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July 28, 2009

9 Security Guards Killed in Afghanistan War Attack, Pro-Taliban Website Disappears Again July 28, 2009  

Karzai Government Strikes Truce with Taliban in Badghis Province, Most Britons Call for Ending the "Unwinnable" Afghanistan War  

China-US Strategic, Economic Dialogue: Energy Cooperation, Hopes for  Cutting US Budget Deficit  

Israeli Defiance to US & World:


US Does Not Have the Power to Force Israel to Stop Illegal Settlements or  to withdraw to the 1967 Borders, Says Erekat  

8 Members of US Congress Visit Gaza Strip, No Criticism of the Brutal Israeli Siege, No Attempt to End it  

11 New Illegal Israeli Settlement Outposts in Defiance to the US and the  World  

Israeli Occupation Forces Kidnap 200 Workers, Blast Palestinian Homes in Barta'a,  Invade East of Buraij, Bulldoze Agricultural Lands  

Orthodox Church: No Israeli Settlements on Our Land

July 26, 2009

Dozens of NATO Soldiers Killed in Fierce Afghanistan War Attacks, According to Taliban, One Only Killed According to AP, July 26, 2009  

Six Killed in Suicide Blast in Russia's Chechnya  

Ousted Honduran President Zelaya Back on Honduras-Nicaragua Border  

Chinese Delegation Arrives in US for Strategic, Economic Dialogues, Cooperation on Energy Issues  

Israeli Defiance to US & World:


Four US officials to Israel for ending illegal settlement activities and holding off attack on Iran  

US Retracts Threat to Impose Sanctions on Israel for Refusing to Stop Illegal Settlements on Palestinian Lands !!!  

Zionist Defiance to the US Continues: Netanyahu Announces Four Impossible Conditions Pre-Empting Negotiations with the Palestinians  

40 Well-Known New Jersey, New York Figures Arrested in Money Laundering Scheme Involving Israel, Including 4 Rabbis and 2 Legislators  

Israeli occupation forces and illegal settlers terrorize Palestinian civilians, kidnapping 16, confiscating homes, property, attacking peace activists  

Israeli occupation government rejects French demands to stop illegal  settlement construction on Palestinian lands  

July 23, 2009

Obama Speaks on Health Care and Senate Vote on F-22 Funding, and  Video, July 23, 2009  

Obama Reiterates Withdraw of All US Troops from Iraq by End of 2011, as Scheduled  

Biden Says War in Afghanistan Worth Effort, Expects More Casualties  

2 US Soldiers, British Soldier killed in Afghanistan War Attacks, NATO Media Control Continues, July 23, 2009  

US-Israeli Relations:


US Economic and Military Aid Encourages Israelis to Defy US and International Law on Illegal Settlement Activities and Land-Grab Wall  

Israeli press uncertain over potential crisis in Israeli-US relationship  

Israeli Terrorist Occupation:


Israeli Occupation Forces Kidnap 15 Palestinians in the West Bank, Terrorize Dozens of Student Near Jenin, Injure Resident in Khan Younis  

Abbas Demands Removal of the Illegal Israeli Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall, Netanyahu Flatly Rejects it  

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kidnap Ni'lin Resident, Muhammed Surour, for Testifying Before a UN Committee Probing Israeli Violations  

Qaddoumi has audio tapes supporting his accusations of the Abbas and Dahlan involvement in the Israeli assassination of Arafat  

UN hosts meetings on "Palestine Question" in wake of Gaza war  

UN to move Palestinian refugees from Iraq-Syria border camp to Slovakia  

Unicef: Growing poverty in Gaza, due to Israeli siege, leads to child labor  

Israel Racist Government Bans Mention of the Term "1948 Nakba" from Textbooks  

Israeli Extremist Settlers Allowed to Enter Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound  

Al-Quds Center Issues First Report on Israeli Violations of Palestinian Rightes in Occupied East Jerusalem

July 21, 2009

US Soldier, 6 Afghani policemen, 18 Taliban Fighters Killed, Pro-Taliban Website Shut Down, July 21, 2009  

US Soldier, 12 Iraqis Killed, Scores Injured in Attacks All Over Iraq, July 20-21, 2009  

Spanish FM, Miguel Angel Moratinos, Makes Historic Visit to Gibraltar, Repeats Territorial Claim  

NASA: Asteroid leaves incredible new scar on Jupiter  

Israeli Occupation of Palestine:


