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Israel Seizes Another Gaza-Bound Aid Boat – Israeli commandos have seized another humanitarian aid boat headed to Gaza in an effort to break the blockade imposed by Israel on Gaza. Early on Saturday, Israel’s navy forcibly boarded an Irish-owned ship named the Rachel Corrie and then sailed it to an Israeli port.

Report: Israel Had Assassination List – The Independent of London reports Mavi Marmara passengers seized a booklet during their altercations with the Israeli forces who rappelled aboard. The passengers claim the booklet contained names and pictures of passengers the Israeli military intended to shoot dead.

Report: Many Gulf Coast Judges Tied to Oil and Gas Industry – The Associated Press is reporting more than half of the federal judges in Gulf Coast districts with pending spill-related lawsuits have financial ties to the oil and gas industry.

US Intel Analyst Arrested for Leaking Wikileaks Video – Wired.com reports Specialist Bradley Manning has been held without charge since being detained at his military base in Iraq two weeks ago. A former computer hacker told Wired he turned Manning in after Manning claimed to have released the video footage along with hundreds of thousands of classified US government records to Wikileaks

US Elite Special Forces Deployed Across World – the New York Times reported the US has authorized a major expansion of clandestine military operations abroad that includes intelligence gathering for a possible attack on Iran. Last week, the Washington Post reported Special Operations forces are now deployed in seventy-five countries, compared to sixty at the start of last year .. some of the countries where elite special forces have been deployed, aside from Iran, include Georgia, Ukraine, Bolivia, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, Yemen, Pakistan, Philippines, Turkey, Belgium, France and Spain

CIA Personnel Engaged in Human Experimentation – A new report from Physicians for Human Rights has accused the Bush administration of conducting illegal and unethical human experimentation and research on prisoners in CIA custody. The report details how doctors, psychologists and other professionals monitored sleep deprivation on more than a dozen prisoners, as well as the effects of large- volume waterboarding

The Pixies Cancel Concert in Israel – The legendary alternative rock group the Pixies have become the latest artists to cancel a scheduled performance in Israel following boycott calls. Concert organizers say the cancellation was linked to the Israeli assault on the Free Gaza flotilla

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