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December 31, 2009

 

8 CIA Officers, 4 Canadian Soldiers Killed in Taliban Attacks, 14 Afghani Civilians Killed by NATO Forces, December 31, 2009  

25 Iraqis Killed, 32 Injured in Ramadi Suicide Bombing Targeting Governor Fahdawi, 6 Killed, 10 Injured in Ba'aqouba Bombing, December 31, 2009


Israeli Defiance to Humanity:

Israeli Daily Aggression on the Palestinian People, on December 31, 2009  

1,594 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Terrorist Forces in 2009, Tadamun  

100 of 1340 'Gaza Freedom Marchers' enter Gaza with help of Egyptian President's wife  

Italian organizations say the steel wall makes Egypt equal to Israel in the blockade of Gaza  


French Peace Activist, Marie Renee, Killed by Egyptian Police During a Protest Against Gaza Siege in Cairo  

Gaza has run out of 141 types of medical drugs, Health Ministry  

Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III Boycotted in Bethlehem for Collaboration with Israelis in Stealing Palestinian Lands in Jerusalem  

Illegal Israeli Settlement Construction Continues in Kiryat Netafim  

Palestinian Legislative Council Building in Gaza Was Attacked Unlawfully and Wantonly by Israeli Savage Forces, on December 31, 2008

 

December 29, 2009

 

US Democratic Congress to Raise National Debt Limit by $1.8 Trillion to Reach $14 Trillion in 2010  

 

NATO Soldier, 11 Afghanis Killed, Taliban Fighters Capture Town of Kuhna Qala  

 

50 Yemenis Killed in Saudi Air Strikes, Houthis Control Al-Jamrah Border Post, Abdul Malik Al-Houthi Claimed Dead  


8 Iranian Protesters Killed, Foreign Interference Blamed, Parliament Urges Severe Punishment

 

Israeli Aggression:

Lebanese Army Fires at Israeli Warplanes Violating Lebanese Airspace  

40 American Activists Detained at US Embassy in Cairo, Viva Palestina Accepts Egyptian Condition of Docking at Al-Arish  

As long as the siege is in force, the Israeli war on Gaza is not over, says Awad  

Dozens of Palestinians Sustain Injuries During Israeli Settlers' Attack on their Bus  


European human rights groups call for picketing Egyptian embassies in protest to steel wall besieging Gaza  

Hamas buries two killed in Beirut bombing  


Israeli Daily Aggression Against the Palestinian People, December 29, 2009  

Israeli Settler Shoots Palestinian North of Hebron  

 

December 28, 2009

 

Second Detroit Plane Scare Due to Digestive Terrorism

Napolitano concedes airline security system failed  

NATO Forces Kill 10 Afghani Civilians, Most School Children, 14 Taliban Fighters, December 28, 2009  

25 Pakistanis Killed in Bombing of Shi'i Procession in Karachi, 8 Killed in Muzaffarabad, 15 Killed in Tribal Clashes


Israeli War Crimes Against Humanity:

Gaza 2009: We Will Never Forget, Video of Israeli War Crimes
 

First Anniversary of Israeli War Crimes in Gaza: Highlights from the First Two Days  
Haniyah to UN: Don't Let Israeli War Criminals Escape Justice  

Abbas: We'll Go After Israeli War Criminals  

6 Palestinians Assassinated by Israeli Occupation Forces, PA Complains to the US  

Netanyahu Policy Focuses on Assassination of Palestinians, Rather than Detentions
 

Egyptian Government Detains 38 Members of the Gaza Freedom Aid Convoy, Barrs 400 of Viva Palestina Aid Convoy to Reach Besieged Gaza  

Gaza's Children Living with Trauma, a Year After the Israeli War Crimes  

Netanyahu Informs the US of Intent to Build 692 Housing Units in the Palestinian Territory of Occupied Jerusalem  

Palestinian Officials Say Gaza Contaminated by Chemicals from Israeli Weapons


December 24, 2009

Haniya government rejects Dennis Ross plan and any temporary solutions  


Richard Falk calls for economic sanctions against Israel to lift the Gaza siege

 

