Peace and Justice | Arms Proliferation

2010-07-31: Headlines

Bloomberg: Iran `Hiding Truth About Nuclear Work, Will Be on G-8 Agenda, Cannon Says 2010-07-31
Keywords: nuclear program may be intended for weapons development. | Iran has indeed been hiding the truth from everybody." | closer monitoring of banks doing business with Iran. | the Middle East after Saudi Arabia. | when they next meet. | in our discussions." | charge that country has denied. | impose new sanctions on North Korea. | Parliament and three others in Quebec's provincial legislature.
swissinfo.ch: Convention calls time on cluster bombs 2010-07-31
Keywords: e small bomblets that are designed to explode prior to, on or after impact (Reuters) | Switzerland is among the nations yet to ratify the international Convention on Cluster Munitions which comes into force on August 1. | The treaty, adopted in Dublin in 2008, has been signed by 107 countries but only ratified by 37 states so far.

2010-07-30: Headlines

Huffington Post: Jonathan Granoff: Countdown to Zero: A Compelling Film With a Critical Message 2010-07-30
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Washington Post: New START: Too modest to merit partisan bickering 2010-07-30
The nuclear treaty is too inconsequential for all the bickering it's caused.
Frederick News Post: Steve Berryman Spook central 2010-07-30
Of course, no secrets were revealed per se, because they would not be "leaking documents," as is the case now with the Afghanistan war papers, currently in headlines. | As an aside, I believe that the Afghanistan war papers were selectively leaked to meet a growing anti-war agenda, similar to "The Pentagon Papers" years ago. | What makes the "Top Secret America"
The Guardian: Rereading: Vineland by Thomas Pynchon 2010-07-30
Far from being 'a breather between biggies' as it was described by critics when it was first published 20 years ago, Thomas Pynchon's Vineland is one of his greatest achievements, argues Andy Becket...
ReadWriteWeb: Richard MacManus: Fallout From Financial Reform Bill May Hamper Angel Investing 2010-07-30
Throughout the spring, we covered the financial reform legislation as it wound its way through committee and Congress. The final version - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer ...
Arab News: Escenic AS: A spark of UK independence 2010-07-30
A supremely articulate critic of US foreign policy and of the Iraq and Afghan wars, the veteran Pakistani-born London radical, Tariq Ali, is no favorite of the mainstream British media. | Regarding him as an anti-US leftist maverick, editors are happier to indulge right-wing pundits who wear their Americanized hearts on their sleeves.
Denver Post: Movies Now Showing, 7/30/10 2010-07-30
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"Thriller Not rated. Twisting tale about a woman gone missing 40 years earlier.
Noozhawk: Mark Cromer: California Twilight 2010-07-30
California, the adage once held, is a place where seemingly everyone comes from somewhere else. | The Pacific borderland of America's epic push westward that was transformed from a dusty western outpost where speculators risked all to pull gold from the ground into a mythical Mecca where those desperate dreamers that Joan Didion so famously detailed came seeking the quintessential good life.
Mainichi Daily News: US ambassadors attendance at Hiroshima A-bomb ceremony a welcome move 2010-07-30
The "world without nuclear weapons" that U.S. President Barack Obama has referred to may still be far away, but we believe that by mourning the victims of past nuclear attacks, mankind can start its journey toward such a world. | U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos has stated that he will attend the annual ceremony in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 to commemorate the 1945 atomic bombing of the city, becoming the first U.S.
truthout: Our Militarys Disturbing Transition to Warriors 2010-07-30
A subtle change has been happening right before the eyes of Americans. Our troops are being told they're no longer primarily citizen-soldiers or citizen-airmen; they're being told they're warriors. Indeed, they're reminded of this linguistic turn in "creeds" that many of them (and often their families) display with pride. | "I am an American Airman. | I have answered my nation's call. | My mission is to fly, fight, and win."
Monthly Review: Yoshie Furuhashi: Sanctions, the TRR, and the Future of Nuclear Diplomacy: An Iranian Perspective 2010-07-30
Keywords: for SubscribersBuying Directly from the MR STORE Helps Support MONTHLY REVIEW! | INSIDE LEBANON: Journey to a Shattered Land with Noam and Carol Chomsky (Ed. Assaf Kfoury) | Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoƒülu said earlier this week that the Islamic Republic is prepared to stop enriching uranium to the nearly-20 percent level required to fabricate fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR)
ShutterVoice: BAE to Cut Jobs Despite £1 Billion UK Pounds Profit 2010-07-30
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Daytona Beach News-Journal: Time for real debate 2010-07-30
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Wired News: WikiLeaks Posts Mysterious Insurance File 2010-07-30
In the wake of strong U.S. government statements condemning WikiLeaks' recent publishing of 77,000 Afghan War documents, the secret-spilling site has poste...
Global Security Newswire: Agency Forgoes Proliferation Review of New Nuclear Technology, Despite Worries 2010-07-30
This is the first in a five-part Global Security Newswire series on emerging technologies and scientific advances that might pose new proliferation risks. | WASHINGTON -- The U.S.
msnbc.com: First Read: First thoughts: Are Democrats closing the gap? 2010-07-30
Why Democrats might be closing the gap: because their voters are coming home‚Ä¶ Why they're still in trouble: because they're not in good shape with seniors and economically stressed blue-collar voters‚Ä¶ Obama highlights GM's turnaround with speech in Michigan at 1:40 pm ET‚Ä¶ Why over-pandering to the Tea Party might not be working for Republican candidates in Michigan, Kansas, and Tennessee‚Ä¶ Previewing IL-11‚Ä¶ And Harry Reid (at 43%)
The Chosun Ilbo: Report Casts Doubt on N.Koreas Ability to Deploy Nukes 2010-07-30
The nuclear treaty is too inconsequential for all the bickering it's caused.
firedoglake.com: “North of the Border” 2010-07-30
"North of the Border" | €œNorth of the Border€ is at once an engaging, provocative, revealing and amusing documentary and a searing indictment of North American anti-war and social justice activists, journalists and film-makers for their failure to break with President Obama.
North County Times: LETTERS: NCT, July 30, 2010 2010-07-30
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"Thriller Not rated. Twisting tale about a woman gone missing 40 years earlier.
www.globalresearch.ca: Atmospheric Geoengineering: Weather Manipulation, Contrails and Chemtrails 2010-07-30
9/ 11 & 'War on Terrorism' | reddit_url='http:/ / www.globalresearch.ca/ index.php?context=va &aid=20369' | reddit_title='Atmospheric Geoengineering: Weather Manipulation, Contrails and Chemtrails' | At an international symposium held in Ghent, Belgium May 28-30, 2010, scientists asserted that ìmanipulation of climate through modification of Cirrus clouds is neither a hoax nor a conspiracy theory.

