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Kiki Cameron Executed On Orders of the CIA?

El Diario de Coahuila (10-13-13) Proceso (10-12-13) By Luis Chaparro and J. Jesus Esquivel. Translated by un vato for Borderland Beat. By Borderland Beat Reporter un vato

(WASHINGTON DC) - A story that sounds like it was taken from a complex espionage novel has just exploded on U.S. television.

Enrique Kiki Camarena, the DEA law enforcement officer murdered in Mexico in February, 1985, was apparently not the victim of the Mexican capo Rafael Caro Quintero, but rather, of a dark member of the CIA. This individual was the one charged with silencing the anti-narcotics agent for one serious reason...

Oh! Africa

Oh! Africa, how many sins
Have been committed in your name
For the sake of keeping our tyrants
Unaccountable for their evil deeds?

(UGANDA) - Now that we ceased to give recognition
To ICC that only targets “our statesmen”
Why shan’t we also do away?
With our own kangaroo courts

Notorious for their selective justice
By only targeting small time crooks
While turning a blind eye
To big time corrupts

Myanmar Urged to Ratify Chemical Weapons Treaty

The signing came ten months after Thein Sein pledged to abide by the U.N.’s arms embargo on North Korea and to allow the IAEA full access to Myanmar weapons sites.

(HONG KONG) - The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a global chemical weapons watchdog on Friday has prompted a call for Myanmar to ratify a key international treaty banning the arms.

New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Myanmar must ratify the Chemical Weapons Convention two decades after signing if it wants to prove to the international community it is serious about reforms.

There Are Hopes for A Breakthrough in Iran-US Talks: Gary Sick

This interview was conducted in the final hours of which he held a historic, 15-minute phone conversation with his American counterpart Barack Obama.

(TEHRAN) - In less than 3 days, Iran and the six world powers (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) will be sitting at the negotiating table in Geneva to discuss the controversy over Iran’s nuclear program and find ways for getting out of the stalemate that has marred Iran’s relations with the West for more than one decade.

Following the victory of Dr. Hassan Rouhani in Iran’s June 14 presidential elections, hopes were revitalized that the nuclear standoff can be resolved...

`Family Circle` Names Portland as One of Mag`s Best Haunted City

Family Circle names the Top 7 best haunted cities for families.

(NEW YORK) - Family Circle, today announces its picks for America’s7 Best Haunted Cities. Get in the Halloween mood with a tour of these seven creepy towns.

From ghosts to witches, there’s no shortage of spooky scares and thrills in a community near you. TheBest Haunted Cities is featured in the October 2013 issue...

The Fading Valley Film Comes to NY in November as Part of The Other Israel Film Festival

If you know people who might attend, please give this posting wings and bring it to their attention. This is a very special attempt to break the silence around the goings on in the Jordan Valley.

(TEL AVIV) - The Fading Valley is a poetic film about the Jordan Valley, the Palestinians who live there and the challenges they face as they struggle to survive under the restrictions of the Occupation. I highly recommend this beautiful and thought provoking documentary.

It is aptly chosen to present a view of "The Other Israel". The film was produced by MachsomWatch, please note the screening specified by Other Israel Film Festival in NY in mid-November.

A `Right Winger` on Iran and Syria: An Opening to Iran?

There are more than three-quarters of us who do not want war on Iran. It is essential that we keep the pressure on the Administration to ignore the war demands in both political parties and among the so-called foreign policy experts

(WASHINGTON DC) - Last week, for the first time since the 1979 Iranian revolution, the US president spoke with his Iranian counterpart. Their 15 minute telephone call was reported to open the door to further high-level discussions. This is a very important event.

I have been saying for years that we should just talk to the Iranians. After all, we talked to the Soviets when they actually had thousands of nuclear missiles pointed at us!

Stars & Stripes: JPAC Admits to Phony Ceremonies Honoring `Returning` Remains

The ceremonies at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii are held up as a sign of the nation’s commitment to its fallen warriors.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Department of Defense unit charged with recovering servicemembers’ remains abroad has been holding phony “arrival ceremonies” for seven years, with an honor guard carrying flag-draped coffins off of a cargo plane as though they held the remains returning that day from old battlefields.

The Pentagon acknowledged Wednesday that no honored dead were in fact arriving, and that the planes used in the ceremonies often couldn’t even fly, and were towed into position.

Steve King Earns Most Votes for Monsanto Minion Award

A petition to Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa)...

(WASHINGTON DC) - Last week, the OCA sent its members a list of seven U.S. Reps and Senators who have worked hard on behalf of Monsanto. We asked consumers to vote for their favorite "Monsanto Minion." Consumers put Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), also known as the Emperor of all Morons, at the top of the list. (Click here to see how all seven ranked).

This week, the OCA joined our ally, Occupy Monsanto, to deliver the awards. Posing as lobbyists, we hand-delivered the awards.

UPDATE: Oregon Amber Alert Cancelled for Missing Two Year Old

UPDATE: The AMBER Alert issued for Gresham Police Department was cancelled and deactivated. Gresham police confirmed the suspect was taken into custody and the child was found safe.

(GRESHAM OR) - An AMBER Alert was activated in Oregon following a request from Gresham Police Department Saturday afternoon for a child and male suspect sought following a Saturday morning shooting at a Gresham-area apartment.

Gresham Police Department is asking for the public's help to find suspect Joshua R. Cavett, age 36, from Portland, who is believed to be accompanied by his 2-year old daughter Paige Cavett.