Breaking News and Commentary from CLG - 5 Jul 2012

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05 Jul 2012

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Navy plans $40 million fiber-optic link to Guantánamo base --$40 million project will put an underwater cable from base in southeast Cuba through Windward Passage to an undisclosed link in South Florida 04 Jul 2012 The Pentagon has decided to lay an estimated $40 million underwater fiber-optic cable from Guantánamo Bay to South Florida, The Miami Herald has learned, in the latest sign that the military is preparing for detentions and other operations at the Navy base for the long-term. A State Department spokesman would not disclose what the Cuban government was told about the project, or when. Nor would the Pentagon disclose where the cable would likely come ashore in South Florida after passing through the Windward Passage east of Cuba and emerging from the Atlantic Ocean - Key West, just 80 miles north of Havana, Miami, or somewhere else.

NATO warships move into Mediterranean Sea: Report 05 Jul 2012 A convoy of NATO warships has left Turkey for the Mediterranean Sea purportedly to carry out anti-terrorism operations in the region, a report says. According to a July 5 report published by the Turkish Hurriyet Daily, the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 set off from Istanbul. The group consists of Turkey's TCG Gediz, France's Courbet and Germany's Bayern warships and the three frigates have a total of 545 crew members on board, with Germany leading the mission. German Rear Admiral Thorsten Kahler said on Wednesday that the mission of the maritime group is "to give a clear message to terrorists in the region that NATO is on duty." [Right, NATO is protecting the region from themselves.]

Iran will duplicate captured US RQ-170 spy drone: IRGC cmdr. 03 Jul 2012 A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran has gained enough information from the US drone it captured last year to duplicate the aircraft. "The American RQ-170 drone will be undoubtedly duplicated," Commander of the IRGC's Aerospace Division Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh noted on Tuesday. Rejecting foreign media reports about Iran's inability to decode drone's information, the IRGC commander said the Islamic Republic has already proven its prowess by sending codes which made the drone land on the Iranian soil.

Iran's state TV accuse BBC of hacking website to change results of nuclear poll 04 Jul 2012 Iran's state TV charged Wednesday that the BBC hacked its website to change the results of a poll about Iran's nuclear program. The BBC denied the allegation. The British broadcaster's Farsi language service reported that the poll showed 63 percent of those who took part favored halting uranium enrichment in exchange for an end to Western economic sanctions. The TV report Wednesday said the actual figure was 24 percent, and the rest favored retaliation against the West with measures like closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a key to exporting oil from the Gulf.

Israel to resume W. Bank security fence construction against ICJ ruling 05 Jul 2012 Israel says it has plans to resume construction of its controversial security fence in the occupied West Bank after a five-year delay. Israel will continue construction of a separation barrier in West Bank within next few weeks after a five-year delay caused by legal appeals filed by Palestinians and international pressure, Israel's public radio quoted an army officer on Thursday as saying. Colonel Ofer Hindi, who is in charge of the barrier project, told the Israeli Supreme Court on Wednesday that work will initially begin around a group of settlements near the West Bank town of Bethlehem.

NATO tied to Muslim slaughter at Srebrenica 03 Jul 2012 One of the most brutal incidents in recent history is the massacre at Srebrenica in 1995 by a paramilitary group known as "the Scorpions." We now have a top level witness and reams of official documents that categorically prove that it was NATO ordered, not only the Dutch "stand down" that led to the killings, but recruited, paid and controlled the Scorpions as well.

Pakistan opposition parties blast govt. over NATO supply routes 05 Jul 2012 Pakistan's mainstream political opposition parties have condemned Islamabad over the reopening of supply routes for the US-led NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan, Press TV reports. Leader of opposition in the country's National Assembly, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, called the government's decision "a source of degradation and humiliation for Pakistan." "The inept rulers have made Pakistan a laughing stock in the world and through their latest move over reopening of the routes have made a mockery of the unanimous parliamentary resolutions," he said.

Pro-Taliban militants in Pakistan vow to target NATO supply trucks 04 Jul 2012 Pro-Taliban militants in Pakistan have threatened to attack trucks transporting supplies destined for the US-led foreign forces in neighboring Afghanistan, following Islamabad's agreement to end its seven-month blockade. The militants said the supplies are used to target its members fighting against occupation in Afghanistan. "We will not only attack the supplies but also kill the drivers of these trucks," Militants' spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said.

Roadside bomb hits Italian military convoy in Afghanistan 05 Jul 2012 A roadside bomb has struck a US-led Italian military convoy in Afghanistan's Herat Province. The soldiers were traveling in the Gozra district of western Herat Province when the bomb went off on Thursday. The attack comes a day after an Afghan soldier opened fire on US forces stationed in the central province of Wardak, leaving five soldiers injured.

Two German troopers wounded in northern Afghanistan 05 Jul 2012 At least two German soldiers serving with the US-led NATO forces have been wounded by Taliban militants in northern Afghanistan, Press TV reports. The incident occurred on Thursday when Taliban militants targeted the soldiers in Kundoz province. However, the militants have claimed that eight German soldiers were killed during the attack. They said two vehicles belonging to the NATO forces were also destroyed.

