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| Iraq prepares for US troop withdrawal | |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 28 Jun 2011 In less than six months, the 45, 000 remaining US troops still deployed in Iraq will leave the country. When the US led the invasion of Iraq beginning on March 20th, 2003 it had a force of 150,000 American troops and 23,000 soldiers from other countries. After Baghdad fell 20 days later US troop levels dropped to around 127,000 by June 2006, With 20,000 soldiers from coalition countries. But as violence again escalated in January 2007, US president George Bush proposed sending another 21,500 troops. By October there were 171,000 American fighters in the country and 12,000 soldiers from other nations. In February 2009, newly elected US president Barack Obama announced that the US combat mission in Iraq would end by the end of August 2010 Withdrawals began in June 2009. Now there are still around 45,000 American troops in Iraq, responsible for training Iraqi forces. But for Iraq's Kurds, the scheduled withdrawal is a big concern, as they try to resolve disputes over territory. With the second of a four-part series on Iraqi security, here's Al Jazeera's Omar Al Saleh, followed by an interview with Mamdouh Salameh, an international oil economist based in London. | |
| Date: 2011-06-29 17:18:44 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Ongoing clashes in Tahrir Square between security forces and protesters. | |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 29 Jun 2011 Hisham Safie Eldin, a former Egyptian police officer, spoke to Al Jazeera about the ongoing clashes in Tahrir Square between security forces and protesters. | |
| Date: 2011-06-29 09:24:01 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Comedian Lee Camp: Without Unions America Would Red, White, & Blow! [Warning: Extreme language] | |
| Uploaded by LeeCamp2 on 27 Jun 2011 Everybody arguing against unions says that they don't allow America to be competitive globally. So you're fighting to bring us down with the sweatshops? I can't wait until we're competitive. | |
| Date: 2011-06-29 08:16:49 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Rachel Maddow: Arguments Over The Years Against The ERA | |
| June 28, 2011 MSNBC | |
| Date: 2011-06-29 06:34:03 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Fukushima USA?: Nuclear Whistleblower on Flood Endangered Nebraska Fort Calhoun & Cooper Nuclear Plants | |
| Listen to part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTetioLhAl0 & part 3:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvNbb9gn93U Arnie Gundersen on Five O'clock Shadow with Robert Knight, WBAI, June 28, 2011 at 5:00 pm EDT http://fairewinds.com/ | |
| Date: 2011-06-29 01:00:14 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Keith Olbermann: John Pistole Head Of TSA Needs To Be Fired & We Need To Get A HUMAN BEING To Do His Job! | |
| June 27, 2011 CURRENT TV Keith Olbermann | |
| Date: 2011-06-28 18:50:35 - Added by: KMC | |
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| G20 Redux: Toronto G20 Anniversary | |
| Full credit /Source: http://torontoist.com/2011/06/scene_g20_redux.php?gallery0Pic=14#gallery Video Credits: by Ryan Varga, executive produced by Torontoist's Christopher Drost. Music by Kinder Atom with Michael Rose Illegal (Greenman Remix). Used for the purposes of criticism, review and news reporting Footage credited under the fair dealing exception 29.I & 29.2 of the Canadian copyright act (R.S., 1985, c. C-42) Toronto police were overwhelmed and underprepared at times for protests that occurred during last year's G20 summit, according to an internal report. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/06/23/toronto-police-g20-rep... 1,118 G20 arrests have resulted in 24 convictions: Attorney-General http://www.financialpost.com/related/topics/arrests+have+resulted+convictions... WHERE: Queen's Park and on various streets of the downtown core. WHEN: Afternoon of Saturday, June 25. WHAT: Approximately 400 people gathered at Queen's Park early Saturday afternoon for G20 Redux, an event marking the one-year anniversary of the G20 weekend in Toronto. CTV reported that after that early gathering, a few dozen people left the park and marched through the streets of the downtown core, stopping at Queen and Spadina and then continuing east on Queen, picking up more and more protesters along the way, before heading up Bay Street. The marching crowd, reportedly numbering near 200 at its peak, ended at the Toronto Police headquarters on College Street, where they held a peaceful demonstration until 7 p.m. | |
| Date: 2011-06-28 18:46:19 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Wildfire Threatens Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory | |
| Check out the following link for related recent US nuclear issues: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Event Reports For 06/24/2011 - 06/27/2011 http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2011/2011062...Wildfire threatens Los Alamos nuclear laboratory Wildfire ravaging the western US state of New Mexico now threatens the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the country's leading nuclear weapons research center. Firefighters are struggling to put out the blaze, which started on Sunday and has so far burned about 20,000 hectares of land. About 12,000 residents in the nearby town of Los Alamos have been warned to evacuate and 2,500 have already left. A spot fire scorched part of the nuclear laboratory's ground but was soon extinguished. The lab has been shut since Monday. A spokesman for the lab said that the main buildings are safely away from the fire. He said radioactive materials are stored underground and that no leaks have been reported. Researchers at the laboratory developed the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. It is still the core research and development facility for the US nuclear arsenal. Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:57 +0900 (JST) Copyright NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) | |
| Date: 2011-06-28 07:19:06 - Added by: KMC | |
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| U.S. Nuclear plant 'safe' despite floods? | |
| Published on 28 Jun 2011 by itnnews Officials say there is no danger from a recently closed nuclear power plant surrounded by flood waters. | |
| Date: 2011-06-28 07:17:34 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Senator Bernie Sanders: Enough is enough, no, we will not balance the budget on the backs of the most vulnerable people in this country! | |
| SEE PART 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FsVYqqyiP0&feature=feedu //Published on Monday, June 27, 2011 by C-SPAN Senator Bernie Sanders: Calling for Shared Sacrifice US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will deliver a major speech on the Senate floor at 4 p.m. ET today calling on President Obama to "listen to the overwhelming majority of the American people who believe that deficit reduction must be about shared sacrifice," with the wealthy and large, profitable corporations paying their fair share toward addressing the deficit. You can sign his letter by going here: http://sanders.senate.gov/petition/?uid=c1fd7f9b-abd8-4e7a-a370-1867881259d8&CFID=86875359&CFTOKEN=27149872 | |
| Date: 2011-06-28 05:56:07 - Added by: KMC | |
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