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Citizens For Legitimate Government 11 Apr 2010 http://www.legitgov.org Whistleblowers on US 'massacre' fear CIA stalkers 11 Apr 2010 Activists behind a website dedicated to revealing secret documents have complained of harassment by police and intelligence services as they prepare to release a video showing an American attack in which 97 civilians were killed in Afghanistan. Julian Assange, one of the founders of Wikileaks, has claimed that a restaurant where the group met in Reykjavic, the capital of Iceland, came under surveillance in March and one of the group’s volunteers was detained for 21 hours by police. Assange, an Australian, says he was followed on a flight from Reykjavik to Copenhagen by two American agents. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7094234.ece Iraq murder video leaked by officers 11 Apr 2010 Wikileaks Co-founder Julian Assange says the website obtained the video of the killing of Iraqi civilians by US soldiers in 2007 from American military officers. Assange told Press TV that the footage "obviously passed through the hands of military officers." http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=122980§ionid=351020201 Wikileaks 'to release video of US strike on Afghan civilians' --Wikileaks, the whistle-blower website, is reportedly preparing to release secret video of a notorious US air strike said to have killed scores of Afghan civilians . 11 Apr 2010 The video apparently shows previously classified footage from US warplanes called in to bomb Taliban fighters during a fire fight in Farah province last year. The Afghan government said at the time that the strikes by F-18 and B1 planes near Granai killed 147 civilians. An independent Afghan inquiry later put the toll at 86. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7579132/Wikileaks-to-release-video-of-US-strike-on-Afghan-civilians.html Israel has nearly 300 nuclear weapons 10 Apr 2010 The Israeli prime minister has decided against going to the US for a nuclear summit, which was to have involved the leaders of 47 nations. Mr Netanyahu dropped out by announcing at a press conference that he wanted to highlight Israel's opposition to a nuclear Iran. It is known in political circles that he also decided not to attend because some Muslim delegates were planning to raise the issue of Israel's assumed arsenal of hundreds of weapons . Over the weekend, Jane's Defence Weekly, which deals with military information, estimated that the State of Israel has up to 300 nuclear warheads, with a power similar to that of Britain . Attackers blast open Iran prison, two escape 10 Apr 2010 Iran's official news agency reports assailants blasted open a prison wall with rocket propelled grenades in western Iran, allowing two convicted murderers to escape. IRNA on Saturday quoted Governor Noorollah Arjmoandi saying that the attackers drove up in cars and fired RPGs at the main prison in Ilam province, western Iran. The semi-official Mehr news agency, however, quoted prison official Ali Reza Babaei as saying that the explosion was caused by a bomb, injuring 19 people, three of them prison guards. Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, threatens to block Nato offensive 11 Apr 2010 The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has cast doubt over Nato’s planned summer offensive against the Taliban in the southern province of Kandahar, as more than 10,000 American troops pour in for the fight. Karzai threatened to delay or even cancel the operation -- one of the biggest of the nine-year war -- after being confronted in Kandahar by elders who said it would bring strife, not security, to his home province. Afghan farmers reap cannabis harvest worth £61m --New UN report shows corruption is lubricating Afghanistan's latest lucrative drugs industry 11 Apr 2010 Afghanistan, already the world's top opium supplier [thanks to the CIA], is now the world's biggest producer of cannabis, according to United Nations drug experts. There is large-scale cultivation of the drug in half of the country, resulting in 3,500 tons of hashish worth an estimated £61m annually, according to the first assessment of cannabis in Afghanistan by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Italy urges 'rapid' probe of Italians detained in Afghanistan 11 Apr 2010 The Italian foreign minister urged Afghan authorities to "rapidly" carry out a probe into three Italians detained after weapons were found in a hospital run by Italian charity Emergency. Afghan authorities detained three Italians and six others Saturday after suicide vests, home-made bombs, guns and ammunition were found at a hospital in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, run by the Italian charity Emergency. Helmand governor Gulab Mangal told reporters on Saturday that the nine were planning attacks in Lashkar Gah and that "the number one target was myself" . 