WhatReallyHappened.comNow in our 15th year, What Really Happened present an objective look at deceptions by government and corporations.Analyze This: Disquiet on the 'third front' between the US and Israel Jerusalem Post- July 8, 2008 "I know that your blood and your lives are at stake. Our blood and our lives are at stake in many places and may be in others. I think it is a necessity that Israel should never make itself seem responsible in the eyes of America and the world for making war. Israel will not be alone, unless it decides to go it alone." <p>So said Lyndon Baines Johnson in a dramatic Oval Office meeting with then-Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban, just ten days before the outbreak of the 1967...http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/cat_israel.html#088276 Just two of the 19 dishes on the dinner menu at the G8 food shortages- July 8, 2008 not since Marie Antoinette was supposed to have leaned from a Versailles palace window and suggested that the breadless peasants eat cake can leaders have demonstrated such insensitivity to daily hardship than at the luxury Windsor hotel on the Japanese island of Hokkaido.http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/cat_current_events.html#088275 Iran's Revolutionary Guards hold war games- July 8, 2008 Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards began military maneuvers on Monday, news agencies said, the same day the U.S. Navy said it was carrying out an exercise in the Gulf.<p>The war games were conducted by missile units of the Guards' naval and air forces, the Fars and Mehr news agencies said. They said the exercises, which began a few hours ago, were aimed at improving combat readiness and capability.http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/cat_iran.html#088274 Official PA paper: Israel poisoning prisoners - Democratic Underground- July 8, 2008 In a series of reports published in the 'al-Hayat al-Jadida' newspaper Israel is accused of poisoning Palestinian prisoners in its custody and conducting "medical experiments' on them.http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/cat_israel.html#088273 Washington Times - Politics, Breaking News, US and World News - "Want some torture with your peanuts" by Aviation Security- July 8, 2008 Just when you thought you've heard it all... <p>A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser. According to this promotional video found at the Lamperd Less Lethal website, the bracelet would be worn by all airline passengers. <p>This bracelet would: <p> take the place of an airline boarding pass <p>...http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/cat_dictatorship.html#088272 YouTube - Bush talks like he's talking to someone who's stupid- July 8, 2008 Jon Stewart talks about Bush and other dictators.http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/cat_humor.html#088271 Pelosi Opposing Contempt for Rove - Democratic Underground- July 8, 2008 I have firm confirmation that Nancy Pelosi is urging the Judiciary committee NOT to go forward with contempt against Rove. <p>Congressman John Conyers and the Judiciary staff are battling for it but this has become an infight among dems. <p>Time to burn up the phone lines.http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/cat_politicselectionscorruption.html#088270 Iraq raises idea of timetable for US withdrawal - Yahoo! News- July 8, 2008 Iraq raises idea of timetable for US withdrawal...http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/cat_iraq.html#088269 Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Situation in Pakistan spinning out of control: Stratfor- July 8, 2008 The use of suicide bombings has allowed religiously radical forces to reach beyond their NWFP strongholds and strike with impunity at the core of Pakistan, including urban centres, and as it is, things are spinning out of control, according to a commentary released on Monday by Stratfor.http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/cat_pakistan.html#088268 IndyMac to exit most home lending, slash 3,800 jobs- July 7, 2008 IndyMac Bancorp said Monday that it would abandon most home lending and would lay off more than half its 7,200 employees in a shuddering acknowledgment that its attempt to reshape itself as an old-fashioned lender had failed.<P> The Pasadena-based savings and loan said it was acquiescing to federal regulators who had booted it from the list of well capitalized banks and required a change in business strategy. The bank lost $184 million in the first quarter of this year and said its...http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/cat_economy.html#088267 |