Netanyahu Cancels Meeting with George Mitchell for 2nd Time After Rejecting US Call to Halt Illegal Settlement Activities  

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates to visit Israel to Discuss Iran and Illegal Israeli Settlements in the West Bank

World Zionist Organization Investigated for selling Palestinian Private Land to Illegal Israeli Settlers  

Abbas says Israel wants Jewish-only Jerusalem  

Israeli Occupation Forces Kill a Palestinian Child in Gaza, Kidnap 11 in the West Bank, Illegal Settlers Escalate Attacks, Burn Olive Trees    

Islamic-Christian Front to Compose Jerusalem Dictionary in Reaction to Israeli Attempt to Change Arab Street Names  

Israeli Mossad poisoned Arafat through his medications, says Bassam Abu Sharif  

Swiss foreign minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey, says Hamas is a major player in Mideast  

July 19, 2009

Scores of Taliban Fighters, NATO-Afghani Soldiers Killed, 3 NATO Aircraft Downed, Several Tanks Destroyed By Taliban Fighters, July 19, 2009  

US State Department Tells Israeli Ambassador to Stop Illegal Settlement Activities in Occupied East Jerusalem, Netanyahu Still Defiant  

British PM Brown Urges Israelis Stop Illegal Settlements in the Palestinian Territory of the West Bank  

Iranian official accuses Israel of trying to assassinate Iranian President Ahmadinejad  

Former US Ambassador, Thomas Pickering, Meets with Hamas Leaders Al-Zahar and Na'im in Switzerland  

Khaled Mesha'al Tells Sultanov Hamas Won't Oppose Peace Efforts  

Palestinian and Israeli peace activists attacked by Israeli occupation forces in Hebron, Bil'in, Ni'lin  

Shaikh Ekrema Sabri of Jerusalem Issues Edict Prohibiting Alternative Homeland, Exchange of Palestinian Lands  

Special PLO Session Backs Abbas, Jordan Asks Al-Qaddoumi to Leave

July 17, 2009

3 US Soldiers Killed Inside Base in Basra by Rocket Fire  

British Soldier, 11 Afghanis Killed in Afghanistan War Attacks, July 17, 2009  

Taliban Posting Gains in Northern Afghanistan  

Israeli Occupation of Palestine:


Israeli occupation navy ships fire on Gaza shores, Eight Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli occupation army in the West Bank  

Qaddoumi reaffirms involvement of Abbas and Dahlan in killing Arafat, Fat'h Leaders Exchange Accusations  

Haniya receives US-EU solidarity delegations, including Ultra Orthodox Jews, calls on Obama to support solidarity campaigns  

PLO: Israel defaulted on Oslo when it failed to remove 'outposts'  

Power Blackouts Continue in Gaza, as a Result of the Israeli Siege  

July 14, 2009

Abbas and Dahlan Involved in Assassination of Arafat & Rantissi, Says Qaddoumi
 

58 Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan War Attacks, July 14, 2009  

Israeli Occupation Forces Kidnap 10 Palestinian Civilians in the West Bank, Bulldoze Farmland North of Gaza  

US-China strategic-economic dialogue set for July 27-28

July 12, 2009

5 Policemen, 31 Taliban Fighters Killed in Afghanistan War Attacks July 11-12, 2009  

15 Somalis Killed in Mogadishu Clashes, July 11, 2009  

11 Iraqis Killed, 55 Injured in Attacks, July 11-12, 2009  

Fighting in Chechnya Resumed, 10 Killed in Raids, July 12, 2009  

Urumqi Goes Back to Normal Life, Donations for Victims, Reconciliation Efforts Between the Uygur and the Han  

Galloway declares organizing Lifeline-3 aid to Gaza with participation of Chavez  

Israeli occupation forces kidnap six in Nablus and Bethlehem, storm Tulkarem, hand summonses to tens of citizens  

Mubarak rejects Netanyahu's 'Jewish state' demand, as it threatens interests of Arab citizens  

Obama Disavows Biden's Remarks Saying the US Absolutely Not Giving Israel Green Light to Attack Iran  

U.S. President, Barack Obama, charges African nations on development  

Iraqi sandstorm moving to other parts of the Middle East  

Iran successfully clones its first calf  

July 11, 2009

Bush Surveillance Program Was Massive, Too Few Officials Knew About it  

Egypt Denies Palestinian Woman Travel Abroad, Through Rafah Gate, to Have Kidney Transplant

