World-News

http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9605/

Brazil & Turkey to be punished for intervening in P5+1 Iran diplomacy
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9608/

Iran sanctions resolution as possible casus belli for West
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9617/

'Israel is now a lunatic state'
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9669/

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U.S. Citizen Was Among the Dead on the Gaza Flotilla
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/world/middleeast/04flotilla.html?hp=&pagewanted=all


From ufpj-news

Informant: Ashley Smith

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Call for an international inquiry into activist killings
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=699

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Giving the Finger to Iran

Humiliating Turkey and Brazil

By Gary's Choices

It turns out that this lifted middle finger was not limited to Iran. Only hours before Clinton's announcement, the foreign minister of Turkey held his own press conference. Obviously unaware of what was about to happen, he described in some detail not only the tortuous negotiation process with Iran, but his perception that he was acting directly on behalf of the United States.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25480.htm



The Iran Nuclear Deal and the New Premier League of Global Powers

By Simon Tisdall

Brazil and Turkey are determined to pursue diplomacy and compromise - even if it means upsetting Washington.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25481.htm



Erdogan questions UNSC 'credibility'

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the UN Security Council lacks the "credibility" to deal with Iran's nuclear issue.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=126927&sectionid=351020104



Newspaper ad calls for Israel to bomb Iran

An advertisement on Israel's Haaretz website is calling on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to make good on his (alleged?) promise to bomb Iran in two weeks' time. If he doesn't, says Israel Uncensored News, "the entire Middle East will be up in arms. In nuclear arms."

http://world.caledonianmercury.com/2010/05/19/newspaper-ad-calls-for-israel-to-bomb-iran/00866



US/Israel Challenged on Iran

By Ray McGovern

The times may be a-changin' - at least a bit - with the United States and Israel no longer able to dictate to the rest of the world how crises in the Middle East must be handled, though the new reality has been slow to dawn on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her neocon friends in Congress and the U.S. media.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25492.htm



Brazil: Iran is willing to talk, other countries must do the same

Brazil President says Iran has been 'sold to the world as the devil' but now would like to see others live up to conditions they imposed on Iran.

http://tinyurl.com/2acn3j3



Iran 'may cancel uranium swap deal if UN imposes sanctions'

"If [the West] issues a new resolution against Iran, we will not be committed to Tehran's statement and dispatching fuel outside Iran will be cancelled," prominent lawmaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar was quoted as saying by Iran's Mehr news agency.

http://lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=541597



'No chance for new Iran sanctions'

Mottaki said that his Turkish and Brazilian counterparts have briefed him on their negotiations about the declaration, which the three foreign ministers signed in Tehran on Monday, adding that they believed that there is no chance for a new UN Security Council resolution against Iran.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=127034&sectionid=351020104



Take the Deal, Mr. President

By Pat Buchanan

If Barack Obama is sincere in his policy of "no nukes in Iran - no war with Iran," he will halt this rude dismissal of the offer Tehran just made to ship half its stockpile of uranium to Turkey. Consider what President Ahmadinejad and the Ayatollah himself have just committed to do.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25508.htm



Turkey defends its attempt to resolve Iran nuclear standoff

In letter to Obama, Turkey PM Erdogan says that the uranium swap deal announced on Monday has opened the door for a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/turkey-defends-its-attempt-to-resolve-iran-nuclear-standoff-1.291467



India snubs US, hails Iran's N-plan

The growing policy rift between India and the US on how to deal with Iran's nuclear enrichment plans has come out in the open with foreign minister S M Krishna disagreeing with the American position to welcome Tehran's decision to send its low enriched uranium stock to Turkey.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India-snubs-US-hails-Irans-N-plan/articleshow/5955410.cms



Russia to Sell Iran Missiles Despite UN Sanctions

A senior Russian lawmaker says proposed United Nations sanctions against Iran will not affect Russia's plans to sell Tehran surface-to-air missiles.

