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Saturday 17 January 2009
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News You Won’t Find On CNN
January 17, 2009
“If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was
landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms-never-never-never” -
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1708&78) On Affairs in
America 1777
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“We are reluctant to admit that we owe our liberties to men of a type that
today we hate and fear — unruly men, disturbers of the peace, men who
resent and denounce what Whitman called ’the insolence of elected persons’
— in a word, free men”.: Gerald W. Johnson
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“The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of
the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions”: Robert Lynd(1879-1949), Anglo-Irish
essayist, journalist
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“It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we
suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return.” : Socrates
469 - 399 BC
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“The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the
end justifies the means.”: Georges Bernanos
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We must be prepared to make heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we
make ungrudgingly for the cause of war: Albert Einstein
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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq
“1,307,319”
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBtfH1OHF0yf3EX6kh8g3fYkzFT6jNzW9kzymvFgtOE674GZJk1iVHrDAvpkuy9YmIe0w-dKdgw5HqQN8P5BysSgj3CqaoVGzY1w08AzmKAC_tdu9kRY6CdICLq-MwEvVXvfiRBJMPv4MQPSAN9L8KI8]
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially
acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,226
http://icasualties.org/oif/ [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBvtriinMZMoZ8L1Bno1_XBsdyHOJ1AJfF7ZpE4aq_CGLLUAKLIvkFYMzTp6YomAvdhG4geBfdYVBAxGNKBtKVcBbPTXMkKh6jn_x4YC-sBTKKnnh2GHeE9O]
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$588,845,244,588
See the cost in your community
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBuanO8XafqbGoOJ4WlU7COPFU7PnI2Imy1sudV2Y8FJsjhLYET-cF3ZENQFOxdHxIrCYlfz6_QK8lUWDdmZ0Hy17fEhxbD0Le1z9XDo7uXhqSQDIlu12UzixzSfh9AEhvld6sUlAvSx_e4eUGawyCd7AB8UpY9uEOmbaCgiMwMxBWDAGcop4hvS]
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Israel Bombs Main UN HQ / Compound With White ’White Phosphorus’
Shells:
By Sheera Frenkel, Jerusalem, and Philippe Naughton - Video and Text
The main UN compound in Gaza was left in flames today after being struck by
Israeli artillery fire, and a spokesman said that the building had been hit
by shells containing the incendiary agent white phosphorus.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21776.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBtsRzr1aXj-PEhU-q6tj3gNgUqcBoZCdtSlLjfLZPgqcgr2i5zEWoD_NLnyHOtiHjuf_vnmHivbReEs5PI3triAQMEYaRLB7Bb5W8dnm8Rrp2pt5h2nVWzslqze-LeVG6Al8bxg3fXXUsAkIWaKjVm9]
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700 Palestinian Refugees Forced To Flee
Outrage as Israel bombs UN
By Kim Sengupta in Jerusalem
The Al-Quds hospital was also hit by shellfire. A tower housing the Reuters
agency and other media outlets was also hit. The International Federation of
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said the damage caused to the Al Quds
hospital is “completely and utterly unacceptable based on every known
standard of international humanitarian law”.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21777.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBu_zDfslsws3-MhXvqv6UN1yLZSKuKWINWVs5u73kKozqu12zN0qK2dDXLw9BxAQ7h7VQzCNBQ-CgNteWbet6jZeM2sFNHSkxilt_ugjGVqaRwY4UHYcM_PyWGzLhnqXF383KuN8P-k65YPDMc-NPgv]
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Patients Forced From Beds As Israel Attacks Hospital
By AFP
In scenes of utter panic, patients who had been wounded in the ongoing war
in the territory could be seen trying to struggle from their beds, an AFP
photographer at the scene said.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21778.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBuzM5_oX4ZiI6vvO4M8lmOPfWy7S_bYGbSy977eBUrIm-orYtI_DfEm-maYd9ie-GugNVmC-EEYE5AHtamTrvyQKY9Ae8K3eVTFG73IQ5WdAxYXo3nUcPWcTjBbV2gU1ApN-99Ldz8ueCkVsCNMGFnn]
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Israel, US Foil UN Condemnation
By Yitzhak Benhorin
Diplomats work together to prevent Security Council statement slamming
Jewish state for UNRWA building strike.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21779.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBuYtm_oV2kimmQhdYHEVH0HOW8TybjiuBUwcaQNbk_lYiYb7FNF5Yc06Ey5rFXjcDu0HOE-zTRozoPGB8mB7jr1bW6Zcc8Dn1DMnF9efhhuU8h-knyyFbnEM-ynYakY8eya2rX8nPauMbsnBAwd4rZj]
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Enough!
