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The following articles, columns, and/or editorials are published in today’s LA Times (print edition) or NY Times (web edition). One or more provide an opportunity to write a letter to the editor to enunciate our message of peace.
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NY Times one items today:
--- Israel Warns of Using Force if New Flotilla Heads to Gaza http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/world/middleeast/17flotilla.html Reports top naval officer said “We will do anything we have to do to prevent a boat from breaking the blockade.”
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LETTER TO NY TIMES
RE: " Israel Warns of Using Force if New Flotilla Heads to Gaza" June 17
If there is any legality to the blockade that Israel imposes on the Gaza Strip, it is to stop weapons. That does not give Israel the right to stop humanitarian missions from sailing to Gaza from international waters. Yet Israel is poised to attack the humanitarian flotilla using American supplied weapons. For Israel this will repeat the mistake it made when it attacked the freedom flotilla last year. For the United States it will bring more discredit by its support and protection of Israel.
The best course for the Obama Administration is to assure that the flotilla is not carrying weapons, and most important, to constrain Israel from using American weapons to commit a war crime.
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From: Al Jazeera English [mailto:newsletters=aljazeera.net@mcsv152.net] On Behalf Of Al Jazeera English
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 10:14 AM
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Subject: Turkey’s AKP wins; Greek’s economic woes; Syria bloodbath continues
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| Turkey’s AKP wins; Greek’s economic woes; Syria bloodbath continues Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, has been elected for a third term. The results of Sunday's parliamentary elections show that ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won more than half of the votes cast. Erdogan has pledged to build a new constitution for the country by consensus, and said he would work with rivals.
Among the issues during the campaign were providing the large Kurdish minority with secure rights, and rewriting the 1982 constitution. However, the AKP’s win have been largely attributed to its overall economic and cultural approach over the last nine years.
The results of the election further emphasise the need for greater unity in the vast and divided country, with analysts lauding the poll as an example of democracy for the Middle East.
Greece’s economic crisis has sunk to a new low, as Standard & Poor's cut its credit rating by three notches to CCC, the lowest rating of any sovereign nation in the world. As fears mount over Greece’s debts, stock markets around the globe have also fallen.
The country has been struggling with high unemployment and unstable currency values. With Athens' overall debt reaching $489.6bn. This week, talks have taken place over Greece’s repayment plan when the EU-IMF loan runs out in 2013. Debt restructuring is the most likely short-term outcome, but Eurozone officials believe the country will likely need further aid in some form.
The Syrian army has begun operations in Jisr al-Shughur, a northern town near the Turkish border, as anti-government protests are held in cities across the country. The government said the operation aimed to restore security in the town, where 120 security personnel were allegedly killed by "armed groups'' last week.
As military operations in the town prompted an exodus of refugees to Turkey, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon praised the Turkish government for its generosity.
More than 1,200 people, mostly civilians, have reportedly been killed in the crackdown protests that began in March. More than 10,000 have been detained, yet demonstrators continue to challenge the ongoing presidency of Bashar al-Assad. |
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Middle East - Syrian army’s violent crackdown in northern town of Jisr al-Shughur, as protesters reportedly targeted and killed across the country.
- Lebanese PM announces new cabinet including 16 posts for Hezbollah and its allies, prompting a resignation by a Druze MP.
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Josh Rushing travels to the city dubbed the murder capital of the world. | | 
A look at whether US withdrawal from Afghanistan will threaten hard-won gains in the battle against the Taliban. |
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Authorities claim they have arrested the "leadership" of the nebulous, non-hierarchical online activist community. | | 
Obama has so far been a disappointment to many of his supporters, but he has awakened a worldwide need for real change. | | 
Scientific experts believe Japan's nuclear disaster to be far worse than governments are revealing to the public. | | 
Amid planned protests, Barack Obama to visit "world's oldest colony" in first US presidential visit in 50 years.
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Testimonies from defected soldiers give a dramatic insight into the split apparently emerging in the security forces. | | 
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