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Last update - 03:13 11/01/2010 The U.S. Army will double the value of emergency military equipment it stockpiles on Israeli soil, and Israel will be allowed to use the U.S. ordnance in the event of a military emergency, according to a report in Monday's issue of the U.S. weekly Defense News. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen... - morris from email

Posted by Anti Oligarch on January 10, 2010 at 4:46pm Trying to solve a debt crisis by taking on huge amounts of new debt at the same time that you gut your capability to pay any of your debts, is not only irrational, but bug-eyed crazy. It is often striking to watch, during he holiday season, the way in which crises seem to fade into the background, only to emerge with new fury after the season ends. But this time, the crises never quite faded, despite all the soothing propaganda. There was no big financial news during the season no public disasters like the closing of a major bank but nevertheless, there was the steady drip of bad news, of surging bankruptcies, home foreclosures, unemployment, and more, as the economy continued its relentless collapse. On the international front, the threat of nations defaulting on their sovereign debt took center stage, as it became clear that the collapse is global. http://snardfarker.ning.com/profile... - morris from email

By Stuart Littlewood 11 January 2010 As Egypt stoops to the ultimate collusion with Israel and the West to starve Gaza by banning future humanitarian aid convoys, Stuart Littlewood advises Viva Palestina to deal directly with Gaza: �A large armada of boats led by a multi-faith alliance demanding freedom of the seas and the right to an armed escort, could be the best vehicle." �Yes, the REAL international community � that�s ordinary folk like you and me and Viva Palestina and everyone and his dog around the globe � are finally beginning to assert themselves against the corrupt power freaks that strut the world stage.� Mere words cannot express my admiration for Viva Palestina and those who devote their efforts to it. I love the way they shamed � and not for the first time � the great powers and their gutless leaders. And for his pains the British MP George Galloway has been declared persona non grata in Egypt. How heartbreaking for him. http://www.redress.cc/palesti... - morris from email

A radical [?] Islamic group has cancelled plans to hold an anti-war march through a town famous for honouring the UK's servicemen and women killed abroad. Members of Islam4UK had planned to march through Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, to honour Muslims killed in the Afghanistan conflict. (morris108 comment, They are only saying what the majority of peiple are thinking, but to march against one's own troops is still seen as a red line) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1... - morris from email

from: UNDER THE AFPAK VOLCANO, Part 2 Breaking up is (not) hard to do By Pepe Escobar - morris