Israeli Cyberwar

"Wary of Naked Force, Israel Eyes Cyberwarfare in Iran"

The Real News Network interviews William Engdahl

Part 1

Part 2

Dahr Jamail's latest article, "Refusing to Comply: The Tactics of Resistance in the All-Volunteer Military"" is very good, and gives the reader some new vocabulary terms-- "search and avoid missions," as well as some scary and never mentioned statistics

"Between 2003 and 2007 there had been an 80% increase in overall desertion rates in the Army."

"Between 2000 and 2006, more than 40,000 troops from all branches of the military deserted, more than half from the Army. Army desertion rates jumped by 42% from 2006 to 2007 alone."

"While no broad poll of troops has been conducted recently, a Zogby poll in February 2006 found that 72% of soldiers in Iraq felt the occupation should be ended within a year."

The last statistic is sickly funny, because it was right after the poll when General Patreus "surged" in even more troops, continuing a military occupation which under the current SOFA must be completely dismantled by the end of 2011, save for a caveat at the end that allows either side to renegotiate it at any time.  So when 72% of soldiers wanted one more year of war, the Washington Politicians settled on 5 to endless years of war.  

There is also an interview with the author about the article, but i haven't listened to it yet. (http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/07/03/dahr-jamail-11/)

And the battle continues...

Now that the Pentagon has an official Cybercommand, it appears that the new, mission-less government-bought hackers (collaborators?) have quite a job ahead of them.  Independence Day saw attacks on both the U.S. an South Korean government websites, shutting them down for extended periods of time.  

It's interesting that the New York Times story is reported on from Seoul, and the U.S. is not mentioned until the 4th paragraph.  Will we see another post 9/11 fear-mongering, or is Washington trying to hide the fact that it can't defend its own websites.  Notice the last paragraph, and judge the media consensus by this statistic: "The Homeland Security Department, meanwhile, says there were 5,499 known breaches of U.S. government computers in 2008, up from 3,928 the previous year, and just 2,172 in 2006."

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Nobel laureate arrested by Israeli Navy speaks from jail cell

Democracy Now! has an interview with Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire,  one of 21 activists arrested by the Israeli Navy while trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. 

CIA distributed $400 million in Iran

My guess is that the Iranian clerics will soon start to produce the documents and receipts that show CIA involvement in the recent election.  A former Pakistani general has said  that the CIA spent $400 million dollars to assist opposition forces following the disputed election:

In a phone interview with the Pashto Radio on Monday, General Beig said that there is undisputed intelligence proving the US interference in Iran.

“The documents prove that the CIA spent 400 million dollars inside Iran to prop up a colorful-hollow revolution following the election,” he added.

CIA black sites are still intact

Despite the fact that President Obama signed an executive order on January 22nd that "unilaterally closed" all CIA black sites, it is now being revealed that the CIA has not yet shut down the secret prisons.  Ahmed Ghailani, who is now being tried for his role in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, was reportedly detained at one of these sites, and now his lawyer is asking to inspect them:

"In court papers Tuesday, Ghailani's lawyers asked the government to preserve secret locations known as "black sites" so they can inspect them as they gather evidence for his trial...Kaplan said he was pleased that the government will not dismantle the locations, as the CIA had indicated earlier this year it intended to do."

Greatest "New World Order" Proponents Ever!!!!!!

It seems that MTV tools Heidi and Spencer are warming up to some conspiracy theories.  They will be interviewed on Alex Jones's Infowars radio show and have recently been twittering (to the confusion of Miley Cyrus) about the "New World Order." 

I think this is my favorite news story of the summer.

Israeli Navy kidnaps 21 activists, including former U.S. Congresswoman and Nobel Laureate

Yesterday, the Israeli Navy boarded the ship Spirit of Humanity and kidnaped the 21 passengers attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.  The 21 passengers included Cynthia McKinney, a former U.S. Congresswoman and Maired Maguire, a Nobel laureate.  FreeGaza, the group attempting to help the Palestinians released a press release stating the following:

"This is an outrageous violation of international law against us. Our boat was not in Israeli waters, and we were on a human rights mission to the Gaza Strip," said Cynthia McKinney, a former U.S. Congresswoman and presidential candidate. "President Obama just told Israel to let in humanitarian and reconstruction supplies, and that's exactly what we tried to do. We're asking the international community to demand our release so we can resume our journey."...Thousands of Gazans whose homes were destroyed earlier during Israel's December/January massacre are still without shelter despite pledges of almost $4.5 billion in aid, because Israel refuses to allow cement and other building material into the Gaza Strip...Just before being kidnapped by Israel, Huwaida Arraf, Free Gaza Movement chairperson and delegation co-coordinator on this voyage, stated that: "No one could possibly believe that our small boat constitutes any sort of threat to Israel. We carry medical and reconstruction supplies, and children's toys.