Six arrested in terror raid near Olympic site 06 Jul 2012 Six people, including three living close to the Olympic site and a former police community support officer, have been arrested over a suspected terrorist plot. The alleged plan involved 'Islamist extremists' with potential targets in the UK, but was not linked to the Olympics, it is understood. The arrests were part of an intelligence-led operation by the Metropolitan Police counter-terror command along with armed officers, but the threat was not thought to be imminent. Five men and a woman were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism and were being held at a southeast London police station, police said.

Six arrested in London over alleged terror plot 05 Jul 2012 Three brothers from Stratford - home to the Olympic Games - have been arrested in a pre-planned counter-terrorism operation. The three were among six individuals whom investigators arrested on Thursday. The group is understood to have included a former police and community support officer for the Metropolitan police, but Scotland Yard would not confirm that detail. The raids were carried out by counter-terrorism officers investigating a suspected plot to attack targets in Britain. One person was shot with a Taser stun gun and Scotland Yard said armed officers had been deployed during the arrests, which is an unusual decision and indicative of the risk counter-terrorism chiefs thought officers faced in detaining the suspects.

Maple Seed Drones Will Swarm the Future [Not if enough people *blow them out of the sky.*] 04 Jul 2012 Imagine a cheap, tiny, hovering aerial drone capable of being launched with the flick of a person's wrist and able to provide manipulable 360-degree surveillance views. It's real, it's inspired by maple seeds, and the company behind it, Lockheed Martin, envisions a future in which swarms of the new drones can be deployed at a fraction of the cost and with greater capabilities than drones being used today by the military and other agencies. "Think about dropping a thousand of these out of an aircraft," said Bill Borgia, head of Lockheed Martin's Intelligent Robotics Lab, in a phone interview with TPM.

Fukushima radiation sizzling at 10 sieverts in flooded basement of unit 1 29 Jun 2012 Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Wednesday that radiation levels exceeding 10 sieverts have been detected in the flooded basement of reactor 1 at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, a development that will hamper its decommissioning. Radiation from the basement water was found to be as high as 10,300 millisieverts an hour, a deadly intensity that will deliver the maximum annual dose in only 20 seconds and sicken anyone who is exposed within minutes. Tepco said the radiation level in unit 1, the first of the three reactors hit by hydrogen explosions and meltdowns during the crisis, is 10 times higher than in units 2 and 3, which also suffered meltdowns.

Oi's reactor 3 first to go critical after Fukushima --Utility is firing up 1.18-million-kw reactor, despite presence of hundreds of protesters there since Saturday 03 Jul 2012 Reactor 3 at the Oi power plant in Fukui Prefecture attained a self-sustaining chain reaction, or criticality, early Monday after being restarted the previous night, becoming the first in the nation reactivated since the Fukushima meltdown crisis effectively shut down the nuclear power industry. Kansai Electric Power Co.'s reactor 3 in Oi, Fukui Prefecture, was taken offline for mandatory checks in March last year. It is slated to gradually increase output and resume power transmission as early as Wednesday, and reach full operation Sunday.

Mystery Bermuda-based company and other undisclosed Romney assets hint at larger wealth 04 Jul 2012 For nearly 15 years, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's financial portfolio has included an offshore company that remained invisible to voters as his political star rose. Based in Bermuda, Sankaty High Yield Asset Investors Ltd. was not listed on any of Romney's state or federal financial reports. The company is among several Romney holdings that have not been fully disclosed, including one that recently posted a $1.9 million earning - suggesting he could be wealthier than the nearly $250 million estimated by his campaign.

9 largest US banks give regulators plans on how they'd wind down if they were to fail 03 Jul 2012 Nine of the largest U.S. banks have submitted plans offering roadmaps for how the government could break up and sell off their assets if they are in danger of failing. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. released summaries of the "living wills" on Tuesday for Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and UBS. More than 100 other banks are required to submit living wills by the end of next year.

Poor Land in Jail as Companies Add Huge Fees for Probation 03 Jul 2012 Richard Earl Garrett is the lead plaintiff in a class action suit against the town of Harpersville, Ala. Mr. Garrett has spent a total of 24 months in jail and owes $10,000, all for traffic and license violations that began a decade ago. William M. Dawson, a Birmingham lawyer and Democratic Party activist, has filed a lawsuit for Mr. Garrett and others against the local authorities and the probation company, Judicial Correction Services, which is based in Georgia. In Georgia, three dozen for-profit probation companies operate in hundreds of courts, and there have been similar lawsuits.

Pressure Grows on Obama Administration to Protect Polar Bears (Natural Resources Defense Council) 28 Jun 2012 The United States is in a position to help lead the world in doing just that at the next meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). There's every reason to expect the United States to lead here; two years ago, President Obama sponsored a CITES resolution to end international commercial trade in polar bear parts. But for some reason, the Administration seems to be waffling and calls for Presidential action are growing.

Greenpeace: Save Polar Bears From Homelessness 05 Jul 2012 Watching a stranded animal scrounge and starve is enough to pull at anyone’s heart strings. That is the imagery behind a powerful new Greenpeace video staring a homeless polar bear wondering the streets of London. The clip, featuring music from Radiohead and a voiceover by actor Jude Law, encourages individuals to join Greenpeace's campaign to "Save the Arctic" and help polar bears before they become homeless. The need to protect the natural resources in the Arctic region has come under close watch in recent months as many major oil companies have continued to show an interest in exploring their options. With already record low levels of sea ice occurring, this could mean an even faster depletion of the polar bear's habitat, leading to an increase in cannibalism within the species and threatening their existence.

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