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Russia-to-Sell-Iran-Missiles-Despite-UN-Sanctions-94581444.html



Former CIA Officer on Iran: Brazil and Turkey are Vital Checks and Balances

By Graham E. Fuller

Shouldn't the world welcome the actions of two significant, responsible, democratic, and rational states to intervene and help check the foolishnesses of decades of US policy on Iran?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25535.htm



U.S. Moves Goalposts On Iran And Changes Uranium Details

By ROGER COHEN

I believed Obama was ready to think anew on Iran. It seems not. Presidents must lead on major foreign policy initiatives, not be bullied by domestic political considerations, in this case incandescent Iran ire on the Hill in an election year.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25534.htm



Turkey blames US in Iran row, urges support for swap deal

Turkey insisted Thursday that rejecting a nuclear swap deal with Iran would be "unreasonable" and said that a US push for fresh sanctions on Tehran was creating an "absurd situation."

http://tinyurl.com/36d7tjb



The Brazilian/Turkish Initiative: Rebalancing The World

By Richard Falk

Outside of Western diplomatic circles it is already widely appreciated that the May 17th agreement reveals the exciting reality of a new geopolitical landscape in which the countries of the global South are now beginning to act as subjects, and no longer content to be mere objects in scenarios devised in the North.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25578.htm



Turkish PM says West unfair, insincere in Iran row: report

Turkey's prime minister Saturday accused Western powers of lacking a "fair and sincere" approach on Iran in a mounting row over a nuclear swap deal with Tehran, Anatolia news agency reported.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100529/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearunusbrazilturkey



Turkey vows response to Israeli attack

"It should be known that we will not stay silent and unresponsive in the face of this inhuman state terror," he was quoted as saying by AFP on Monday. - "International law has been trampled underfoot," Erdogan argued.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=128519&sectionid=351020204



Turkey seeks Security Council meeting, condemns Israel

Turkey canceled joint military exercises with Israel and called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after pro-Palestinian activists were killed when Israeli marines stormed a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100531/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_turkey



Live coverage: Israel's flotilla raid

We'll be live-blogging the aftermath of this incident throughout the day; keep checking back for international reaction, news from our correspondents on the ground, photos and video.

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2010/05/31/live-coverage-israels-flotilla-raid



Turks rally against Israeli attack

Around 10,000 people marched from the Israeli consulate in Istanbul towards the city's main square shouting slogans and waving banners saying "Killer Israel".

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/05/2010531101539180180.html



Rage in London at Israel's killing of peace activists

Protesters in London have blocked traffic from moving along Whitehall. People are continuing to join the demonstration.

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=21372



How many remember the hijacking of the Achille Lauro?

By Yvonne Ridley

One cannot attack a ship and then claim self-defence if the people on board resist the unlawful use of violence.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25592.htm



U.S. Blocks Security Council Criticism of Israeli Raid

The Salt Lake Tribune

The Obama administration refused to endorse a statement that singled out Israel, and proposed a broader condemnation of the violence that would include the assault of the Israeli commandos as they landed on the deck of the ship.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25589.htm



Obama's Timidity and Deaths at Sea

By Ray McGovern

A chief lesson to learn from President Barack Obama's recent unwillingness to stand up to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud Lobby is that such timidity can get people killed.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25595.htm



Western Leaders are too Cowardly to Help Save Lives

It is ordinary people, activists, who now take decisions to change events

By Robert Fisk

You only have to read the gutless White House statement - that the Obama administration was "working to understand the circumstances surrounding the tragedy". Not a single word of condemnation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25593.htm



Israel lost at sea

By Bradley Burston

We are no longer defending Israel. We are now defending the siege, which is itself becoming Israel's Vietnam.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25590.htm



Govt warns Israel to 'exercise restraint' on Irish aid ship

The Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin has discussed the ship's approach with the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland.

http://www.eecho.ie/news/index.aspx?c=ireland&jp=eyojsnsnqley



Martin demands return of citizens

Irish Foreign Affairs minister Michael Martin has demanded that Israel allows Irish humanitarian ship the MV Rachel Corrie through its military blockade of Gaza.

http://tinyurl.com/262rlak



'Next time we'll use more force'

Israel will use more aggressive force in the future to prevent ships from breaking the sea blockade on the Gaza Strip, a top Navy commander told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177134



