Daily Briefing—28th-29th June 2010

Posted: 28 June 2010 by Editors in Daily Briefing
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News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:

Kucinich: ‘We are losing our nation to lies about the necessity of war’ | Raw Story 29 June 2010
China, Taiwan to sign trade pact tying 2 economies | AP 29 June 2010
Mississippi officials blast BP, U.S. government as oil hits coast | LA Times 29 June 2010
Obama Slams ‘Obsession’ With Ending War in Afghanistan | Antiwar.com 29 June 2010
7,300 Palestinians in Israeli jails | Press TV 29 June 2010
Right to Information Law Is Lever for India’s Poor | NY Times 29 June 2010
Report Criticizes U.S. System for Evaluating Afghan Forces | NY Times 29 June 2010
U.S. charges 11 as Russian agents | LA Times 29 June 2010
France/Germany/United Kingdom: Wrong Message on Torture | Human Rights Watch 29 June 2010
USS Carrier Harry Truman Now Officially Just Off Iran, As Israel Allegedly Plotting An Imminent Tehran Raid | zero hedge 29 June 2010
CIA chief warns of long road ahead in Afghanistan | AFP 29 June 2010
U.S. strategy in Afghanistan may involve greater use of special operations forces | LA Times 29 June 2010
Panama ex-dictator Noriega on trial in France | AFP 29 June 2010
Burundi votes with Pierre Nkurunziza the only candidate | BBC News 29 June 2010
Commander Burge of Chicago Police Convicted of Perjury | NY Times 29 June 2010
Fun and games with the “terrorism” label – Glenn Greenwald | Salon.com 29 June 2010
Blackwater’s New Sugar Daddy: The Obama Administration – Jeremy Scahill | The Nation 29 June 2010
Guantánamo as an “Intelligence Squeezing” Center: Pakistan Media Interviews Col. Morris Davis | Andy Worthington 29 June 2010
NYPD officer acquitted of assaulting unarmed man | AP 29 June 2010
Hezbollah not interested in dialogue with US | AP 29 June 2010
Syria wants Brazil to help Mideast peace: report | Reuters 29 June 2010
U.S. Troops Face New Threat: Afghanistan’s Toxic Sand – Spencer Ackerman | Wired.com 29 June 2010
Yo Senators: Here’s What You Should Ask Petraeus – Noah Shachtman | Wired.com 29 June 2010
G20 push for IMF voting power deal by November | Reuters 29 June 2010
9 Years In, U.S. Finally Tries to Get a Grip on Warzone Contractors – Spencer Ackerman | Wired.com 29 June 2010
Loose-Lip McChrystal Did Obama a Huge Favor – Alexander Cockburn | Counterpunch 29 June 2010
As Canada’s Democracy Trembles, a New Global Architecture Emerges – Anthony Fenton | IPS 29 June 2010
U.S. and Afghan forces launch major assault in eastern province of Konar | WaPo 29 June 2010
Follow the Renminbi – Behzad Yaghmaian | NY Times 29 June 2010
A Year at War – One Battalion’s Wrenching Deployment to Afghanistan | NY Times 29 June 2010
Supreme Court Rules That Gun Rights Apply to Local Laws | NY Times 29 June 2010
Turkey Barring Israeli Military Flights From Its Airspace | NY Times 29 June 2010
The two poles of journalism – Glenn Greenwald | Salon.com 29 June 2010
Report: Days Before ‘Forced’ Resignation, McChrystal Warned NATO ‘Not to Expect Progress’ This Year | Little Alex in Wonderland 28 June 2010

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