December 23, 2009

 

73 Saudi soldiers killed, 470 wounded, 26 missing during fighting with Houthi Yemenis  

Jerusalem Latin Patriarch Fuad Twal's Christmas Message: Middle East Peace Efforts Failed  

Palestinians In Gaza Protest Egypt's Border Wall  

ARIJ Report On Increased Israeli Violations Against Palestinian Homes in Jerusalem  

Bil'in protest leader indicted over spent tear gas canisters  

Egyptian Officials Say They Will Not Allow Gaza Freedom March To Cross Border  

Illegal Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian a Home in Shaikh Jarrah, Jerusalem  

Israeli Occupation Forces Hand Out Demolition Orders To Palestinians In The Jordan Valley  

Israeli occupation forces kidnap nine civilians from the West Bank  

Israeli occupation forces raze gas station, grocery near Nablus  

Israeli occupation government steals historical Islamic stones

December 19, 2009

 

US Soldier, British Soldier, Seven Taliban Fighters Killed in Afghanistan War Attacks, December 19, 2009  

Iranian Forces Occupy Iraqi Fekka Oilfield, Iraqi Government Demands Iranian Withdrawal  

Anti-corruption court summons Pakistani interior minister  

UN Secretary General pursues legally binding agreement on climate change

Enabling Aggression:

Obama Increases US Security Aid to Israel to $2.775 Billion, in Addition to $1Billion in Economic Aid  

Egypt lifts state of alert after shots fired by Palestinian gunmen  


Turkey warms relations with Israel amid Gaza blockade  

Israeli Aggression:

Israeli occupation soldiers assault Abu Haikal Hebron family detain members, attack protesters in Bil'in and fishermen in Gaza  

Israeli Occupation Government Orders Demolition of Mosque and 7 Juma'a Family Homes in Jerusalem, a Maqdisi Report  

Israeli Doctors Illegally Took Palestinian Skin Patches, Corneas to Implant them in Wounded Soldiers  

Israeli Crimes Against Humanity:

Gaza water is unfit for human use and enough for half the population, a UNHCHR report

December 17, 2009

Wars:

50 Yemenis, Most Civilians, Killed in Raids and Air Strikes on Al-Ma'ajala, South of the Country

4 Afghani Policemen Killed in Herat, Several Afghanis Arrested in Wardak on Taliban Affiliation Charges  

4 Fighters Killed in Chechnya, One killed, 18 Wounded in Nazran Suicide Bombing  

German Arms Exports Fueling Regional Conflicts Around the World, Says GKKE  

Space:

GJ 1214b Earth-Like Planet Discovered, Say Scientists  


British Capitulation to Israeli War Criminals:

An Open Letter to PM Gordon Brown to Arrest and Try Israeli War Criminal Tzipi Livni  

British Capitulation: UK Apologizes to Tzipi Livni, Seeks Law Changes, As Brown Welcomes the Israeli War Criminal  

Israeli Women's Group Tells War Criminal Tzipi Livni to Turn Herself in  

Resistance to the Israeli Occupation:

18-Year-Old Female Israeli High School Student, Or Ben-David, Sentenced to Prison for Refusal to Serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces  

18-year-old Palestinian girl, Salam Kana'an, and her family terrorized by Israeli occupation forces to get original videotape of shooting Ashraf Abu Rahma  

Israeli Daily Aggression:

Illegal Israeli Settlers Erect New Settlement, Assault Palestinian Farmers, Pour Sewerage into the West Bank, Plan to Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque  

Scores Injured, Detained by Israeli Occupation Forces Attacking Palestinian Cultural Festival in Jerusalem  

Palestinian Family Tells Details of Israeli Raid on Ni'lin  

Israeli Massacre of Al-Samouni Family:

Story of How Israeli Soldiers Massacred 29 Members of Al-Samouni Extended Family in Gaza, On 4 January 2009

December 15, 2009

Empire Wars:

