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As some of you know, Falluja is a forbidden city. It was subjected to intense bombardments in 2004, with DU bombs and White phosphorus, and since it has become a no go zone - meaning that both the Iraqi puppet authorities and the U.S invading/occupying forces do not allow anyone to conduct any real study in Falluja. Falluja is basically under siege.

MATADOR NINETY-FOUR - What happens in the World today? News, backgrounds and opinions too hot to handle for the mainstream media

1. Depleted Uranium Shells Used by U.S. Military Worse Than Nuclear Weapons
2. The horrors of exposure to depleted uranium
3. Depleted Uranium and the Medical Mismanagement of Gulf War Veterans

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Iran has declared a state of alert on June 22, on its northwestern borders alleging that US and Israeli forces have concentrated in Azerbaijan ready to strike at Iran’s nuclear facilities. Iranian sources claim that Israel has secretly transferred a large number of bomber jets to bases in Azerbaijan, via Georgia, and that American Special Forces are also concentrated in Azerbaijan in preparation for a strike.

MATADOR NINETY-FOUR - What happens in the World today? News, backgrounds and opinions too hot to handle for the mainstream media

1. Turkish premier Erdogan warns against military strike on Iran
2. Israel ready to strike Iran: ex-envoy
3. Israel launches covert war against Iran

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Following the assault by Israeli commandos on the six-ship aid convoy in international Mediterranean waters that resulted in at least nine dead and dozens wounded among the civilian aid workers – actions that were televised across the world – and then the illegal hijacking of these foreign-registered ships and the abduction and detention incommunicado of some 700 passengers from up to 50 countries, all that the usually oratorical US president Barack Obama could muster was a cowardly refrain: “We regret this loss of life”.

MATADOR NINETY-FOUR - What happens in the World today? News, backgrounds and opinions too hot to handle for the mainstream media

1. White Phosphorus: Israel fires artillery shells into Gaza
2. House passes bill recognizing Israel’s right to defend itself
3. Tehran declares State of Alert on its Western Border: Iran-US-Israel Drama goes into Act II

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MATADOR NINETY-FOUR - What happens in the World today? News, backgrounds and opinions too hot to handle for the mainstream media

1. Jordanian Professor: Israel Will Go to War over Water
2. Secret CIA-Mossad meeting, preparation for new war?
3. Tehran declares State of Alert on its Western Border: Iran-US-Israel Drama goes into Act II

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A secret meeting between the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Leon Panetta and Israeli officials has reportedly centered on Iran's nuclear program

MATADOR NINETY-FOUR - What happens in the World today? News, backgrounds and opinions too hot to handle for the mainstream media

1. Tehran declares State of Alert on its Western Border: Iran-US-Israel Drama goes into Act II
2. Turkish premier Erdogan warns against military strike on Iran
3. Israel launches covert war against Iran

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Iran has reported a naval buildup in the Gulf. Officials said Western and allied forces have deployed scores of warships in the Gulf and Arabian Sea. They said nearly 100 warships have been conducting operations, many of which appear to be directed against Iran.

MATADOR NINETY-FOUR - What happens in the World today? News, backgrounds and opinions too hot to handle for the mainstream media

1. Tehran declares State of Alert on its Western Border: Iran-US-Israel Drama goes into Act II
2. Russia’s foreign minister strongly warns against use of force on Iran
3. Secret CIA-Mossad meeting, preparation for new war?

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Washington and Sana'a are reviewing targets for a possible retaliatory strike on Yemeni soil in the wake of a failed Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound airliner, which al-Qaeda in Yemen claims to have organized.

MATADOR NINETY-FOUR - What happens in the World today? News, backgrounds and opinions too hot to handle for the mainstream media

1. Obama Vows ‘Accelerated Offensive’ in Yemen
2. Evidence Mounts for US Complicity in Terrorism: Mutallab’s father is no ordinary ‘banker’
3. Pentagon said drawing up plans for strike on Iranian camp

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Barack Obama vowed an “accelerated offensive” against militants in Yemen. The president said he would not rest and would commit “every element of national power” to the new mission of attacking those speculatively accused of some vague complicity in the failed bombing.

MATADOR NINETY-FOUR - What happens in the World today? News, backgrounds and opinions too hot to handle for the mainstream media

1. US and Yemen gear up for flight 253 retaliatory strike
2. Obama secretly deploys US special forces to 75 countries across world
3. Evidence Mounts for US Complicity in Terrorism: Mutallab’s father is no ordinary ‘banker’

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Israel will wage war against Egypt within seven years in order to control the Nile River. First war of Israel over water will be in Shebaa farms area.

MATADOR NINETY-FOUR - What happens in the World today? News, backgrounds and opinions too hot to handle for the mainstream media

1. A devastating war between Israel & Hezbollah is on the horizon
2. World recoils at Gaza bloodshed, US backs Israel
3. Official: Israel prevents 15 medicine-laden trucks into Gaza

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Tension over control of the Haram al Sharif compound of mosques in Jerusalem’s Old City has reached a pitch unseen since clashes at the site sparked the second intifada nine years ago

MATADOR NINETY-FOUR - What happens in the World today? News, backgrounds and opinions too hot to handle for the mainstream media

1. Kristallnacht in Hebron
2. Israeli troops invade Gaza – live
3. Palestinian news agency confirms organ snatching story

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The Bethlehem-based Palestinian news agency Ma'an published a report over the weekend which it said confirmed allegations that IDF soldiers kill Palestinian civilians to harvest their organs.

MATADOR NINETY-FOUR - What happens in the World today? News, backgrounds and opinions too hot to handle for the mainstream media

1. New Jewish organ theft gang busted
2. Tensions Mount Again at al-Aqsa in Old City of Jerusalem
3. Doctor admits Israeli pathologists harvested organs without consent

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Destruction of Gaza's agriculture means that harvests are likely to fail and the Strip will depend more on handouts. Gaza faces failed harvests after the bombardment by Israel

MATADOR NINETY-FOUR - What happens in the World today? News, backgrounds and opinions too hot to handle for the mainstream media

1. Official: Israel prevents 15 medicine-laden trucks into Gaza
2. White Phosphorus: Israel fires artillery shells into Gaza
3. Israel Seals Off Gaza, Expresses Outrage Over UN Remarks

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Claims have been received by the BBC and an Israeli human rights group that Israeli troops have fired on Gaza residents trying to escape the conflict area. Israel has strongly denied the allegations.

MATADOR NINETY-FOUR - What happens in the World today? News, backgrounds and opinions too hot to handle for the mainstream media

1. Official: Israel prevents 15 medicine-laden trucks into Gaza
2. Gaza faces failed harvests after the bombardment by Israel
3. World recoils at Gaza bloodshed, US backs Israel