'Scores dead' in Pakistan air raids 11 Apr 2010 The [Blackwater's] Pakistani military has killed nearly 100 people in air raids in tribal areas in the country's northwest, officials say. The attacks were carried out on Saturday in the Orazkai and Khyber regions near the border with Afghanistan, they said. Bomb explodes near MI5 HQ in Belfast 11 Apr 2010 A car bomb has exploded near the headquarters of Britain's MI5 domestic security service in Northern Ireland. "A device has exploded in a vehicle at the rear of Palace Barracks in Holywood," AFP quoted a police spokeswoman as saying on Monday. The barracks, which now houses MI5, is a former British army complex just outside Belfast. Up to 250,000 Gulf War veterans have 'unexplained medical symptoms' 10 Apr 2010 As many as 250,000 veterans of the first Gulf War "have persistent unexplained medical symptoms" whose cause may never be found, although genetic testing and functional brain imaging may eventually shed some light on the problem. That is one of the conclusions of a new review of research on the constellation of physical complaints originally known as "Gulf War syndrome" experienced by many soldiers soon after the United States drove invading Iraqi forces out of Kuwait in early 1991. Hungary elections: first step to power for far-Right since Nazi era --Hungary's election gains for Jobbik follow a upsurge in support for the far-Right across Europe . 11 Apr 2010 The far-Right has taken more parliamentary seats in Hungary's national elections than at any time since the Second World War. Fidesz, Hungary's centre-Right party, won 52.77 per cent of the vote, based on 99 per cent of votes counted, in a blow to the Socialist government. Jobbik, a far-Right party, gained entry into parliament for the first time after winning 16.71 per cent of votes, behind the ruling Socialists who took 19.29 per cent. [ Return of Nazis to power? If Sarah Palin actually *read* the news, she would be all over her Jobbik soul mates like a duck on a June bug. --LRP ] Greece arrests far-left suspects --The United States put a bounty on the group after it fired a rocket at the US embassy in Athens in 2007 without injuring anyone . 12 Apr 2010 Police in Greece have arrested six people including a woman suspected of links to the country's leading far-left extremist group Revolutionary Struggle. "The suspects will be taken to a prosecutor for participation in the activities of terrorist group Revolutionary Struggle," police spokesman Thanassis Kokkalakis told reporters on Sunday. He said police raids on the suspects' homes have produced "a large amount" of possible evidence. [ And, the arrest of the psychopaths who carried out the war crimes in the Wikileaks video - when's that happening? ] Henry Kissinger 'cancelled warning against political assassinations ' --Kissinger cancelled warning against carrying out international political assassinations days before former Chilean ambassador was killed by 'Operation Condor' bombing in Washington, according to newly released State Department cable 11 Apr 2010 The declassified document revived questions about Mr Kissinger's role in curbing the secret programme of international assassinations by South American dictators [as well as the sociopaths at the CIA] known as Operation Condor . According to the National Security Archive, a research organisation that uncovered the document, the cable ended efforts by US diplomats to warn the governments of Chile, Uruguay and Argentina against involvement in the covert plan, which targeted political opponents at home and overseas . [ Oh, so *that's* where Obama, also a Nobel Prize-winning warmonger, got the idea that he could assassinate political enemies , at home and overseas. ] Heads up! Obusha possibly prepping us for the ultimate false flag: President Obama: Al Qaeda Is Seeking a Nuke -- and They Will Use It 11 Apr 2010 On the eve of his Nuclear Security Summit, President Obama issued a dire warning: terrorist groups are trying to obtain nuclear weapons -- and they will use it. "We know that organizations like al Qaeda are in the process of trying to secure a nuclear weapon -- a weapon of mass destruction that they have no compunction at using," the president said. Swine-flu stricken pigs troubled feds worried about setting precedent: docs 10 Apr 2010 A herd of sick pigs was nothing to sneeze at for public-health officials. The federal government realized that how it handled a herd of pigs that caught swine flu could set a precedent in Canada and elsewhere, a new document shows. An outbreak of H1N1 on an Alberta farm last spring was the first-ever report of the new virus in pigs, and the source of the infection remains a mystery . [ LOL! Just check USAMRIID's labs at Fort Detrick. You'll be able to solve the 'mystery.' ] Health providers pay to start disposing of expired