Egyptian Muslim Woman, Marwa Al-Sherbini, Murdered in Dresden, Germany for Wearing a Head Scarf 

California man killed in fire helped shape local Muslim community  

Chicago Library Group Panelists Withdraw Over Role of Islam-Basher Robert Spencer  

CAIR-Chicago Asks Library Group to Drop Islamophobe Robert Spencer from Panel

Islamo-phobia: Muslim American News Briefs, July 6, 2009  

Mideast Churches Slam Christian Zionism

Muslim American News Briefs, July 11, 2009

Pennsylvanian Dr. Rafi Punekar Picked to Send Gift Qur'an to President Obama, North Carolinian Darlene May selected to send Qur'an to Vice President Biden

U.S. Leaders Asked to Address Growing Islamophobia  

VIDEO SMUGGLED out of Israel reveals what really happened when the Israeli Navy resorted to an act of piracy and illegally boarded the Free Gaza boat

Videos of Detaining Cynthia McKinney and Huwaida Arraf by Israeli Pirates for Attempting to Reach Besieged Gaza

July 10, 2009

5 British Soldiers, 4 US Soldiers, 11 Afghani Soldiers, 22 Taliban Fighters, 4 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan War Attacks, July 10, 2009  

67 Iraqis Killed, Scores Injured in Mosul, Baghdad, Talafar Blasts

Israeli Occupation Forces Attack Peace Activists in Ni'lin and Bil'in, Kidnapping Some, Injuring Others, Kidnap a Muslim Cleric in Occupied Jerusalem  

Hu Jintao holds key meeting on Xinjiang riot, vowing severe punishment on culprits  

G-8 Nations Pledge $20 Billion to Fight Hunger, Partnership with Africa on Water, Sanitation  

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Says Israel Sabotaged Shalit Prisoner-Swap Deal  

Richard Falk: "Tear down that wall, Mr Netanyahu"  

Number of illegal Jewish settlers in the West Bank increased by 37% since the "Road Map"  

July 9, 2009

Empire Wars:


67 Iraqis Killed, Scores Injured in Mosul, Baghdad, Talafar Blasts, July 9, 2009  

2 NATO Soldiers, 25 Afghanis Killed, According to Reuters, 60 NATO-Afghani Soldiers, 20 Civilians Killed, According to Al-Emarah, July 9, 2009
   

World Israeli-Zionist Hegemony:

EU Commission backs down over illegal Israeli settlement statement, apologizes to Master Israel  

Jewish Defense League attacks Arab-owned bookstore in France  

Group of industrialized nations demands immediate opening of Gaza crossings  

Israeli Occupation of Palestine:


Five years ago, the International Court of Justice Said the Illegal Israeli Apartheid, Land-Grab Wall Must Fall Down, It Hasn't!  

Countering recent attacks by settlers, mayor of Jewish town in US sends Obama support  

Israel occupation government forces Palestinian citizen to demolish his home in Occupied Jerusalem  

Illegal Israeli Settlers Step Up Grabbing Palestinian Lands, Property, Attack Peace Activists  

July 7, 2009

11 NATO Soldiers Killed in 2 Days in Afghanistan, Taliban Left Helmand Before Offensive  


Riots Continue in Urumqi as Chinese Han March Against Uyghur  

UN Reports Over 200,000 Somalis Flee Fighting Since May 2009  

Costa Rican president agrees to mediate Honduran crisis  

G-8 summit in Italy in new push for global financial reform, protesters clash with police  

In Reaction to the Biden Statement, Iran Holds the US Responsible for Any Israeli Attack  

EU Statement About Illegal Israeli Settlements Stuns Israelis Who Are Used to EU-US Appeasement  

Israeli Occupation Forces Invade Central Gaza Strip, Bil'in, Kidnap 13 Palestinians from the West Bank  

UK scientists create first human sperm from stem cells 

July 6, 2009

7 US Soldiers, 35 Afghani Soldiers, 6 Civilians Killed in Fierce War Attacks, July 6, 2009  

Death Toll in Xinjiang Riot Rises to 156  

Medvedev, Obama Sign Agreements on Nuclear Reduction, Hope for More Progress  

Honduras' military seals airports, Zelaya lands in Nigaragua  

Cynthia McKinney Still in Israeli Captivity, US Government Capitulates to Israeli Pirates  

First US Grassroot Convoy of Gaza Aid lands in Egypt  

European Commission Says Illegal Israeli Settlements Strangle the Palestinian Economy  

