Archive for July 29th, 2012

DEBKAfile July 29, 2012 The acrimony reached a nadir with an unusually detailed Association Press report on July 28 quoting anonymous sources as stating, “The CIA considers Israel its No. 1 counterintelligence threat in the agency’s New East Division,” – the group that oversees spying across he Middle East. Prime Minister Binyamin’s Office reviled... »

US presidential candidate to say in speech in Israel that stopping Iran’s nuclear arms capability must be ‘highest priority’ Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem Guardian.co.uk Sunday 29 July 2012 Mitt Romney would back unilateral military action by Israel against Iran’s nuclear sites, a senior aide said as the presumptive Republican candidate embarked on a series... »

Mario Draghi has promised the moon. The European Central Bank’s council had better deliver on his pledge this week. If it does not, the crisis will surely escalate out of control in August or soon after. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard TelegraphUK 29 Jul 2012 We are beyond the point where a quarter point rate cut... »

BY AMY TEIBEL ASSOCIATED PRESS Jul 29 ERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli newspaper reported Sunday that the Obama administration’s top security official has briefed Israel on U.S. plans for a possible attack on Iran, seeking to reassure it that Washington is prepared to act militarily should diplomacy and sanctions fail to pressure Tehran to... »

by David Galland of Casey Research ZeroHedge.com 07/29/201 Recently I helped out with some delivery chores. As I drove about, I discovered that one of the roads I would normally use was closed by roadblocks. It was, I imagine, due to road repair work. I had to reverse course and take a substantial detour.... »

By ENENews July 28th, 2012 (Subscription Only) Title: NAGASAKI PEACE SYMPOSIUM: Fukushima disaster figures big in discussions Source: Asahi AJW Author: HIROSHI MATSUBARA Date: July 28, 2012 With “The road to nuclear weapons abolition” as its theme, the annual International Symposium for Peace, held alternately in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, has offered a venue for... »

By ENENews July 28th, 2012 July 27, 2012 post from non-fiction author Ryuichi Akiba translated by Dissensus Japan: It’s a report of the investigation on population shift and causes of death of the year before and January and February of this year. It can provide valuable figure how much the extremely large... »

A full-blown sovereign bail-out of Spain would be economically and politically impossible and cost up to €650bn (£510bn), an in-depth study has warned. By Angela Monaghan TelegraphUK 28 Jul 2012 Leading think-tank Open Europe made the estimate based on the assumption the Spanish government would be forced out of the markets for three years... »