7/23/07 - 7/26/07

• CIA discounted British concerns, say MPs
  --The Guardian (These secret renditions always seem to involve Western intelligence assets.)

7/20/07 - 7/22/07

• Drug Smugglers Kill 11 Iranians in Elite Corps
  --The New York Times (This appears to be a continuation of U.S.-Jundullah proxy operations.)
  
  
• European Parliament seeks support for terrorist MKO
  --Press TV
  
  
• Congressman Denied COG Information
  --The Oregonian (The COG program was activated on 9/11, placing Cheney in charge of a shadow government that is apparently still active today. A simple internet search reveals as much, not to mention Cheney's long-term involvement with the ultra-secretive program.)
  
  
• Lawyers blame Pakistani gov't for Islamabad bombing
  --The News Pakistan
  
  
• Corn-fed ethanol production takes food prices higher in Jamaica
  --Jamaica Gleaner
  
  
• Rothschild dynasty unites after 190 years
  --The Telegraph
  
  
• Reading the wrong thing in public can get you in trouble
  --The Weekly Planet
  
  
• Watchdog group: Government awards contracts despite firms’ misconduct
  --The Hill
  
  
• Former Lockheed Martin Employee Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Making False Statements
  --PR Newswire
  
  
• White House Says Hill Can't Pursue Contempt Cases
  --The Washington Post
  
  
• Inspector General Confirms Probe of Rogue FBI Anti-Terror Office
  --Wired
  
  
• Britain is protecting the biggest heroin crop of all time
  --The Daily Mail
  
  
• Overhaul Plan for Vote System Will Be Delayed
  --The New York Times
  
  
• Record Failures at Oil Refineries Raise Gas Prices
  --The New York Times
  
  
• Iraq Unions Vow Muitiny
  --UPI
  
  
• U.S. bending rules on Colombia terror?
  --The Los Angeles Times
  
  
• Federal investigators uncover network of kickbacks, bribes and fraud at KBR
  --The New York Times
  
  
• U.S. Plan to Destabilize Venezuela
  --IRC Right Web
  
  
• Political Clashes Shake Venezuela’s Strained Oil Industry
  --The New York Times
  
  
• Mexico, Venezuela oil slumps could hit U.S. supply
  --Reuters
  
  
• CIBC predicts $100 oil by end of next year
  --Alberta Index
  
  
• The Global Thirst for Crude Is Set to Rise
  --Arab News
  
  
• Audio of Nafeez Ahmed: "History of Creating Terror"
  --9/11 Blogger

7/15/07 - 7/19/07

• Widow of Daniel Pearl sues reputed terrorists, Pakistani bank
  --The Associated Press (As noted in this article, the Al-Rashid Trust is named as a defendant in the lawsuit. In addition to the group's role in Pearl's kidnap and murder, the organization was allegedly used by Omar Sheikh to funnel $100,000 to Mohammed Atta in August of 2001.)
  
  
• Holy Land terror finance case heading to court
  --The Dallas Morning News (This trial will scratch the surface of a U.S.-backed terror network. Recall that during the 1990s FBI Special Agent Robert Wright was blocked from investigating and prosecuting some of these very same individuals--individuals that happened to be crossing paths with influential figures in Washington, with covert U.S. intelligence operations, and with organized crime. Keep an eye on this case, as some interesting details are bound to slip out. The government, for instance, is planning to call former Ptech board member Abdurahman Alamoudi to testify as a witness. Close readers will also notice several suspicious links tracing back to the investment bank formally known as BMI.)
  
  
• Ptech owner Yassin al-Qadi 'enjoying his complete freedom on Saudi land'
  --Arab News
  
  
• US committed to Kosovo independence: Rice
  --Agence France Presse
  
  
• Leader of Al Qaeda group in Iraq was fictional, U.S. military says
  --International Herald Tribune
  
  
• Critics Slam Intel Chair's Secrecy Over Bribery Report
  --ABC News
  
  
• 20.5 Million Decisions to Classify Documents in 2006
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• Food prices hit 17-year high
  --McClatchy-Tribune
  
  
• UN warns it cannot afford to feed the world
  --The Financial Times
  
  
• Biofuel mania ends days of cheap food
  --The New Zealand Herald
  
  
• Biofuel demand makes fried food expensive in Indonesia
  --Reuters
  
  
• Ice-cream makers frozen out as corn price rises
  --The Times
  
  
• ABC Reporter Becomes White House Spokesman
  --Stars & Stripes
  
  
• Silent surge in contractor 'armies'
  --The Christian Science Monitor
  
  
• US renting Pak army for $100 million a month
  --The Times of India
  
  
• Papers Detail Industry's Role in Cheney's Energy Report
  --The Washington Post
  
