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Mossad Tied to `Underwear Bomber`

The American public is being misled again into believing that this “lone nut” terrorist sneaked through the system due to mere incompetence, similar to what occurred on 9-11.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - “His explosives couldn’t have blown up his own seat. Even if full power, it wouldn’t have worked.”

These were the words relayed to me during a Jan. 2 interview with military analyst and counterinsurgency specialist Gordon Duff in regard to the attempt of Christmas Day underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab to ignite 80 grams of the explosive PETN on a flight destined for America.

Intifada-Palestine Celebrates First Birthday

“Shaking off” is the literal translation of “intifada.”

(MEXICO CITY) - Intifada was begun as a pro-Palestine Blog on 11th January, 2009 and managed by a single person trying to satiate a need for truth in a world voraciously devoured by inconsistencies and uncomprehending propaganda and lies against the Palestinian people.

We are delighted to announce more than 171,000 visits during the year from readers around the globe.

Christian Activists and Shepherds Attacked by Israeli Soldiers

Israeli soldiers attack and injure Palestinian shepherds and Christians.

(AT TUSANI, WEST BANK) - On the morning of Thursday 7 January 2010, Israeli soldiers attacked and injured Palestinian shepherds from the Musa Raba’i family.

Eva Golinger Describes Curacao as the Third Frontier of the United States

US combat plane violated Venezuelan airspace Friday.

(CARACAS, Venezuela) - Friday's violation of Venezuelan airspace by a US military plane is another example of the escalation in provocations against Venezuela and evidence of the danger US military presence in the region represents.

The US plane had flown over a strategic Venezuelan military base on La Orchila.

Company of the Year... Monsanto?

Maybe they could hire Charles Manson to be their spokesperson?

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - What a slap in the face. What an insult. What a display of ignorance. What little to no compassion, let alone admission of guilt to the war crimes this company was involved in.

No, they were never convicted – because they settled out of court like Dow and the rest of the criminals who created, sold, and made hundreds of millions of dollars creating, selling and reaping the profits from Dioxin – yes, Agent Orange.

Interview with George Galloway Inside Gaza

One month, thousands of miles, ten countries, one ship and a four flights later, Viva Palestina has entered the besieged Gaza Strip.

(GAZA/SALEM) - The people behind a 200+ car convoy who arrived in Gaza yesterday entered this embattled city with only about 75% of what they had hoped to deliver. 55 of these humanitarian aid activists were bloodied during attacks by Egyptian police.

Convoy Commander George Galloway, Member of Parliament, says it was still more than worth it.

Isn`t Hit and Run at Sea Illegal?

The area where this incident occurred was still in Australian controlled waters. That whaler ship "apparently" was whaling illegally there anyway.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In the recent case of the Japanese whaler ramming an activist boat near Antarctica, you can clearly see that the Japanese ship was heading straight for the Sea Shepherd stealth ship.

Their full intentions by doing that, via constantly aiming and shooting off water cannons at the boat, were quite obvious.

Turks Protest Egypt`s Attack on Humanitarian Convoy Traveling to Gaza

The Egyptian government's denial of entry for Viva Palestina trucks came despite talks in which a delegation of Turkish lawmakers sought to convince Cairo officials to open its border to Gaza for the aid convoy.

(ISTANBUL, Turkey) - Press TV in Iran reports that thousands of angry protesters in Turkey have staged a demonstration in the city of Istanbul to condemn the Egyptian police crackdown on a Gaza-bound aid convoy.

At least 55 people were injured in clashes that broke out between riot police and Viva Palestina activists at the Egyptian port of El-Arish on Tuesday, after Egypt said it would not allow 59 trucks for the relief convoy to enter the blockaded Gaza Strip. Following the incident, Turkish protesters poured into streets and assembled in front of the Egyptian consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday.

China Jails Tibetan Filmmaker

The India-based Tibetan government-in-exile estimates that 220 Tibetans were killed and 7,000 were detained in a subsequent region-wide crackdown.

(HONG KONG) - Authorities in the northwestern Chinese province of Qinghai have handed down a six-year jail sentence to a Tibetan filmmaker who returned from exile to make a documentary about his homeland, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

The Xilin People’s Court handed down the sentence to Dhondup Wangchen, the producer of the documentary “Leaving Fear Behind,” in a secret trial that found him guilty of “splitting the motherland,” Tibetan sources told RFA’s Tibetan service.

Petition Seeks to Bring Water to Gaza Residents

Effort is targeted toward Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and sponsored by Care2.

(NEW YORK ) - According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), more than 10,000 Gaza residents do not have water taps anywhere near their homes. On top of this, about 60 percent of Gaza residents do not have reliable access to water at all.

After the Hamas takeover of Gaza in 2007, Israel imposed sanctions against border crossings and materials exchanges across the borders. Israel officials say these sanctions are imposed in order to meet the humanitarian needs of the residents of Gaza.