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Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance Full Text of Recep Tayyip Erdogan`s Speech on Flotilla Massacre

In English, Turkish and Italian, with subtitled videos.

(ROME) - Today I do not only want to speak to my dear people but to all of humanity.

Turkish Prime Minister Violates Israeli Patent on Terrorist Terminology

The exploitation by Israel of the term “terrorist”—often employed to describe such things as entire Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon—is so painfully clichéd that it has even become painfully clichéd to talk about how clichéd it is.

(ISTANBUL) - Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon endeavored this week to convince the world that the massacre by IDF commandos of humanitarian aid activists, part of the Freedom Flotilla en route to Gaza—was in fact justifiable due to ties between ship passengers and global jihad, Al Qaeda, and Hamas.

An Italian Fascist Founded the Unit which Attacked the Freedom Flotilla

Wikipedia tells us that the team was "formed in 1949 by Yohai Ben-Nun".

(FLORENCE, Italy) - Wikipedia has this to say to about Shayetet 13, the unit which carried out the Freedom Flotilla massacre:

Attack on Freedom Flotilla was Beyond the Pale

After this incident, the world should realize it should stop kowtowing to Israel and should inform Tel Aviv that it can no longer flout international law.

(TEHRAN) - On May 31, Israel added another shameful chapter to its long history of blatant disregard of international law and the Geneva Conventions when its navy and air force attacked the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla in international waters, killing 9 international activists and wounding dozens of others.

In a wanton act of state-sponsored terrorism, Israeli warships encircled the aid ships, 150 kilometers outside of its territorial waters, and Israeli gunship helicopters dropped commandos onto the ships, who then began shooting the people on board without giving any prior warning.

American Citizen Among those Killed in Israeli Attack on Mavi Marmara

The American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) condemns action; calls on U.S. to hold Israel accountable.

(CHICAGO) - A 19-year-old American citizen is among the nine victims of Israel’s deadly raid on the Freedom Flotilla Monday, the New York Times is reporting today.

Hillsboro Police Exchange Gunfire With Suspect During Welfare Check

The officer and the suspect both survived the shooting.

(HILLSBORO, Ore.) - Hillsboro police and Washington County Sheriff's deputies were involved in a shooting today around 4:50 p.m., while responding to a welfare check of a distraught man in the 600 block of north 1st Avenue in Hillsboro.

Police say the subject's therapist called police asking for the check because of his recent agitated mental state.

Missing 21-Year Old Man Located in Polk County

Brandon Barrette is safe and sound.

(DALLAS, Ore.) - On Saturday, June 05, 2010 at about 8:00 a.m., an off duty Polk County Search and Rescue member recognized a male sitting in the Riverview Park, City of Independence, Polk County.

This search and rescue member recognized this male as Mr. Brandon Barrette, who was reported as a missing person on June 3rd, from a county park located at the end of Halls Ferry Road, Polk County.

Anwar al-Awlaki and `CIA Islam`

Al-Awlaki is a U.S. Citizen, who pursued a Doctorate in Education at George Washington University in Washington D.C.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Anwar al-Awlaki received some press coverage recently when the U.S. Government declared that they had put out a hit on him. Al-Awlaki has documented connections to several 9/11 hijackers and to Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hassan. The “Times Square Unexplosive Device Planter” Faisal Shahad claims to have been inspired by him.

What is less covered in the media is that other so called “jihadis” have declared him to be a CIA agent.

Commerce News: Migrant Remittances Down, Up

Long-term trends favor migrant remittances as Mexico’s principal source of foreign exchange in the future.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - In the first trimester of 2010, the amount of dollars sent by migrant workers in the US to Mexico registered the worst seasonal plunge in five years, the Bank of Mexico reported this week.

According to the country’s central bank, about $6.6 billion in remittances entered the country’s economy during the first four months of 2010. The sum was nearly 9 percent less than the $7.25 billion received during the same period in 2009.

Northgate Park Homicide and Stabbing Suspects Apprehended In Mexico

"These arrests show that you cannot run from justice" - Arthur Balizan, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Oregon

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem Police report that two brothers, both fugitives from the law on major investigations, have been apprehended in Mexico.

Police say Lorenzo Garcia-Ceja and his brother, Manuel Salvador Garcia-Ceja, were apprehended in Zamora, Mexico on the morning of June 3rd.