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In Pakistan, 160 NATO vehicles were
destroyed. (Photo: Mohammad Sajjad / AP)
KA-CHING! Militants Destroy 160 NATO Military Vehicles in
Pakistan
RIAZ
KHAN reports for
the Associated Press (AP): “PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec. 7 —
Militants blasted their way into two transport terminals in Pakistan on Sunday
and torched more than 160 vehicles destined for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan,
in the biggest assault yet on a vital military supply line, officials said. …
the attack's boldness will fuel concern that Taliban militants are tightening
their hold around Peshawar and could choke the supply route through the famed
Khyber Pass. Up to 75 per cent of supplies for Western forces in landlocked
Afghanistan pass through Pakistan after being unloaded from ships at the
Arabian sea port of Karachi. NATO is already seeking an alternative route through
Central Asia.”
NATO scuttles Washington’s plan to encircle Russia
William F. Engdahl reports for The Asia Times (Hong Kong):
“North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ministers in Brussels have decided
to ignore the wishes of the United States and delay the admission of Georgia
and the Ukraine, in effect indefinitely, in what the George W Bush
administration is sheepishly trying to claim is a positive ‘compromise’.”
Obama Spells End of “Blank Checks” For Israel [?]
AFP
reports: “JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel can no longer expect ‘blank cheques’ from
Washington once president-elect Barack Obama's
administration takes over in January, a former US ambassador to the Jewish
state said on Sunday. ‘The era of the blank cheque
is over,’ said Martin
Indyk [Perspective], director of
the [Saban]
Centre for Middle East Policy at
the Brookings Institute who is considered close
to incoming secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
‘The Obama administration intends to be engaged, using diplomacy to try to
bring about a safer and more peaceful place, that is different from the seven
years of the (George W.) Bush administration,’ he said on public radio.
‘President Obama surely will want to work with Israel on this (Middle East) agenda. But there are obligations on both
sides (Israel and the Arabs). Both sides will
have to respect these obligations,’ Indyk said.”
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Human Rights Report: West Bank Situation 'Reminiscent of Apartheid
Regime in South Africa'
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Shin Bet Admits Regularly Intervening in Imam Appointments
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Olmert Slams Hebron Settler 'Pogroms' Against Arabs
Daniel
Levy comments for TPM Café: “While
the Israeli press is full of graphic descriptions of the settler [Israeli] outrages,
there has been remarkably little coverage in the American mainstream media, and
as Jeff Goldberg points out on his Atlantic blog, there was
no mention at all in the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organization's daily news digest (Daily Alert)--not
surprising given that it is put together by the right-wing Jerusalem Center for
Public Affairs led by Dore Gold. Settler extremism
has become a strategic issue with implications for American policy, American
private funding of settlements, and how to manage the security dynamic in the
West Bank.”
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Israeli Soldier Accused of Beating Female Israeli
Photographer Says She Started It
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Israel's Right-Wing Likud to Hold Party Vote
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Israel Arrests Three, Seizes Truck to Prevent Aid Ship
Sailing to Gaza
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After
Israel Objects, Qatar Gives Up Plan for Gaza Shipment
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Israel to postpone release of 230 Palestinian prisoners
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Muslim
Holiday Brings Little Joy to Gazans
GLOBAL STATIC
· Alleged 9/11 plotters say they want to confess
· Israel incapable of striking Iran, says Former US
National Security adviser Brzezinski
· UN says efforts to curb Iran's nuclear work have failed
· Egypt pardons 649 prisoners on occasion of Greater Bairam
· As Turkey moves closer to Iran, US faces reality
· Aso's Public Support Tumbles on
Economic Policies
· Japan Demands Chinese Ships Leave Disputed Waters
· Australia hands people $5.2 billion to splurge for
Christmas
· Spend welfare bonus on Christmas gifts, Rudd tells
Australians
· Australian car dealers get $2 billion government bailout
· Historic Chicago Tribune Newspaper Files For Bankruptcy
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Zucker: NBC May Scale Down Programming Hours...
· Cash Crunch: New York Times to Mortgage HQ Building
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Fitch Ad Forecast: Online Revs Look Stable; But Some
Cities Could Be Without Daily Papers By 2010
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Dow Chemical cuts 11% of workforce, closes plants
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Lehman Japan to Sell $6 Billion in Mortgage Assets
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Investor fear drives US Treasury yields to near zero...
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Video: More Than
500,000 U.S. Jobs Axed in November