US Jets Continue Raids in North Yemen for 3rd Day  

4 NATO Soldiers, 14 Afghanis Killed in War Attacks, Including 8 Killed, 40 Injured in Kabul Suicide Bombing Targeting VP Massaud

6 Pakistani Taliban Fighters Killed in North West, 22 Killed in Suicide Bombing Targeting Punjab Minister Khosa, December 15, 2009  

10 Iraqis Killed, 60 Injured in10 Attacks, December 15, 2009  

3 Palestinians Killed in Collapsed Tunnel, Trying to Break Israeli Siege of Gaza  

Israeli War Criminals:

Capitulation: UK to review war crimes warrants after Tzipi Livni arrest row  

Israel summons British ambassador to protest Livni's arrest warrant on charges of war crimes in Gaza  

Israel's Tzipi Livni cancels visit to Britain fearing arrest for war crimes  

Israeli Aggression:

3 Palestinians Killed in Collapsed Tunnel, Trying to Break Israeli Siege of Gaza  

Mahmoud Abbas Says Israel Remains Intransigent  

OCHA: Palestinians Prevented From Building On 44% Of West Bank Lands  

Palestinian Christians Urge Israel Isolation  

December 14, 2009

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Empire Wars:

70 Yemenis, 6 Saudi Soldiers Killed,  US Sends Special Forces, Launches Air Strikes, December 14, 2009  

16 Afghani Policemen, 2 Taliban Fighters Killed in Two Attacks, December 14, 2009  

Blast Hits Downtown Baghdad, 2 Iraqis Killed & Scores Injured in Seven Attacks, 4th US Soldier Killed, December 14, 2009  

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinian Children In Northern Gaza, Storm Beita, Near Nablus  

Livni Cancelled UK Visit Over Arrest Fears on War Crime Charges  

World:

Abu Dhabi Provides $10 Billion to Cover Dubai World's Debt  

Chilean Billionaire, Sebastian Pinera, Candidate to Face Ex-President, Eduardo Frei, in Run-Off  

Italian Prime Minister, Slivio Berluscone, Injured in Attack at Political Rally in Milan  

Chinese, Turkmen, Kazakh, Uzbek Presidents Unveil Gas Pipeline  

Israeli Aggression:

High Tension After Illegal Israeli Settlers' Attack on Yasouf Mosque  

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kidnap Two Palestinian Children In Northern Gaza, Storm Beita, Near Nablus  

Israelis Committed War Crimes in Gaza of Unspeakable Cruelty, Says British Human Rights Activist Eva Yesovitch  

Palestinian Christian Leaders Call Israeli Occupation a 'Sin Against God'  

Elderly Refugee, Yousuf Barakat, to Join 1,000 International Activists in  Gaza March  

Livni Cancelled UK Visit Over Arrest Fears on War Crime Charges

3 US Soldiers, 3 Iraqi Policemen, 5 Civilians Killed in Attacks, December 12, 2009  

Drone aircraft in a stepped-up war in Afghanistan and Pakistan  

December 12, 2009

3 US Soldiers, 3 Iraqi Policemen, 5 Civilians Killed in Attacks, December 12, 2009  

Drone aircraft in a stepped-up war in Afghanistan and Pakistan  

German Colonel Georg Klein Caused Death of 142 Afghani Civilians by Ordering US Air Strike, on September 4,  2009  

Gilani Claims Defeat of Pakistani Taliban in Waziristan, Battle Moves to Orakzai District  

Iraq strikes deals to develop five more oilfields with global energy firms  

Venezuela, Cuba engage in joint projects worth over $3 billion, Brazil-Venezuelan $13.5 billion refinery deal  

Israeli Aggression:

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kill Palestinian Citizen, Sami Abu Khoussa, in Central Gaza  

21 Israeli peace activists arrested in East Jerusalem protest  

Dozens Wounded In Bil'in's and Ni'lin's During Protest Against Illegal Israeli Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall  

European Union Expresses Concern over Israeli Settlement Grants  

Europeans for Jerusalem Slam Final Statement of EU Capitulated Foreign Ministers  

Ismail Haniya Says, 'Palestine Is Palestine, From the River to the Sea'