Turkish fleet will sail to the eastern Mediterranean - Statements Turkish commander

Turkey has recalled its ambassador from Tel Aviv, and the threat of outside support for the next ship, and threatened to "unprecedented immense reprisals.

http://tinyurl.com/2alh74r



Eye witness accounts of Israeli attack

Speaking on their return to Germany, Greece and Turkey on Tuesday, the activists said that commandos had administered electric shocks and beaten passengers during the assault.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/10206802.stm



Former US ambassador on Gaza aid ship seized by Israelis heading home, wife says

Edward Peck, 80, of Chevy Chase, Md., was among activists in the flotilla trying to get humanitarian aid to Gaza, said his wife, Ann Peck.

http://tinyurl.com/2g8auwm



No weapons on stormed Turkish ship: Report

"Allegations that there were weapons aboard the Turkish ship are baseless," Fevzi Gulcan, the head of customs at the Mediterranean port city of Antalya, told Anatolia.


http://tinyurl.com/2auhjfr



Gaza aid convoy killings: "Those responsible must be held criminally accountable" - UN expert

"Israel is guilty of shocking behavior by using deadly weapons against unarmed civilians on ships that were situated in the high seas where freedom of navigation exists, according to the law of the seas," Mr. Falk said.

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=10080&LangID=E



American, 19 Among Those Killed By Israeli Troops

Furkan Dogan Was Shot Four Times in Head

By ZOE MAGEE

A Canadian on board, Farooq Burney, described watching an elderly man bleed to death. The head of a Turkish charity that organized the aid flotilla said an Indonesian doctor was shot in the stomach and a photographer was shot in the forehead.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25609.htm



Biden: Israel right to stop Gaza flotilla from breaking blockade

By Natasha Mozgovaya

In contrast to the barrage of condemnations all over the globe, many in the U.S. Congress expressed support for Israel.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25608.htm



Aid Ship Sailing Towards Gaza, Prefers U.N. Escort

By Reuters

Israeli Foreign Minister, "No ship will reach Gaza. The Rachel Corrie will not reach Gaza," he told Israel Radio.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25611.htm



Call to Defend the Rachel Corrie

By Robert Naiman

Former UN Assistant Secretary called on Irish-Americans to lobby the Obama Administration: "We also feel there is a role for the Irish diaspora here, in the US and elsewhere to lobby politicians over this continued illegal blockade of Gaza, which is causing such hardship to the Palestinian people."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25610.htm



UN Orders Israel to lift Gaza Blockade

By NineMSN

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has demanded that Israel lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip immediately in the wake of a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25615.htm



Israeli commandos ready to board the 'Rachel Corrie'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made clear late Thursday that the ship will not be allowed into Gaza but will be boarded and brought to an Israeli port.

http://tinyurl.com/2ehv3rq



When hands across the sea are tied

The argument that outsiders should not be allowed to criticise countries is being used more and more to thwart human rights campaigns.

http://tinyurl.com/3yc8j58


From Information Clearing House

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Can a Security Council 'Coalition of the Unwilling' Defy Washington's Sanctions Crusade?
http://act.commondreams.org/go/711?akid=64.124981.jWkO2I&t=24

US Media Censors US Support of Iran Fuel Swap
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/05/25-4

Israelis Opened Fire Before Boarding Gaza Flotilla, say Released Activists
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/06/01-3

Israel's Carnage At Sea: Shouts Are Not Enough
http://act.commondreams.org/go/835?akid=71.124981.nv4xTY&t=20

Obama Must Join Global Condemnation of Israeli Flotilla Assault
http://act.commondreams.org/go/837?akid=71.124981.nv4xTY&t=24

Obama's Timidity and Deaths at Sea
http://act.commondreams.org/go/839?akid=71.124981.nv4xTY&t=28

Israel Reveals Its True Face
http://act.commondreams.org/go/843?akid=71.124981.nv4xTY&t=36

NGOs Gathered in Kampala Call for End to Impunity Crisis Following Israeli Attack on Aid Convoy
http://act.commondreams.org/go/844?akid=71.124981.nv4xTY&t=38

