chief of the General Staff later this month, told the Times: "I believe that the UK will be committed to Afghanistan in some manner – development, governance, security sector reform – for the next 30 to 40 years." New Obusha money pit: US, UK to spend millions to persuade Afghan farmers 'not' to plant opium poppy 08 Aug 2009 The U.S. and British governments plan to spend millions of dollars over the next two months to try to persuade Afghan farmers not to plant opium poppy, by far the country's most profitable cash crop and a major source of Taliban US mercenary funding and official corruption. "We need a way to get money in [farmers'] hands right away," said a senior U.S. military official in Afghanistan... But many previous U.S.-funded crop-substitution programs have failed as well, from Asia to Latin America. Israel planned Iran strike during unrest: Report 09 Aug 2009 As Iran was grappling with the post-election unrest, Israel was reportedly preparing to strike the country's nuclear facilities, a US diplomatic source says. According to a US diplomat based in Jerusalem (al Quds), Israel asked the US administration for a green light to attack Iran's nuclear facilities and its other vital structures in the aftermath of the country's post-election turmoil. UK warns Iran over trial 'provocation' 08 Aug 2009 British Foreign Minister David Miliband warns that the trial of an employee of the British Embassy in Tehran over the post-vote unrest is deemed as a "provocation." "I am deeply concerned by the unjustified charges today laid against Hossein Rassam in Tehran," Miliband said Saturday. "The charges are unjustified and have brought discredit to Iran." US steadies the hand on its nuclear trigger 10 Aug 2009 The US Air Force has opened a Global Strike Command responsible for nuclear forces after two serious mishaps raised doubts about the supervision of the country's atomic weapons. The opening of the command on Friday marks a shake-up that followed the botched handling of nuclear weapons and the subsequent sacking of the air force's top civilian and military leaders last year. The command, located at Barksdale Air Force base in Louisiana, will combine nuclear-capable B-52 and B-2 bombers as well as the intercontinental ballistic missile force, which had previously been under the Air Force Space Command in Colorado. Climate change excuse for US military intervention? --Pandemics would trigger conflicts that could dent local governments thus necessitating US military intervention 09 Aug 2009 Future climate change may force US military involvement abroad with Washington saying it has to intervene to defend power structures hardest hit by climate change. The aftereffects of the changes like wholesale population movements and pandemics would trigger conflicts that could dent local governments thus necessitating US military intervention, said the New York Times on Saturday quoting military and intelligence pundits. Climate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security 09 Aug 2009 The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics, military and intelligence analysts say. Such climate-induced crises could topple governments, feed terrorist movements or destabilize entire regions, say the analysts, experts at the Pentagon and intelligence agencies who for the first time are taking a serious look at the national security implications of climate change. Teabaggers Bring Guns to Cohen Health Care Event By Jane Hamsher 08 Aug 2009 According to accounts from the Steve Cohen health care event in Memphis, Tennessee, the teabaggers are showing up armed. Steve Steffens wrote, "Randy Wade is to be complimented as well; he arranged for security. There were actually idiots who brought guns (legally, it seems they had carry permits, but why did they feel they needed them?). Yes, you read that right, and Randy made them all check in with the Sheriff's Deputies on hand." [What's good for the right-wing goose is good for the left-wing gander. --LRP] Town hall tension: Memphis police call for reinforcements 08 Aug 2009 Hundreds of people crowded into the BRIDGES building in Downtown Memphis on Saturday for a congressional town hall meeting that quickly deviated into a raucous shouting free-for-all, requiring extra law enforcement officers to watch over the scene. The meeting was hosted by U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis... Within 15 minutes of the start of the event, a nearly nose-to-nose confrontation between individuals with opposing views became so heated they had to be separated as Shelby County sheriff's deputies and Memphis police officers called for reinforcements. CLG needs your support. http://www.legitgov.org/donate.html Or, please mail a check or money order to CLG: Citizens for Legitimate Government (CLG) P.O. 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