Someone Must Stop Israel’s Rampant Madness in Gaza
By Gideon Levy
The streets of Gaza Thursday looked like killing fields in the midst of the
“third stage” and worse. Israel is arrogantly ignoring the Security
Council’s resolution calling for a cease-fire and is shelling the UN
compound in Gaza, as if to show its real feeling toward that institution.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21782.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBvd4iPvXbMOD0oi3jNqiFin67IxO_0hUcZNMnuhwAky_eELaqP9MSZ5XW7T3acfyAh1OjlPww9ONhHVao6dYgIHPneIBwT1qgrrRnx2lcU7PvGELyYtv_uAj4oqM8B0cqbraTKhS8AWszEZulofUnwz]
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“We Are The Authors Of This Tragedy”
By George Galloway - Video
George Galloway’s powerful speech in the House of Commons debate on Gaza,
Thu 15 Jan 2009 (5.30pm), highlighting the hypocrisy and brazen
double-standards of Western foreign policy towards Israel policies,
including assassinations and other war crimes.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21780.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBvYKvC_pY5f_cicxCnL_8jGjqiBO-eiYJfgaEF64ozLYmxfYeQGk3IU7VH4k8krtkuHoy1_XbMhaaWMUFPtuRA473H8jLAvkvxKtV0dPvVu1jHBHeWTME4oa0JymJAluoMlRmN3Y9EFlldkStk_Juq4]
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Jewish British Lawmaker Likens Israel to Nazis
Video and Text
SIR Gerald Kaufman, yesterday compared the actions of Israeli troops in Gaza
to the Nazis who forced his family to flee Poland. Kaufman, a member of the
Jewish Labour movement linked to Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s ruling party,
also called for an arms embargo against Israel.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21781.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBs0UbYWb8aVSOLWVdblvKpmesvHsp7meSxK-OV6yV4k1ZGwl6kNfmfrgZqTf4LWClJzZrfwi8UwEUFRa2Cm0bNiqVVPYvXpdAJr0KkeXXxLHrkCeyUO5E1vP1hDaVxAjiCETU7XrBrBAdakf2Fgouxn]
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More than 1,150 killed as Israeli tank shelling claims 11 more lives
in Gaza City:
Hassanein said that altogether there are 22 Palestinians killed on Friday
night, adding that the death toll since the beginning of Israeli massive
attack in Gaza has exceeded 1,150.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/17/content_10671882.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBv_k2vU2c1ohkdL9F7kDH_tWZgC_eFufdB5Lke3kNbatMr_qQpvP8pyPruxqg5tw1vm8naJyA0r1ysPuH83Rf74ogUT_Yj1-58og7-Dj49-LjtfVje0VDtXBtjGQiW15Wn5KyMO4cjlHvmdLYS_rXh27n-ofjJtB2qW_z01bddrcg==]
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Palestinians find 23 bodies in Gaza City building.