July 4, 2009

2 US Soldiers, 33 Afghani Soldiers, 46 Taliban Fighters Killed in Fierce  Afghanistan Fighting, July 4, 2009  

African leaders reach agreement on new authority, ICC's Bashir indictment  

Honduran interim government announces to quit OAS, in anticipation of suspension of its membership over its coup  

Israeli submarine crosses the Egyptian Suez Canal in a maneuver to intimidate Iran  

Israeli Occupation of Palestine:


One Palestinian, two European peace activists injured by Israeli occupation soldiers at anti-wall rally  

Massive turnout at Gaza funeral for teen girl, Hiyam Abu 'Ayash, who was  killed by Israeli terrorist soldiers  

Anti-siege committee calls for more aid ships to Gaza after Israeli hijacking of Spirit of Humanity aid boat  

Israeli occupation forces kidnapped 3,060 Palestinians in 2009, including children, women and fishermen  

Salah: Israeli government started racial cleansing against its Palestinian citizens, Zahalqa: Zionists must realise that we are the indigenous population  

Settler Lieberman expresses anew his rejection of a freeze on illegal Israeli settlement activities  

Qaddoumi Says Sincere People in Fat'h Supported Hamas's 2007 Military Action in Gaza

July 3, 2009

British senior officer killed in Afghanistan

US Marines taking over towns in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters disappear as a guerilla warfare tactic  

Somalia clashes kill 15 civilians, US increases weapon shipment to government  

African leaders agree to change AU's executive body  

Zionists in US Congress Move to Allow Israeli Occupation Forces to Acquire the F-22 Fifth-Generation Stealth Fighter Jets

Former US Congresswoman, Cynthia McKinney, and Irish Nobel Prize Laureate, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Still Detained by Israeli Occupation Government

Muslim American News Briefs, July 3, 2009

OPEC President says crude oil price best at $68 to $71 per barrel

Israeli Occupation of Palestine:


Israeli soldiers and security officers desecrate Al-Aqsa Mosque, disrupt event, kidnap three worshippers

Israeli terrorist army admits killing of Gaza 17-year-old young woman Hiyam Abu Ayish

Israeli terrorist forces shoot Nablus woman holding toy gun

Orthodox Patriarch Atallah Hanna Condemns Israeli Demolitions of Palestinian Homes in Jerusalem

Racist Israeli Housing Minister, Eitas, Concerned Over Increasing Arab Population 

July 2, 2009

US Marine Killed, Another Captured by Taliban Fighters, Scores Killed and Injured in Afghanistan, July 2, 2009  

Turkey, Germany to sign submarine deal  

U.S. jobless rate hits 9.5% in June  

Israeli Occupation of Palestine:

US renews Israel loan guarantees despite public dispute about the construction of illegal settlements in the West Bank  

Violating Own Pledge, Israeli Occupation Forces Invade Bethlehem and Qalqiliya  

Two Free Gaza members released, others await deportation, including a US Congress woman and a Nobel Peace Prize winner  

Israeli occupation terrorist forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians, according to Amnesty International  

Nativity Church deportees flee Gaza, stranded at Jordan's airport

July 1, 2009

Scores Killed in Fierce Fighting in Afghanistan, July 1, 2009  

Honduras president postpones return home after OAS ultimatum  

African Union Summit Held in Sirte, Libya, July 1-3, 2009  

Gold surges as dollar went sharply down

Israeli Occupation of Palestine:


Israeli Pirates Capture Spirit of Humanity Aid Boat Destined to Besieged Gaza, with World Silence  

Barak-Mitchell meeting ends with no agreement on stopping illegal Israeli settlement activities  

Illegal Israeli settlers establish new outpost near Tulkarem, More Palestinian Homes to be Demolished in Jerusalem  

British capitulation: UK court ends Palestinian case seeking to reveal protocol on arms sales to Israel  

Spain Capitulates to Israeli Pressure, Drops Probe About 2002 War Crime of Assassinating Salah Shehadah and his Family in Gaza  

Scandal in the World Bank: Israelis Secure Pledge of WB Funding for  Tripartite Canal Project Without Consulting Palestinians and Jordanians  

Comparison by Numbers Between Israeli Aggressors and their Palestinian Victims in the Occupied Territories  

Human Rights Watch: Israeli drone-launched missiles indiscriminately killed civilians in Gaza  

 


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