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allAfrica.com: Somalia: 'Alliance' Divided Over Djibouti Peace Accord (Page 1 of 1)

allAfrica.com: Somalia: 'Alliance' Divided Over Djibouti Peace Accord (Page 1 of 1) : "The Alliance is split between the wing currently in Djibouti, who favour talks despite the presence in Somalia of Ethiopian forces, and those in Asmara who insist the Ethiopians must leave before any dialogue takes place. The latter group rejected the Djibouti agreement as a conspiracy orchestrated by the enemies of the Somali people. In a statement issued in Asamara on 10 June, the Asamara faction said: 'The Djibouti exercise has no validity and shall not be binding on the ARS and the Somali people.' It called on the Somali people 'to redouble their heroic struggle against the occupation.'"

Dick Cheney: the US terror leader had a plan.

Fearing Escalation, Pentagon Fought Cheney Iran Plan - by Gareth Porter Pentagon officials firmly opposed a proposal by Vice President Dick Cheney last summer for air strikes against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) bases by insisting that the administration would have to make clear decisions about how far the United States would go in escalating the conflict with Iran, according to a former George W. Bush administration official. J. Scott Carpenter, who was then deputy assistant secretary of state in the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, recalled in an interview that senior Defense Department (DoD) officials and the Joint Chiefs used the escalation issue as the main argument against the Cheney proposal. McClatchy newspapers reported last August that Cheney had proposal several weeks earlier "launching air strikes at suspected training camps in Iran," citing two officials involved in Iran policy.

blackagendareport.com - Freedom Rider: Obama Obliterates Iran

blackagendareport.com - Freedom Rider: Obama Obliterates Iran : "What Israel wants from the Americans, Israel gets - and in spades from Barack Obama. Along with Hillary Clinton and John McCain, Obama bent his knees to the breaking point to please the annual conference of AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. AIPAC represents the rightwing politics of a small nation, but the fawning behavior of America's top politicians gave the impression of an Israeli empire, demanding tribute. Obama was generous with the U.S. treasury. 'As president I will implement a Memorandum of Understanding that provides $30 billion in assistance to Israel over the next decade,' he vowed, earning thirteen rounds of sustained applause."

blackagendareport.com - Grand Theft Digital; How Corporate Broadcasters Are Hijacking Digital TV

blackagendareport.com - Grand Theft Digital; How Corporate Broadcasters Are Hijacking Digital TV The FCC has spent millions of dollars "educating" the public on the transition from analog to to digital TV. But what they haven't told the American people is that on February 18, 2009 every one of the nation's more than 1700 analog TV broadcasters gets three, four or more new TV channels --- for nothing. No public service obligation, no local news or education programming, and no channels for black or Latino broadcasters, local entrepreneurs or communities.