  
• Cheney Suppressed Evidence in California Energy Crisis
  --Truth Out
  
  
• U.S. oil may hit $95 if OPEC does not hike output: Goldman
  --Reuters
  
  
• Government to Finance Halliburton Nigerian Export
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• FEMA Knew Of Toxic Gas In Trailers
  --The Washington Post
  
  
• Plame Suit Dismissed by Controversial GOP Loyalist
  --Truth Out
  
  
• Swiss glacier retreats at a rapid clip
  --The Christian Science Monitor
  
  
• China says climate change drying up major rivers
  --Reuters
  
  
• A Boeing / Israeli Joint Venture: Spy Towers on the US Border
  --Counterpunch

7/11/07 - 7/14/07

• Top Secret: We're Wiretapping You
  --Wired (The government's motivation for secretly wiretapping the Al-Haramain Foundation may have something to do with the group's assistance to the KLA during the late 1990s. Al-Haramain was reportedly headed by Yassin al-Qadi, a reported CIA front man for the 'jihad' in Kosovo, not to mention the owner of Ptech.)
  
  
• President Bush Has Made Afghanistan Safe For Opium Production Once Again
  --News By Us
  
  
• White House has manual for silencing protestors and demonstrations
  --The Progressive via AlterNet
  
  
• Americans Scanned For Terror Risk
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• Video of Joe Wilson: Bush, Cheney Endangered National Security
  --PoliticsTV via YouTube
  
  
• Air Force Quietly Building Iraq Presence
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• Prince Bandar donated $750,000 to terrorist group, U.S. proxy MKO
  --Press TV
  
  
• Turkey asks US about weapons 'given to PKK'
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• Ethanol use sends food prices up, up, up
  --St. Petersburg Times
  
  
• Nation's poor hit by housing crunch
  --McClatchy Newspapers
  
  
• Foreclosures hit record numbers
  --Bloomberg
  
  
• Road to New Life After Katrina Is Closed to Many
  --The New York Times
  
  
• FEMA Demanding Return of $1.6 million in Katrina funds
  --The Daily Advertiser
  
  
• End of Cheap-Food Era Bad News for Poor
  --North Bay Nugget
  
  
• Dollar hits record low against euro
  --Bloomberg, Reuters, AP
  
  
• Security boost after Mexico blasts
  --Al Jazeera
  
  
• Gas pumps run dry in Nebraska, Governor Declares State of Emergency
  --KETV7
  
  
• $80 oil lurks
  --CNN
  
  
• Pentagon criticized for armor contracts
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• Intelligence Watchdog Silent for Five Years
  --The Washington Post
  
  
• Saudi Flights on Mob, CIA-Linked Charters
  --Mad Cow Morning News

7/9/07 - 7/10/07

• MKO, al-Qaeda co-op disclosed
  --Press TV (The MKO is a well-known anti-Iranian U.S. proxy force in Iraq.)
  
  
• Drought Saps the Southeast, and Its Farmers
  --The New York Times
  
  
• Attack of the mutant rice
  --Forbes
  
  
• World will face oil crunch ‘in five years’
  --The Financial Times
  
  
• World oil prices forge new peaks
  --The Herald Sun
  
  
• Despite warnings, oil usage expected to increase
  --International Herald Tribune
  
  
• Founder of Iraq Oil Workers Union Rejects U.S.-Backed Oil Law as "Robbery"
  --Democracy Now!
  
  
• Despite Its Huge Flaws, Ethanol Is Political Holy Water in DC
  --The Washington Spectator
  
  
• Judges OK warrantless monitoring of Web use
  --The San Francisco Chronicle
  
  
• New York Plans Surveillance Veil for Downtown
  --The New York Times
  
  
• Ex- convicts and addicts may get DoD clearance
  --The Hill
  
  
• US Coal Firm Linked to Colombia Militias
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• Shares of KBR Jump to New High
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• U.S. Killed al-Qaeda "leader" twice
  --The Examiner
  
  
• U.S. aborted raid on Qaeda chiefs in Pakistan in '05
  --The New York Times
  
  
• Fake Terror and Instability in North Africa
  --Guerrilla News Network
  
  
• China to search for oil in Sudan
  --BBC
  
  
• Report: Wars Costing $12 Billion a Month
  --The Associated Press
  
  
• U.S. troops outnumbered by contractors
  --The Los Angeles Times
  
  
• Iraq invasion strengthened the militants
  --The Independent
  
  
• Understanding the failed UK car bombings
  --Online Journal
  
  
• Alleged Intelligence Front Predicted Attacks
  --Prison Planet
  
  
• Food is growing out of consumers' reach
  --The Denver Post

Summer Break

I apologize for the infrequency of updates over the past week or so. I have been on vacation in northern Vermont.

I originally intended to keep the website updated while here, but Lake Champlain has been unusually spectacular for pike fishing.

I have decided to take a few days to just sit back and relax. Posting will resume on Monday.

'Champ' sends his regards!