2010-07-29: Headlines

Press TV: China investment in Iran worries US 2010-07-29
East may be quietly unfolding before our eyes. | "We have got to act," Gohmert has said in regard to the measure. | to quit playing games with this critical ally in such a difficult area." | means necessary", a carte blanche for the use of nuclear bunker-busting bombs. | resolution green-lighting military strikes on Iran. | strike can be short-circuited. | Bachmann, who for years supported budget-busting foreign wars under George W.
Venezuelanalysis.com: Latin America Twenty-First Century Socialism: Inventing to Avoid Mistakes 2010-07-29
Twenty years ago, left forces in Latin America and in the world in general were going through a difficult period. The Berlin Wall had fallen; the Soviet Union hurtled into an abyss and disappeared completely by the end of 1991. Deprived of the rearguard it needed, the Sandinista Revolution was defeated at the polls in February 1990, and Central American guerrilla movements were forced to demobilize.
The Voice of Russia: START Treaty as a start of a new era 2010-07-29
Recently U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev have discussed the START Treaty, which is yet to be ratified by the Senate and Russian State Duma. On Tuesday Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance, announced that the USA would like to hold talks with Russia concerning the reduction of tactical and non-deployed nuclear weapons, after the ratification of START.
Mainichi Daily News: UN head to use Hiroshima, Nagasaki trips to send anti-nuke message 2010-07-29
The Mainichi Daily News is the English-language news site of Japan's Mainichi Newspapers. Accidents and incidents, crime and courts, politics and economics, sports and entertainment, and other top stories in Japan and abroad.
ArmsControlWonk.com: Cheater, Cheater, Pumpkin Eater 2010-07-29
Leadings blog on arms control disarmament and non-proliferation. | That's about the level of the rhetoric these days surrounding the new State Department "compliance" report. | Although the Compliance Report (properly, Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments)
AFP: BAE Systems prepares for defence cuts 2010-07-29
British arms manufacturer BAE Systems on Thursday said it had swung back into profit during the first half of 2010 but warned of "challenging trading" ahead as governments slash defence spending. | BAE Systems recorded profit after tax totalling £618 million (741 million euros, 965 million dollars) in the six months to June, the group said in an earnings statement.
foreignpolicy.com: The Republican back door to war with Iran 2010-07-29
East may be quietly unfolding before our eyes. | "We have got to act," Gohmert has said in regard to the measure. | to quit playing games with this critical ally in such a difficult area." | means necessary", a carte blanche for the use of nuclear bunker-busting bombs. | resolution green-lighting military strikes on Iran. | strike can be short-circuited. | Bachmann, who for years supported budget-busting foreign wars under George W.
Daijiworld.com: India-Pakistan Peace Caravan Rolls On 2010-07-29
Keywords: alert("Enter Text for search") | alert("Select the section to search") | function FormatDateTime(DateTime, FormatType) | Mumbai, Jul 29: The recent India-Pakistan peace talks between India's foreign minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi may have failed mid-July in Pakistan. Call it grandstanding, one-upmanship, whatever.