Palestinian sources said a 14-year-old was killed and several other people
were wounded during an IAF attack on the Shabura refugee camp in southern
Gaza. Three militants were also killed in IAF attacks, medics said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056143.html [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBu3kI2Xax8A0ovbv-wC9ZdVjYpDgiRd076YsBmJ4tHNxz5edyfBhcMltiujWG72iua6eDh_XNN8LeIXZrglXnaNqo_U60aO5eASWbhX71nGOVU1GFSfR5uzhXuufiiAEKlQBWUfB4nDtA==]
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Palestinian doctor who gave war dispatches to Israeli TV reports 3
daughters’ deaths:
The Palestinian doctor provided Israeli TV viewers with regular updates on
Gaza fighting’s human toll. But Friday’s report was different - with sobs he
told how his three daughters and a niece were killed by an Israeli shell.
http://tinyurl.com/9qrje9 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNButjYwVbhzesz_qh_yjRN_rcpn2TKhitJmLtOz_B7rpQ1PHoMl4PcesPNtRnE87QBkPztLGyE180pBFhqR0FEFtxfv4oTU50OHqpxCScy-d5A==]
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Fatal shooting at West Bank protest:
A Palestinian has been shot dead and several others wounded after Israeli
security forces opened fire during a protest in the West Bank against
Israel’s attack on Gaza.
http://tinyurl.com/939e4y [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBuPN_SkVUffgiSQsy35jqAV_rMinhJT7W8zILi7MnQVNQTdjVJxux2WT1gwlXArvMbqi9QZ9FEbCRwRuLJHoZwUtMcnQa0T6lYXwMChvakkKQ==]
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Amira Hass: Is Israel using illegal weapons in its offensive on
Gaza?:
Clouds of choking smoke, explosions like a fireworks display, bombs bursting
into all-consuming flames that cannot be extinguished with water, mushroom
clouds of pinkish-red smoke, suffocating gas, harsh burns on the skin,
extraordinary maimed live and dead bodies.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055927.html [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBsGmuZwSVySNvCG4OU97CS9ISkoyZGi47TCZ6yU3nbFCJQndoLCIW7TN2DdtmtWUsgaNSHllHGVnX7ihN_qK72rP_3Jtll7cYtZBXvDpnrnKWenCNhiK_6vJAD2ZpawJbz0YG0TEPngLw==]
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Israel retreats to Gaza outskirts:
Israeli ground troops have been forced to retreat to the outskirts of Gaza
City after facing strong resistance from the Palestinian resistance
fighters.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=82553§ionid=351020202 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBvRPb4kOk5SkVHF73i0G8xgEvo931NQA7qd4B1Rrk4QhCcumulS3UpFv4612HyV9QIEkHk8JpoC6LmdbzIvIX5VFa6RZep_eBfDPuWOscPXtWbr0Fk7fMXPpdKecTB4ieE8FYR3oMSCPKdb_--mLn1dncPYGJ5nSis-awDxj__s_Q==]
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Hamas chief: We will not surrender to Israeli conditions:
The Hamas political chief rejected Israel’s conditions for a Gaza cease-fire
and demanded an immediate opening of the besieged territory’s borders,
taking a tough line Friday as he asked a summit of Arab countries to back
him by cutting off any ties with Israel.
http://tinyurl.com/8szdzj [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBtoZXGO9SrQ4iDdIbBc-lknZfH_kkDQpPaquI1u1VsjVwhZzOC-0j7IPvtb1qw6UyvIGjSbK4hMr0bEK5wsAnShLw0jbLgK4k_SNEnNsMufQQ==]
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Israel may halt attack on Gaza:
Israel’s security cabinet is expected to decide to halt the war on Gaza at a
meeting on Saturday, Israeli sources have said. The move would be seen as
being preferable to entering an Egyptian-brokered formal ceasefire with
Hamas, unnamed sources told the AFP and Reuters news agencies.
http://tinyurl.com/99vgsb [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBu71ZxaNNAFMPF_7nGs7WqGXBF2whdh8Ggtr3LDXkcaQMHKbDEA1gI6c8UJC9YrJQHhMLUuB_aXwTHETF5-A_iYOoqX7l47euziKSZehhM1dQ==]
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UN General Assembly demands full respect for Security Council
resolution on Gaza:
Before the vote, the Palestinian permanent observer to the United Nations,
Riyad Mansour, said: “I appeal to everyone in this room what we want is not
to compete with each other, just to show how faithful you are to the
Palestinians.”
