Don’t Wreck The Wrekin
Indymedia UK - 19 Mar 2010
Anti-coal campaigners have set up a protest camp in Shropshire to fight the establishment of an open cast coal mine in an area of outstanding local beauty.In 2007 UK Coal submitted plans to Telford and Wrekin Council to open cast mine 900,000 tons of poor quality coal from an area at the foot of the Wrekin in Telford over 32 months. The plans included destroying parts of an ancient woodland and will be responsible for a minimum of 1,500,000 tonnes of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere. The Wrekin is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.After discovering last week that many of the trees had already been felled signaling that work was due to begin imminently, West Midlands Climate Action and a coalition of local groups and activists last week swooped upon the Huntington Lane Surface Mine Site to claim the land.As part of Fossil Fools Day, West Midlands Climate Action are putting on a weekend gathering at the newly established Huntington Lane Camp from April 1st to 4th. The weekend will include a ramble over the proposed Surface Mine Site, Banner drops, campaign planning and most importantly carrying out any work on site that needs doing to help establish a permanent base on site. They are calling on people to attend the weekend, and to support and defend the camp in any way they can.Links:West Midlands Climate Action | Defend Huntington LanePrevious actions against open cast mines: Ffos-y-Fran | Mainshill Solidarity Camp | Broken Cross | Shipley

Iran Is Paranoid and Israel Is Not (You’re Kidding, Right?)
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 19 Mar 2010
Summary: “A country whose political culture is characterized by paranoia.” What country would that be? Israel, which has claimed victim status through seven decades of vicious land grab? The United States, which has devastated Iraq pretending to look for imaginary weapons of mass destruction? source: MRzineread more

Powell Says New Sanctions on Iran Won?t Stop Nuclear Program
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 19 Mar 2010
Summary: Powell Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said new sanctions on Iran to persuade it to stop enriching uranium won?t work because the Islamic republic is ?determined to have a nuclear program.?. He made the distinction between nuclear programme and nuclear weapons and called for negotiated settlement. source: Businessweek read more

Israel attack on Iran could ignite Middle East: Hezbollah
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 19 Mar 2010
Summary: Violence could spread across the Middle East with Israel paying a “heavy price” if it launched military action against Iran, the deputy leader of Hezbollah said on Thursday. source: Reuters read more

Will There Be A False Flag Operation To Implicate Iran?
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 19 Mar 2010
Summary: Roberts The next step will be a staged “terrorist attack,” a “false flag” operation as per Operation Northwoods, for which Iran will be blamed. As Iran and its leadership have already been demonized, the “false flag” attack will suffice to obtain U.S. and European public support for bombing Iran. The bombing will include more than the nuclear facilities and will continue until the Iranians agree to regime change and the installation of a puppet government. The corrupt American media will present the new puppet as “freedom and democracy.” source: Crooscurrents.orgread more