Israeli Jewish Edict Urges Apartheid Government to Kill All Palestinian Prisoners if POW Shalit Not Returned  

UK Urges Businesses to Label Products of the Illegal Israeli Settlements  

December 11, 2009

Copenhagen Summit: Real World Politics

Russia, China Disagree With West Over Iran Sanctions  

Iran Offers Scholarship to European Muslim Victims of Dress Code, Hijab  


Israeli Aggression:

EU Statement Considers East Jerusalem as Occupied Land But Weakened by French Zionist Bernard Kouchner  

Israel committed a crime by using phosphorus bombs against Gaza, says Turkish foreign minister Ahmed Davutoglu

Illegal Israeli Settlers Torch Yasouf Mosque Near, Salfit  

Israeli Occupation Forces Disrupt Farewell of UNRWA Chief Karen Abu Zayd  

Israeli occupation Government Prevents Bethlehem University Student, Berlanty Azzam, from Completing her Study  

Seven Palestinians Ordered Out Of Jerusalem For 45 Days

December 9, 2009

Confronting Israeli Dispossession of the Palestinian People By Karen Abu Zayd  

Zionist French FM, Bernard Kouchner, Weakened EU Declaration on Occupied East  Jerusalem  

Israeli Occupation Government Bans EU MPs from Entering Besieged Gaza

December 5, 2009

Empire Wars:

US Marines Advance in Southern Afghanistan, Several Afghanis Killed, December 5, 2009  

3 Pakistanis Killed in Peshawar Blast, 2 in Islamabad Suicide Bombing, 15 Taliban Fighters Killed by Army in Swat Valley  

Blast Kills 22 at Somalia Graduation: Medical Students, Doctors, Officials Among Dead  

Yemen Civil War Continues With Saudi Participation, 6 Houthi Field Leaders Killed, 10 Surrendered

Houthis accuse Yemeni, Saudi troops of Using excessive force  

Pakistan PM, Yusuf Raza Gilani, says does not think Bin Laden is in Pakistan


Israeli Aggression:

8 Palestinians Wounded Near Jerusalem, Dozens Suffer Tear Gas Attacks in Nil'in, Demonstration in Support of Swedish Initiative in Bil'in  
Five Palestinians Wounded by Illegal Israeli Settlers and Soldiers Near Nablus

6 Palestinians wounded, 20 abducted by Israeli occupation forces, illegal Israeli settler attacks continue, a PCHR report

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Invade Nour Shams Refugee Camp, Kidnap Palestinian Youth, Elderly Man Ahmed Ghanim Wounded Near Tulkarem  

Israeli Interrogators Torture 21-Year Old Young Woman, Somoud karagah, by Cold Temperatures  

Israeli Occupation Government Contemplates Banning Muslim Call for Dawn Prayer in Occupied East Jerusalem  

Irish Foreign Minister, Michael Martin, Denied Visit to Gaza by the Israeli Occupation Government

December 2, 2009

Illegal Israeli Settler Caught on Film Running Over Palestinian Youngman Waseem Masooda 

December 1, 2009

Obama Announces Surge and Exit Plan for Afghanistan War, December 1, 2009  
Assassination of Anti-Taliban Lawmaker Shamsher Khan, Zardari Could Be Unseated by Supreme Court  

Russia Made a Mistake in Voting for the IAEA Resolution Against Iran, Says Ahmadinejad  

Dubai Debt Meltdown: Media Reports Mix Up Dubai World, Says Government Official  

Israeli Aggression:

EU to Consider Resolution Recognizing East Jerusalem as the Palestinian Capital  

Illegal Israeli Settlers, Supported by Israeli Occupation Force, Displace Al-Kurd Palestinian Family from their Jerusalem Home  
Israeli Secret Service Agency, Shin Bet, Insists on Use of Torture Against Palestinian Detainees  

UN Affirms Palestinian Inalienable Rights in the International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People  

Marking 60th anniversary of UNRWA: Report and Study to be released

 


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