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Citizens for Legitimate Government: 9 January 2012

News Updates from Citizens for Legitimate Government

9 Jan 2012

http://www.legitgov.org

Breaking: Iran sentences CIA operative to death 09 Jan 2012 Iran has sentenced to death CIA operative Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, who had earlier been arrested by Iran's intelligence forces, over espionage for the United States.

CIA likely to resume drone strikes 09 Jan 2012 America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is likely to resume the drone campaign that it had apparently called off following a deadly Nato airstrike on Pakistani border posts in the Mohmand tribal region on November 26, 2011. Sources told The Express Tribune on Sunday that both sides have almost agreed on 'fresh terms of engagements' to resume drone attacks against suspected al Qaeda members and their local facilitators civilians hiding in the tribal areas, including North and South Waziristan. The deadly aircraft operated from the CIA Headquarters at Langley in McClean, Virginia, would now be flying from American airbases in Afghanistan, said an official privy to the developments taking place behind the scene.

Gunman in Afghan uniform kills U.S. soldier 09 Jan 2012 A man in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on a group of Americans at a base in the south of the country, killing a U.S. soldier and wounding another, an Afghan military spokesman said Monday. Spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi said the gunman was also killed in the shootout on Sunday. Similar attacks have raised fears of increased Taliban infiltration of the Afghan police and army as NATO speeds up the [giving billions of dollars to Blackwater and other terrorist groups under the pretext of] training of the security forces.

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BA passenger jet makes emergency landing after both pilots 'almost pass out' at the controls --Captain and first officer report feeling 'light-headed' as craft reaches 20,000 feet --They are supplied with oxygen masks and request emergency return to Heathrow 09 Jan 2012 A British Airways jet was forced to make an emergency landing after both pilots almost 'passed out' at the controls. The Captain and first officer both reported feeling light headed as the aircraft, which had taken off from Heathrow, was climbing at 20,000 feet. As the drama unfolded passengers heard a 'panicked' captain call for a senior member of the cabin crew to come to their aid.

'0xOmar': You won't find me --Saudi hacker tells Ynet report revealing his identity is wrong, says: If a stupid student thinks he can find me in eight hours, what will Mossad do? --Hacker has blamed Israel before of committing genocide 06 Jan 2012 Hours after an Israeli student claimed to have uncovered the identity of the hacker who leaked the personal details of tens of thousands of Israelis, '0xOmar' tells Ynet in an email exchange that they got the wrong person, adding that "No one is going to arrest me, it's not possible." Omar stated that his next targets include military contractors and Israeli SCADA systems (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition).

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