BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- June 7, 2012
Thursday, 7. June 2012
BFP Nightly Quote
“I am personally acquainted with hundreds of journalists, and the opinion of the majority of them would not be worth tuppence in private, but when they speak in print it is the newspaper that is talking (the pygmy scribe is not visible) and then their utterances shake the community like the thunders of prophecy.” – Mark Twain
International Newsworthy
Obama Allies: Iran Attack ‘Wrong Move’
Iran Offers Pakistan to Finance Entire Gas Pipeline
Iran May Build Gas Pipeline in Iraq
Iran Rejects [P]GCC Claims on 3 Iranian Islands in Persian Gulf
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Afghanistan: Karzai Condemns NATO Airstrike & Civilian Victims
Russia Supports Iran’s Right to Civil Nuclear Energy
Pakistan: Drone Attacks Violation of Human Rights
UN to Investigate Drone Attacks Inside Pakistan
Panetta Threatens Pakistan
Foreign (CIA-Israel) Hand in Balochistan
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Syria: War Profiteers Cash in on Insurgency
US Post-Assad Syria Plan
Syria Foils Suicide Bombing Attempt in Daraa
UN Unable to Reach Syria Massacre Site
UAE Turns to Deportation to Silence Regime’s Critics
Israel Erects New Outpost Near Lebanon
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Egypt: Tahrir Square Round 2
Egypt Military Urge Parliament to Elect Constituent Assembly Next Tuesday
China as a Vital Force for Africa
US Offers $33 Million Bounty on al-Shabab Insurgents
Niger: ‘Afghans& Pakistanis are Training Islamists in Mali’
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Russia’s Quiet Rapprochement with Pakistan
Russia Warns US on Georgia Support
Clinton Pledges Increased Military Assistance to Georgia for New Conflicts
Kazakhstan: Riot Trials Spread Punishment
Azerbaijan’s SOCAR sees $17 Billion Turkey Investments
Kyrgyzstan Military Men to Participate in SCO Joint Anti-Terrorism Military Exercise in Tajikistan
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British Government to Boycott Euro 2012
Spain Downgraded
National Newsworthy
Judge Upholds Ban on NDAA Detentions
Bradley Manning Defense Gets Report on Wikileaks Damage to US Interests
FBI Probes White House Officials’ Leaking Info about Cyberattacks against Iran
FBI Accused of Stealing ‘Megaupload’ Evidence
Eric Holder Pushes Fast & Furious Toward Bush Admin in House Hearing
FCC Disclosure Rule Knocked Down by House Panel
US House Approves Sanctions on Russia
Cryptome: DHS Sets New Spying Operations Records
Guantanamo Prisoners Stay Behind Bars Years after Cleared for Release
TSA Waste & Fraud
More Scrutiny for Imam Gulen Charter Schools in the US
Noteworthy Editorials
Andrew Napolitano: Where is the Outrage?!
Paul Pillar: The Selective Approach to Deterring Iran
Indefinite Detention is Un-American
With Freedom & Justice for Some
The End of Israeli Impunity
BFP Nightly Video-Audio
Video 1: Women & Children Killed in NATO Wedding Strike
Video 2: Is this our human nature?
Video 3: Stop & Frisk Watch
Podcast: Corbett Report- Congressman Walter Jones on War Powers & Impeachment
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egd Says:
Re: Pakistan and the IPI pipeline, it looks like Pakistan may now be backing off somewhat from the U.S. after the constant beating it has been getting from us and NATO, and may now be starting to seek more security, stability and economic development by tilting more to the Chinese. Being able to develop its portion of the IPI Pipeline would contribute enormously, since the TAPI could take years to complete- and Iran’s offer to finance it is an interesting development. If, finally, India were to come on board (despite the pressures put on it by the U.S.), it would enable those two nations to develop a more stable relationship through the sharing of an important mutual resource. Why the U.S. has not understood or reached out to satisfy the core interests of Pakistan vis a vis India and Kashmir suggests a real blind spot in our diplomacy. It seems as if the major thorns in Central Asia are, the U.S. military, and its proxies Turkey and Israel, and NATO (especially Great Britain with its interest in BP) With all of the mischief they have done to the region, maybe it would benefit from them leaving, starting with regime change in Azerbaijan, including expelling the Israelis and renegotiating BP’s interest in the Ceyhan pipeline. This would improve the region’s stability and well being, and also remove one more threat to Iran’s security. The can use its advanced weaponry to coerce others, but at some point it needs to offer something positive to the region, or it will continue to be undesirable and irrelevant.
Ishmael Says:
Regarding your story on FCC disclosures of political ad buys. Propublica is looking for citizen journalist/researchers to go to local stations to view and photograph those stations public files, then forwarding them to Propublica where they will be compiled into a searchable, online database for the public information. Here’s the link to the Propublica website.
http://www.propublica.org/series/free-the-files