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U.N. Security Council meets on Israeli raid

CNN

05/31/10

Israel faced condemnation and questions Monday at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting called by Turkey on the Israeli military’s storming of a six-ship flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists headed to Gaza with aid supplies. At least nine activists died in clashes that injured seven Israeli soldiers. Israel contends the flotilla intended to break its blockade of Gaza, while Palestinian leaders and allies said Israel launched an unprovoked military assault on civilians...

http://tinyurl.com/2ccwmau



The Mediterranean Massacre

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

06/02/10

In understanding how the Israelis justify killing sixteen civilians in international waters — and kidnapping hundreds — we have to look at it from the viewpoint of a savage. Now I don’t mean by that term someone necessarily wearing animal skins, and wielding a club: savages can wear Armani suits, and wield nuclear weapons, as the history of the twentieth century attests. In the West, however, the culture and especially religious belief prevents the celebration of savagery as civic virtue: when we commit atrocities, we justify it as a proportionate use of force in retaliation for previous acts of aggression by the victims of our wrath. Hiroshima and Nagasaki — and the arguments used to buttress the case for killing hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians — come to mind. The death of innocents is explained away as ‘collateral damage.’ The savage mind, however, works differently. Shorn of what we would recognize as a moral sense, the savage glories in his capacity for pitiless violence...

http://tinyurl.com/34pj3q8



America’s complicity in evil

CounterPunch
by Paul Craig Roberts

As I write at 5pm on Monday, May 31, all day has passed since the early morning reports of the Israeli commando attack on the unarmed ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, and there has been no response from President Obama except to say that he needed to learn ‘all the facts about this morning’s tragic events’ and that Israeli prime minister Netanyahu had canceled his plans to meet with him at the White House. Thus has Obama made America complicit once again in Israel’s barbaric war crimes. Just as the US Congress voted to deep-six Judge Goldstone’s report on Israel’s war crimes committed in Israel’s January 2009 invasion of Gaza, Obama has deep-sixed Israel’s latest act of barbarism by pretending that he doesn’t know what has happened...

http://counterpunch.org/roberts06012010.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Show your solidarity with Gaza Flotilla victims
http://www.petitiononline.com/GazaSol/petition.html

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Israeli Attack on Flotilla Sparks Wave of International Protests

Nora Barrows-Friedman, Truthout: "Rami al-Meghari watched the news unfold from live video feeds monitoring international waters 65km off the coast of the Gaza Strip Monday morning, one of Gaza's 1.5 million residents anticipating a shipment of wheelchairs, prefabricated homes, crayons, raw construction supplies, dental surgery equipment and reams of paper brought by international humanitarian activists on board a flotilla of boats."

http://www.truthout.org/israels-top-kill-operation60039



US Navy Veterans Continue to Seek Justice for Israeli Attack

Dahr Jamail, Truthout: "The Israeli military has attacked a flotilla of international peace activists, killing as many as 19 innocent civilians while they were carrying ten tons of aid to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. This is not the first time the Israeli military has attacked a nonthreatening entity in international waters."

http://www.truthout.org/us-navy-veterans-continue-seek-justice-israeli-attack60021



Obama Must Ask Netanyahu the Right Questions

Ira Chernus, Truthout: "Debate rages around the world about the Israeli attack on the humanitarian flotilla headed to Gaza. And it should rage. As Martin Luther King Jr., said, an injustice to one is an injustice to all. But the debate that matters most - the one that will decide the fate of Palestinians and Israelis alike - is going on inside the Oval Office."

http://www.truthout.org/obama-must-ask-netanyahu-right-questions60034



Human Rights Organizations and Bar Associations Condemn Israeli Assault

Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: "On Sunday, Israel murdered human rights workers who were attempting to deliver 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, because Gaza has been virtually cut off from the outside world by Israel. At least 19 people were reportedly killed and dozens injured when Israeli troops boarded the 6-ship Freedom Flotilla convoy in international waters and immediately fired live ammunition at the people on board the ships."

http://www.truthout.org/marjorie-cohn-israel-murders-human-rights-workers-delivering-humanitarian-aid60005



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