SPB News for Tuesday.
Iraq, Royal Dutch Shell to ink gas deal Iraq and Royal Dutch Shell PLC on Monday will formally launch plans to invest in a joint venture to tap natural gas in southern Iraq, a government spokesman said. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani will sign the deal with executives from the Anglo-Dutch company at the Cabinet’s offices in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, his spokesman said.
Little-known Islamic group claims Pakistan attack A little known Islamic group [CIA] claimed responsibility for Saturday's suicide attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad which killed 53, Al Arabiya television reported on Monday. The group calling itself Fedayeen Islam (Partisans of Islam) demanded the closure of U.S. and NATO military bases in the region and the U.S. embassy in Pakistan, and an end to U.S. attacks against tribal areas in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Constitutional battle brewing after telecom immunity invoked By Julian Sanchez The government has invoked the retroactive immunity provision of the recently-passed FISA Amendments Act in a motion to end the ongoing lawsuits against telecoms charged with complicity in the National Security Agency's controversial program of extrajudicial wiretapping. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is spearheading the litigation, promises to fight the immunity clause on constitutional grounds--and has given Ars Technica a sneak preview of the argument it plans to make.
Fury at $2.5bn bonus for Lehman's New York staff Up to 10,000 staff at the New York office of the bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers will share a bonus pool set aside for them that is worth $2.5bn (£1.4bn), Barclays Bank, which is buying the business, confirmed last night. The revelation sparked fury among the workers' former colleagues, Lehman's 5,000 staff based in London, who currently have no idea how long they will go on receiving even their basic salaries, let alone any bonus payments.
Humane Society Legislative Fund Endorses Obama-Biden I’m proud to announce today that the HSLF board of directors--which is comprised of both Democrats and Republicans--has voted unanimously to endorse Barack Obama for President. The Obama-Biden ticket is the better choice on animal protection, and we urge all voters who care about the humane treatment of animals, no matter what their party affiliation, to vote for them. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has been a solid supporter of animal protection at both the state and federal levels... In his response to the HSLF questionnaire, he pledged support for nearly every animal protection bill currently pending in Congress, and said he will work with executive agencies such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to make their policies more humane.
McCain camp criticism rife with errors — Sen. John McCain's top campaign aides convened a conference call to complain of being called “liars.” They pressed the media to scrutinize specific elements of Sen. Barack Obama's record. — But the call was so rife with simple …
CNN Poll: GOP takes brunt of blame for economy, Obama gains — WASHINGTON (CNN) - A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll suggests that by a 2-to-1 margin, Americans blame Republicans over Democrats for the financial crisis that has swept across the country the past few weeks …
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A little known islamic group claims responibility for the Pakistan attack.
And everyone was jumping up and down Taliban...or Al Qaeda.
Got to know the enemy first, isn't that why we are in Iraq?
Yes, I notice that. It tells you how ignorant the White House and the media is about these terrorist group. All of the terrorist groups are not Al-Queda. Many of them work on their own agenda and purpose. And notice that the crimes that are rising more are in Pakstan and the focus is Pakstan and not Iraq.
The Administration doesn't know who the enemy nor the countries on a map. The enemy may be the person or persons that the Gerbil plays golf with or has a drink with.
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