2010-07-28: Headlines

The Japan Times: Ban issues plea to abolish nukes 2010-07-28
NEW YORK (Kyodo) U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Monday urged leaders set to gather at a conference in Hiroshima to "intensify efforts" toward nuclear abolishment, his spokesman said.
Washington Post: Dear Dems: Stop reading from Roves playbook on Afghanistan 2010-07-28
Has anyone seen any analysis on who these 100 Dems are? It would be interesting to put their districts on a map, perhaps along with some info about the district. | "Dems who favor continuing the war need to resist the temptation to read from Rove's script at all costs." | "I think that what we have in place right now is a strategy that says Gen. [David] Petraeus [the top military commander in Afghanistan]"
Global Security Newswire: UK to Permit Nuclear Exports to India 2010-07-28
The United Kingdom is expected to formally announce today that it would allow the export of nuclear technology to India, ending a long-standing ban on atomic trade with the nuclear-armed South Asian nation, the London Telegraph reported (see GSN, Feb. 5). | The new bilateral civilian trade deal is to operate on a "presumption" that British nuclear products licensed for export would be put to use in India's nuclear energy industry.
Campus Progress: Countdown to Zero Calls for Young People to Care About Nuclear Weapons 2010-07-28
Reviews of the latest movies and shows. | According to a recent likely voter survey with CBS News, the top issues voters care about are the economy, the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and the oil spill. Together those three issues make up 50 percent of the nation's list of top priorities and for good reason. But one issue that isn't listed among voter top priorities is nuclear nonproliferation, a topic that has been relegated to the "other"
Global Security Newswire: Korean Peninsula Military Exercises End Without Incident 2010-07-28
Four days of large-scale South Korean-U.S. naval drills concluded today without North Korea following through on its threat of an armed response, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, July 27). | The military exercises included antisubmarine maneuvers and were intended to provide a "clear message" to Pyongyang that future hostile actions would not be countenanced, said U.S. and South Korean officials.
AFP: S.Korea, US naval drills continue 2010-07-28
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has attended a concert marking "victory" in the Korean War, official media said Wednesday, as US and South Korean forces pressed on with a military exercise to deter Pyongyang. | Kim hailed his country's "shining victory" during a concert marking Tuesday's 57th anniversary of the armistice which ended the three-year conflict, the Korean Central News Agency said. | The leader enjoyed numbers such as
Common Dreams: Imperial Overkill and the Death of US Empire 2010-07-28
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange on the 'War Logs': 'I Enjoy Crushing Bastards' | Tell us how we're doing. | national-popular governments) - led to a record number of direct U. S. | and imperial overkill. | of a world re-made in America's image)." | particularly evident in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. | election in 2006, Correa declared his intention not to renew the U. S. | Eloy Alfaro Air Base."
Democratic Underground: H2O Mans Journal 2010-07-28
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange on the 'War Logs': 'I Enjoy Crushing Bastards' | Tell us how we're doing. | national-popular governments) - led to a record number of direct U. S. | and imperial overkill. | of a world re-made in America's image)." | particularly evident in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. | election in 2006, Correa declared his intention not to renew the U. S. | Eloy Alfaro Air Base."
Sun-Sentinel: WikiLeaks illustrates bipartisan futility of war in Afghanistan 2010-07-28
By Rachel Patron WikiLeaks. Sounds like a failed diaper, doesn't it? Actually, it's a website dedicated to leaking government documents. Two days ago it scored a coup releasing more than 90.000 secret military documents pertaining to the war in Afghanistan, beginning in 2004 and ending December 2009. The documents, with a SECRET classification, appear to be authentic -- but the whistle-blower is still at large.
Palestine Note: Nobel-winner Desmond Tutu backs boycotts of Israel 2010-07-28
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange on the 'War Logs': 'I Enjoy Crushing Bastards' | Tell us how we're doing. | national-popular governments) - led to a record number of direct U. S. | and imperial overkill. | of a world re-made in America's image)." | particularly evident in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. | election in 2006, Correa declared his intention not to renew the U. S. | Eloy Alfaro Air Base."
US Department of State: Daily Press Briefing 2010-07-28
Earlier today, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and USAID Administrator Raj Shaj testified before the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. The focus of their testimony was on the joint efforts of the United States and Afghan Government to fight corruption and improve governance in Afghanistan.