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RAF Tornado Pilots Abort Targets to Avoid Civilians

To kill or not to kill; for once it was not a question.

(SALEM, Ore.) - An article in The Telegraph by Con Coughlin today details the kind of moral military story we don't hear too often in our Wikileaks-based world.

Royal Air Force Tornado jets returned to their base after a raid on Libyan military forces loyal to Gaddafi, with their weapons still slung underneath the wings of their airplanes.

Military Action Against Gadaffi is Not the Solution

Bottom line: military action in Libya is not the solution nor is it the solution in Afghanistan/Pakistan or Iraq.

(SEOUL, Korea) - The no fly zone has allowed America and the coalition forces to attack Gaddafi forces, if Gaddafi retaliates with NATO causalities this can very possibly lead to a full scale war and Libya can very quickly become the next Iraq, but even worse than Iraq and will become a terrorist breeding ground, allowing Terrorist groups to Network from Libya and attack Israel.

Israel will become the biggest causality of this ridiculously stupid move by the UN approving a no fly zone.

Playing Politics at Gaza`s Rafah Crossing

Who controls the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip?

(LONDON) - Hopes that the popular uprising in Egypt will lead to the permanent opening of the Rafah Crossing into the Gaza Strip suffered a setback on 13 March.

An Anglo-French medical team of three surgeons was denied entry into the Strip by Egyptian officials.

`Miral` Asks Questions The Israel Lobby Does Not Want You to Hear

Miral is the story of two Palestinian women after the creation of Israel in 1948.

(CHICAGO) - In an early scene from the new motion picture Miral, the school principal Hind Husseini, tells a group of teenage Palestinian girls that “an uprising some people call an intifada has started”. Miral whispers to a student next to her: “It means ‘stand up straight’”

Which is precisely what Miral does in this film now under attack from leading organizations in the Israel Lobby.

`I Shall Not Hate`

Israel apartheid week is packed with events and the opposition is not able to mobilize against it.

(BETHLEHEM) - Israel apartheid week with events in over 100 cities around the world is going great. I participated already in some of the events and will join others.

Events are packed and the opposition is not able to mobilize even among Zionist Jews in America.

Iran Designed and Built Jet Fighter `Saeqeh` Enters Air Force Service

Iran Announces first all-Iranian aircraft squadron.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Iran takes a unique step forward in the world of military aviation with the announcement of the country's first jet fighter squadron comprised of all Iranian aircraft. The Saeqeh jet fighter; Iranian built and designed- now has become part of Iran's Air Force.

Saeqeh means 'Thunderbolt' in Iran and that name was applied to what was undoubtedly one of the best American WWII fighters, the P-47 Thunderbolt which had a ridiculous amount of horsepower toward the end of the war.

Murdering Babies is `Permissible` When They`re Palestinian

Network news reports Israeli children’s deaths 14 times more than Palestinians.

(SACRAMENTO) - The awful murder of three small Israeli children and their parents has been widely reported in the US.

Lawmakers Voting in Favor of Defunding NPR Received Over $24K From Conservative Leaning Groups, On Average

Over a two year period, lawmakers voting in favor of passage received 26 times more in contributions ($24,424) from these interest groups than lawmakers voting against the measure ($948).

(BERKELEY, Calif.) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to stop federal funding for National Public Radio.

The measure (HR 1076) passed on a (228-192) virtual party line vote, with seven Republicans breaking ranks to vote against passage. The measure faces an uphill battle in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

Truly Audacious Hope tells a Story of Truth and Connection

"HOPE has two children. The first is ANGER at the way things are. The second is COURAGE to DO SOMETHING about it" - St. Augustine

(CLERMONT, Fla) - “Hopi” means Peaceful People, and the truest and greatest power is the strength of peace. Because Peace is the Will of the Great Spirit.

But do not think that just because the True Hopi People have been told by the Great Spirit never to take up arms that the True Hopi People will not fight, even die for what we know to be the right way of Life. The True Hopi People Know how to fight without killing or hurting.

Section of Highway One Near Big Sur Crashes Into Pacific Ocean

Big Sur businesses will remain OPEN.

(BIG SUR, Calif.) - Big Sur residents and other travelers are fortunate today after a section of Highway 1 tumbled 200 feet straight down to the beach below.