Campaign Victories As Hich And Amdani Are Released On Bail
Indymedia UK - 18 Jun 2008
By coincidence, the immigration bail hearings of two high profile Nottingham detainees took place on Monday 16th June. The hearings, conducted via video links from Dover Citadel (for Hicham Yezza) and Campsfield House in Oxfordshire (for Amdani Juma) both ended with the defendants being released while they fight their respective immigration cases.Newswire: Hicham Yezza released after 31 days in detentionPrevious Features: Nottingham Protests in Support of Detained Resident | Another Nottingham Activist Detained For Deportation | Hundreds Join Demo for Academic Freedom and Against Deportation | Nottingham Uni Detainee Innocent But Still Facing Deportation | Anger Over “Terror Arrests” at Nottingham UniversityLinks: Free Hich | Friends of Amdani | National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns | No Borders Nottingham | Nottingham & Notts Refugee Forum | Nottingham Refugee Campaign Group

Iraq bans dealings with Iran opposition group
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 18 Jun 2008
Summary: Rajavi and SaddamThe Iraqi government Tuesday banned any dealings with an Iranian opposition group based in Iraq. In an official statement, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Cabinet accused the Mujahedeen Khalq organization of interfering in Iraq’s internal affairs. “The Cabinet decided to ban any dealings with this organization by any Iraqi or foreign individual, organization or party,” the statement said. The government said those who violate the order will face charges under the anti-terror law. source: APread more

NYT Exposes Fraud of “Generous Offer” to Iran!
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 18 Jun 2008
Summary: On Sunday, the New York Times reported that President Bush “accused” Iran of rejecting a new set of incentives to stop enriching uranium. “I am disappointed that the leaders rejected this generous offer out of hand,” Bush said. Of course, Iran didn’t reject it “out of hand,” as the article goes on to explain: source: The Huffington Postread more

Keystone Kondi’s Kwazy Kwestions
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 18 Jun 2008
Summary: US missile attackAs the End of Bush Days draws near, the desperation and insanity of the administration and its neoconservative policies become more and more apparent. One of the most recent examples is Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s address to the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on June 3, where she once and for all crossed over to the dark side and swore fealty to Lord Cheney’s quest to start a shooting war with Iran. source: Pen and Swordread more

Israel has won the European cup: a special relationship
Electronic Intifada - 18 Jun 2008
rr r r rr r rr r rr r rr r rr rrr rIsrael has now been granted the highest level of European Union relations available to a non-member state, despite the EU’s own finding that “little concrete progress” has been made on issues raised between Israel and the EU, namely Israel’s human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. EI co-founder Arjan El Fassed comments on the efforts towards a “more intense, more fruitful, more influential cooperation” between the EU and Israel.