Burma's opposition looks to begin new phase of armed resistance; distracted
US
government fails to address economy head on; summer heats up in the US as
the
globe warms; Guantanamo's war crimes court begins trials; contractors'
poor
job on electrical work at Iraq bases puts soldiers in danger; and more ...
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t r u t h o u t | 07.18
In Burma, Opposition Eyes Escalation
http://www.truthout.org/article/in-burma-opposition-eyes-escalation
Clancy Chassay, The Guardian UK: "Members of Burma's battered and
disparate
opposition are growing disillusioned with the old methods of the
pro-democracy
movement and are seeking ways to escalate their armed struggle with the
help
of covert western sup****t. 'There is a very real debate among us about how
to
begin a more sustained armed struggle,' an organiser of last September's
failed uprising told the Guardian. 'We are ready for that kind of action,
if
we can get the supplies and training that we need.'"
As Economy Sours and Oil Rises, Wa****ngton Postures
http://www.truthout.org/article/as-economy-sours-and-oil-rises-wa****ngton-postures
David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers: "During a week of economic turmoil
and
wildly fluctuating energy prices, Wa****ngton lawmakers did little to calm
consumers, opting instead to spent a lot of time trying to land political
punches. Republicans kept talking about the im****tance of allowing
drilling
off US coastlines. Democrats countered with how releasing some oil from
the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve might help drive down oil prices."
Summers Hotter as Climate Changes
http://www.truthout.org/article/summers-hotter-climate-changes
David A. Fahrenthold and Juliet Eilperin, The Wa****ngton Post: "Climate
change
will have a 'substantial' impact on human health in the coming decades,
making
wildfires and hurricanes more likely, cooking up more smog, and making
summer
heat waves longer, hotter and deadlier, according to a new re****t today
from
the Environmental Protection Agency. The re****t details how rising
temperatures could slowly but significantly ****ft the rhythms of nature
that
Americans are used to - with disruptive, sometimes even deadly,
consequences.
In the West, it found, changing weather patterns could thin the snowpacks
that
feed rivers, with repercussions for both hydroelectric dams and water
supplies."
War Crimes Trials Begin at Guantanamo
http://www.truthout.org/article/war-crimes-trials-begin-guantanamo
Jim Loney, Reuters: "A Yemeni likely to be the first person tried before
the
US war crimes court at Guantanamo naval base was more than just a driver
for
Osama bin Laden, US agents said on Thursday. Salim Hamdan trans****ted
weapons
and said he swore allegiance to and got his paycheck directly from the al
Qaeda leader, the agents told a judge in pretrial hearings at the isolated
US
base in Cuba. Hamdan was captured in Afghanistan in 2001. Lawyers for the
accused terrorist facing the first US war crimes tribunals since World War
II
say Hamdan was just a driver and mechanic in bin Laden's motor pool who
did
the job because he needed the $200 monthly paycheck."
Electrical Risks at Bases in Iraq Worse Than Previously Said
http://www.truthout.org/article/electrical-risks-bases-iraq-worse-than-previously-said
James Risen, The New York Times: "Shoddy electrical work by private
contractors on United States military bases in Iraq is widespread and
dangerous, causing more deaths and injuries from fires and shocks than the
Pentagon has acknowledged, according to internal Army do***ents. During
just
one six-month period - August 2006 through January 2007 - at least 283
electrical fires destroyed or damaged American military facilities in
Iraq,
including the military's largest dining hall in the country, do***ents
obtained by The New York Times show. Two soldiers died in an electrical
fire
at their base near Tikrit in 2006, the records note, while another was
injured
while jumping from a burning guard tower in May 2007."
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