swine flu vaccine 11 Apr 2010 Stuck with thousands of unused swine flu shots, local health care providers find themselves paying to discard flu vaccine for the first time in recent memory. Meanwhile, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman said the agency is preparing a swine flu vaccine disposal plan, but won't offer suggestions in the meantime. Ex-Members of U.S. Military Members of Hutaree Militia Extremist Group 09 Apr 2010 Federal investigators have discovered that two members of the extremist Michigan-based Hutaree militia group [Michael David Meeks and Kristopher Tyler Sickles] charged with plotting to assassinate law-enforcement officers are former U.S. military servicemen , including a Marine Corps corporal who was a Persian Gulf War veteran and decorated expert rifleman. Judge advises citizens to carry guns amid cuts to sheriff's department in Ohio county 09 Apr 2010 One judge's solution for citizens feeling less secure because of budget cuts in an Ohio county: Carry a gun. Judge Alfred Mackey of Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court advised residents Friday to be vigilant and arm themselves because the number of deputies has been cut about in half because of a tight budget. He also urged neighbors to organize anti-crime block watch groups. Miss. governor says Virginia's Confederate History Month is no big deal 11 Apr 2010 The dustup over Virginia's proclamation for Confederate History Month seems like a lot of noise over something that "doesn't amount to diddly," Mississippi's governor said in an interview aired Sunday. Virginia's Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, apologized for leaving out of his proclamation any reference to slavery. Fellow GOP Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi said he doesn't think the proclamation was a mistake. Was Employee Laid Off for Voting for Obama? 08 Apr 2010 Last Friday, someone going by the name "dermdoc" posted a thread on a message board for Texas A&M students and alumni with this topic: "Laid off my first Obama voting employee today." "Our reimbursement rates are spiraling downward, taxes are projected to go up with Obamacare, so I did it," the person wrote. He later added: "I made this decision because I can." Polish plane crash: investigators rule out technical fault 11 Apr 2010 Russian investigators have ruled out technical faults as the cause of the air crash which killed 96 people, including the Polish President Lech Kaczynski, and appeared to blame the Polish pilots for the tragedy. Speaking at a meeting with the Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, who is in charge of the investigation, Russia's chief investigator Alexander Bastrykin, said: "The recordings that we have confirm that there were no technical problems with the plane." Putin promises investigation into Polish air crash 11 Apr 2010 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has promised a swift probe into the cause of the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and at least 96 others on Saturday. Mr Putin was near Smolensk in western Russia where the Russian-built Tupolev TU-154, carrying the Polish president, went down. 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. Box 1142 Bristol, CT 06011-1142 Contributions to CLG are not tax deductible Previous lead stories: Abu Ghraib MP unit to return to Iraq 09 Apr 2010 The Army Reserve unit tarnished by the Abu Ghraib detainee-abuse scandal has been mobilized to return to Iraq in its first deployment since photographs of naked, humiliated prisoners surfaced more than six years ago, the Army said Friday. The 372nd Military Police Company of Cresaptown will leave April 29 for one to three months of training at Fort Bliss, Texas, followed by a planned deployment to Iraq, said Sgt. Darius Kirkwood, a spokesman for the 200th Military Police Command at Fort Meade. Prisoner demands compensation for Guantánamo nightmare --To this day Mr Hamad says that he does not know why he was seized . 09 Apr 2010 Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson’s serious accusations against the Bush White House over Guantánamo Bay are made to support the cause of Adel Hassan Hamad, a former detainee who is now seeking compensation from the United States. In July 2002 Mr Hamad, now 52, who worked for a Muslim humanitarian organisation, was asleep in his flat in Peshawar when it was raided by heavily armed men. US government 'abused rights' of Hurricane Katrina victims 09 Apr 2010 The US government and states have violated the human rights of victims of Hurricane Katrina, Amnesty International claimed today. Its report Un-Natural Disaster says housing, health and policing policies have stopped poor communities rebuilding and returning to their homes since the 2005 hurricane, in which about 1,800 people died. 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