Monday, 7 June 2010


Russia Says Afghan Drug Trade Threatens World Peace: In Russia, Ivanov has said that opium consumption is having a destabilizing effect and that 30,000 addicts die each year from narcotics like heroin.

Six killed in Baghdad blasts, including policemen: Iraqi security officials say an explosives-packed car driven by a suicide bomber has killed at least six people and wounded 15 outside a western Baghdad police station.

Iran Guards 'ready to escort aid boats to Gaza': "The Revolutionary Guards' naval forces are fully prepared to escort freedom and peace flotillas carrying humanitarian aid from all over the world to the oppressed people of Gaza," Ali Shirazi, Khamenei's naval representative, told the Mehr news agency.

Israel rejects UN proposal for joint Gaza flotilla probe with U.S. and Turkey : Israel rejected on Sunday a proposal by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for an international investigation into its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship and said it had the right to launch its own inquiry.

Israel Navy reserves officers: Allow external Gaza flotilla probe: Officers denounce operation as 'military and diplomatic failure', slam government for placing blame on the activists.

The Flotilla Raid Was Not “Bungled.” The IDF Detailed Its Violent Strategy In Advance: The Israeli military broadcast its plan for violence, inciting the Israeli public and the soldiers of Unit 13 with fevered visions of a kill-or-be-killed encounter with a group of Arab “terrorists.”

Turkish paper releases 'censored' photos of beaten Israeli commandos: The photos published by Hurriyet on Sunday, under the headline "tears of a commando", Israeli soldiers are seen beaten and bleeding, being carried below deck by Turkish activists.