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/17/content_10672704.htm [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBsdIas5gxtCbemH3VFJSAQ-CrBFcV85rydrsNBqyiPq8y3gPFfDJUbldPeItQW7-Bcd9hWa4hT-pBN8h5meWv6-LnPEc7NRWe3FxFBDM-OC4HjLvBcha5gXW7qH289uUV9HoTXEaKQ1giBapmfWlo6a98BWW_GNia65bn3zSwr2Zw==]
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Israel ’breaking law’ with Gaza war:
The president of the United Nations General Assembly has accused Israel of
violating international law with its war on Gaza in which almost 1,100
Palestinians have been killed, nearly half of them civilians.
http://tinyurl.com/8vyz4a [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBswM2Xn0AQaqEF2mBhkMassl_WRZ-M1s2iPL9urXzyVr8pKk-LjaM-X36oVFDQeN49xCr_QZM56-S3voCjbcx8GrXUAVDbj6ZHqf3vNM6PthA==]
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Ahmadinejad demands trial of Israeli leaders:
In a Friday address to an emergency Arab summit on the Gaza war, President
Ahmadinejad said Israeli leaders are responsible for the death and injury of
thousands of Palestinians, including women and children.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=82576§ionid=351020101 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBubKihECpAGayJSkhKrzD15JlVjWZN0GAehwRBR04pXQndlSBNTL1qsB_ANw0RDcSh-t3HBOzDuuKYrtXOGiNh5_iGgPB61ksU-i6nJsob26dp6tdTGcXdY8AAwWS7LZGS7NpdedekFlcXr4Aqbu6qdyG0r1Wd7wsIr_7U_uNBk0A==]
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Canada votes alone for Israel:
Canada stood alone before a United Nations human rights council yesterday,
the only one among 47 nations to oppose a motion condemning the Israeli
military offensive in Gaza.
http://www.thestar.com/article/569872 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBtpTMqy3dBGW4_bmIbzJeS9GIxL3dUe-yn8O6PQlEk3WGxr_NG7TlDXB-L6vKyZbt3mk_yvoxFLUV5w3I7H6KN57XnXMvVLHjPef6nHjgjQrVcxCpEssvkOerzgbzu4A0k=]
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Turkish PM Erdogan: Bar Israel from UN over Gaza offensive:
Turkey’s prime minister on Friday said Israel should be barred from the
United Nations while it ignores the international body’s calls to stop
fighting in Gaza.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056158.html [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBsnfGfKUCLKPktjo7kOD2EWmn5nLNMq0MQMuJbArvmxYlmsnLxYK4WDG3PoqBETNqwlfeoTJwJvTD2fCQCtU_gq6TWk8oPCqvq9oyncnVwWNeyOKymcgH-tgRDbGccbkzKuc6_mhyKMsQ==]
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Israeli Attacks on Gaza Escape Global Media Scrutiny:
Israel’s relentless air attacks on a besieged Gaza, which have killed over
1,000 Palestinians and destroyed hundreds of homes, continue to take place
away from the gaze of the international news media.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45429 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBuCsa3zg5YEWL-Jhh7kNB3C4bNicOalxhqeUIPBInyotKviEEZng9sWzXFLOYcXj8cR3GkjB9LCOS7yVGg9En2sSKfQQ6jTqkLDLE74mF7iZbyfOlP8KmdOv7OCs63-8ia4mhOuVU6bTw==]
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Rice, Livni sign agreement on Gaza arms:
“These are specific steps to end the flow of weapons along the supply routes
by working with NATO and regional states and by enhancing the effectiveness
of measures against Iran, the main supplier of these weapons,” AFP quoted
her as saying.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=82579§ionid=351020202 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBuuGSukAIJm8kvUPgmbAhPylZtcE6dJQ8X1k0FQ-uqyCnbCaeJ3LOM5eAJ4x2QGcb9IGERYn68wllFFKt1xLnadyJmedUa0kGNbZulfL1zSltEvu6Cehu4ucpk-BlyBkzhnQDcxBZ6dV36uuB_uEC6Pz2pzvTRk_-3QUtIYeSaaoA==]
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Text of U.S.-Israel agreement to end Gaza arms smuggling:
Recalling the steadfast commitment of the United States to Israel’s
security, including secure, defensible borders, and to preserve and
strengthen Israel’s capability to deter and defend itself, by itself,
against any threat or possible combination of threats;
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056175.html [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBu8ZPHDYLL7WnPZK_WLiraF8CssVZrAf3ddbXf-QfW_w42IN51T3iZAeNTPBtXbhNbzTpBUq-TXVXzxev5C4fhsv44IoyFoD-vJvzxs-mb3B3i4Q-AbGktz96TIEBkljKvino2Zbjhftw==]
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EU Parliament deplores “collective punishment” in Gaza:
“The embargo on the Gaza Strip represents collective punishment in
contravention of international humanitarian law,” the euro deputies agreed
in a parliamentary resolution adopted with no dissenting hands.
