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Salem-News.com (Feb-10-2012 15:17:00)

Reactor Reax- Weekly Roundup of Nuclear-Related Articles

New reactors means no lessons learned...

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Nuclear reactor After decades of no activity, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted to award a license to a group to build two reactors in Georgia.

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Salem-News.com (Feb-10-2012 14:33:00)

Truth with Transparency Reveals Hidden Agendas

Ken O'Keefe's Trade Not Aid Mission for Palestine was derailed by once-allies in the fight for equality and freedom. Now they are known as the hijackers.

(LONDON) - Ken O`Keefe I picked up most of my stolen property from the police yesterday, 3 months of having nearly all of my hard drives, my phone, my camera, reams of paperwork, what is the result?

Nothing but the disruption of the Trade Not Aid Mission and a bit more fuel to slander me. And that is the point really, to disrupt anything meaningful for Palestine.

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Salem-News.com (Feb-10-2012 14:30:00)

Information on Obtaining Benefits for PTSD

The nitty gritty details that a veteran needs to know...

(CHAMPAIGN, Ill) - PTSD According to one of my experts... there is much more to consider than what is listed here, especially when trying to get the earliest effective date possible for the PTSD grant, but what is here doesn't appear to be wrong.

There are two basic steps to receive a disability from the Veterans Administration for PTSD. The first step is filing a claim with the VA for PTSD.

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Salem-News.com (Feb-10-2012 12:36:00)

Egypt Military Rejects US Threats & Braces for General Strike

“A phone call from the American embassy in Cairo used to be the sure thing to straighten up such a wretched mess. But this time it wasn’t enough.”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Egyptian investigative judges investigating the foreign funding of NGOs, enter a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Cairo on Feb. 8, 2012 Egypt’s ruling military council has rejected US threats to end aid payments to the country.

US-Egypt tensions have risen considerably following the decision to ban 43 pro-democracy staffers from travel, and charge them in a Cairo court for violating laws regulating the operation of NGOs.

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Salem-News.com (Feb-10-2012 12:13:00)

Banished: US Deports Hundreds of Military Veterans

First they served, now they are forced to flee.

(ROSARITO, Baja California) - Spc. Hector Barajas Keeping tabs on his U.S. citizenship application wasn't much of a priority for Marine Cpl. Rohan Coombs when he served in the Persian Gulf War.

The aircraft maintenance specialist had more pressing concerns: the safety of his comrades as bombs rained down and people died around him in the desert.

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Salem-News.com (Feb-10-2012 11:41:00)

War Crimes in Sri Lanka

THERE are signs that the international community is gearing up for action to hold Sri Lanka accountable for alleged war crimes committed by its forces at the end of the brutal civil war against the Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009.

(LONDON) - Effigy of Sri Lankan president Rajapaksa A preliminary investigation by the United Nations said Sri Lanka’s “conduct of the war represented a grave assault on the entire regime of international law” concluding that up to 40,000 Tamil civilians may have been killed in just five months.

There are indications that the death toll could be even higher.

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Salem-News.com (Feb-10-2012 03:49:00)

Confronting Intimidation, Working for Justice in Palestine

Undoubtedly the centers of power that fuel this culture of intimidation lie to a great extent in the United States...

(LONDON) - Demonstration in commemoration of the killing of Mustafa Tamimi, Nabi Salih, West Bank If we had a wish list for 2012 as Palestinians and friends of Palestine, one of the top items ought to be our hope that we can translate the dramatic shift in recent years in world public opinion into political action against Israeli policies on the ground.

We know why this has not yet materialized...

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Salem-News.com (Feb-10-2012 03:14:00)

Will Iran Be Attacked?

Washington’s top military officials have created the impression that an act of Israeli aggression against Iran is a done deal.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Iran surrounded There is speculation that Washington has called off its two longest running wars--Iraq and Afghanistan--in order to deploy forces against Iran.

Two of Washington’s fleets have been assigned to the Persian Gulf along with NATO warships. Missiles have been spread amongst Washington’s Oil Emirate and Middle Eastern puppet states. US troops have been deployed in Israel and Kuwait.

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Salem-News.com (Feb-10-2012 02:24:00)

Misguided Buddhist Zealots

Who is responsible for this blatant disregard for Tamil culture?

(NEW DELHI ) - Keeramalai Since the end of the conflict in 2009, a new phenomena has emerged. That of Buddha statues being erected along the A9 route that leads to Jaffna.

Over 28 Buddha statues have been counted along this route since the war concluded in May 2009. The comedy of this charade (what else can one call it?) is that these statues are placed in areas where little or no Buddhists reside.

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Salem-News.com (Feb-10-2012 02:10:00)

Environmental Protection Agencies: Federal and State Versions Under Siege

Reducing Power and Lowering Standards of Environmental Oversight Is Fiscal Stupidity.

(LAGUNA BEACH) - Water from fracking is polluted They pitch the battle as environment vs. jobs, it is a phony argument using economic recovery through ecological laxity as the key to our nation’s fiscal woes.

This type of “Zero Sum Game,” is a winner-take-all scenario that will create more jobs---More jobs in the remediation and restoration career sectors after we’ve destroyed our country’s ecologies.

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Tribute to Palestine and to the incredible courage, determination and struggle of the Palestinian People. ~Dom Martin

The NAACP of the Willamette Valley






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