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=187010 [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBs3LVS8QdkGdro12cKFgia8xGty7Bw5biX9-GVlRgOsf89e1_VpttnSkVeNsuRCPbKN8iqehHsLpbqDz-2Edy6iJ7npn_VSQsr7I2lIFsTPKvZBe3yEP-U2v1sjkakJGlT90RC5XrAdNjDoctxBZIP6]
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Syria: ’Cut all ties with Israel’:
Addressing leaders at Friday’s emergency Arab summit in Doha, the Qatari
capital, al-Assad declared that the Arab initiative for peace with Israel
was now “dead”.
http://tinyurl.com/7x6k7x [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBv9RtJrCC4tEMQX0jnUbCoiKJstXzsS9THZfUNLvsth-TYjrZJQmibvP6SnAuGxrX5tOToTbFiAaVZ_xO8-AVsZKjnRnbQb8p75XVV1o9dNvg==]
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Qatar suspends contacts with Israel’s attack on the people of Gaza:
Mauritania said earlier Friday it too was suspending contacts with Israel
after Hamas political chief Khaled Mashaal called on Arab states at a summit
in the Qatari capital Doha to sever any ties with the Jewish state.
http://www.kansascity.com/451/story/984527.html [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBtYr58XXR9a2tK3M6ijFRGwud4D2dRs-HXKWBURNctOOvCZu-vapkUfH4xYWPG6sCjwcXuz1IUoSHCdZLjO4LkHUxtt8f8S-Oef7xDcQxbcIACIEny0lHeYLRgBfQeFDCiaLrzqbt4XBQ==]
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China FM urges withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza:
“The current situation is totally unacceptable,” he said.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gzad3Ffw-z-vF6YCDsZUjWnI741w
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBtKbvPBJuoE78nFgcOXQ-ROeMaOxKtARe5wzBbLBvTeoEYYvJX62HMEkuLy-oWqHk9cDOILRiwq87Cnc-B1NiwvqQctuadNV17pAu26LDXJ77YxL-16U6C_JL6ikB3NqcOJBLXFKiwmtqzfjQWCmnOkG-D5jyXKLT4-lzYWZy-O1Ntkf--jdNP_EMzbTnXGNBA=]
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UK: 3rd National Demonstration For Gaza: Saturday 24 January :
Israel Out Of Gaza Now: Lift The Blockade - Assemble BBC Broadcasting House
Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA (Nearest Tube Oxford Circus) March To
Trafalgar Square
http://globaldayofaction.org/stopwar/index.php [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001dDVIVSNPNBtXLy2bJslE7g2cFRyaWN6X19Z0GZDKmYQMRw2pl5kc993WisTMCjig8oIXjzCkmVgYJejvNgS0cYJ7PlqX_fdmknGK5EjnILxCK_DLM3-FL2mmRMTeIFL_7VJn35WNI9GwlkdjwI4AOA==]