{"id":15575,"date":"2012-06-24T13:09:41","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T21:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=15575"},"modified":"2012-06-24T13:09:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T21:09:41","slug":"antiwar-com-newsletter-june-24-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/24\/antiwar-com-newsletter-june-24-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Antiwar.com Newsletter | June 24, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/p>\n<p><i>Antiwar.com Newsletter <\/i>| June 24, 2012<\/p>\n<p>IN THIS ISSUE<\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<ul><b><\/b><\/p>\n<li>What\u2019s new<\/li>\n<li>Top news<\/li>\n<li>Opinion and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s top news: <\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/06\/21\/citing-potential-war-crimes-un-official-questions-legality-of-drone-war\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Citing Potential \u2018War Crimes\u2019 UN Official Questions Legality of Drone War<\/b><\/a>: UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions has called on the Obama administration to justify the legal grounds of the drone war and said alleged &quot;follow-up&quot; strikes on rescuers, if true, would constitute war crimes. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/06\/21\/cia-funneling-arms-to-syrian-rebels-through-turkey\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>CIA Funneling Arms to Syrian Rebels Through Turkey<\/b><\/a>: The CIA has officers secretly operating in southern Turkey, helping allies to funnel arms to Syrian opposition fighters, some with ties to al-Qaeda, in a dangerous pursuit of regime change that is exacerbating the conflict. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/06\/21\/iran-detects-massive-cyber-attack-after-failed-moscow-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Iran Detects \u2018Massive Cyber Attack\u2019 After Failed Moscow Talks<\/b><\/a>: Iranian officials say they have detected a planned &quot;massive cyber attack&quot; against its nuclear facilities from the US, Britain, and Israel just days after talks with world powers failed to reach a settlement on Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2012\/06\/19\/us-plans-to-surge-military-presence-across-middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>US Plans to Surge Military Presence Across Middle East<\/b><\/a>: In the wake of being forced out of Iraq, Washington is planning to maintain a significant military presence in the Middle East going forward in order to maintain hegemony over the region, <a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_US_MILITARY_KUWAIT?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2012-06-19-03-30-45\" target=\"_blank\">according to a new congressional report<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><b>Opinion and Analysis<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Justin Raimondo discussed <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2012\/06\/17\/rand-pauls-oedipal-drama\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Rand Paul<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2012\/06\/19\/1812-the-war-partys-first-success\/\" target=\"_blank\">War of 1812<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2012\/06\/21\/how-to-judge-a-political-candidate\/\" target=\"_blank\">how to judge political candidates<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Knapp examined the role of <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/thomas-knapp\/2012\/06\/15\/about-that-foreign-money\/\" target=\"_blank\">foreign money in American elections<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Nebojsa Malic profiled <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/malic\/2012\/06\/15\/the-replacement-quisling\/\" target=\"_blank\">Serbia\u2019s replacement quisling<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>R. Lee Wrights explained how <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/lee-wrights\/2012\/06\/17\/peace-is-profitable\/\" target=\"_blank\">peace is profitable<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>John Walsh caught a <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/john-v-walsh\/2012\/06\/17\/creepy-nicholas-kristof-rejoices-in-murderous-iranian-sanctions\/\" target=\"_blank\">prominent humanitarian interventionist celebrating deadly sanctions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Kelley Vlahos investigated <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/vlahos\/2012\/06\/18\/a-biblical-threat-to-national-security\/\" target=\"_blank\">a biblical threat to national security<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Ivan Eland urged the U.S. government to <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/eland\/2012\/06\/19\/the-us-should-take-lessons-from-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\">take lessons from its Mexican counterpart<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Philip Giraldi performed a <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/giraldi\/2012\/06\/20\/terrorism-arithmetic\/\" target=\"_blank\">cost-benefit analysis on the War on Terror<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Richard Silverstein reported on an <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/richard-silverstein\/2012\/06\/21\/israel-lobby-creates-anti-iran-astroturf-group\/\" target=\"_blank\">Israel lobby\u2013created anti-Iran group<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Bitta Mostofi criticized <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/bitta-mostofi\/2012\/06\/21\/apple-should-think-different-on-iran-sanctions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Apple\u2019s take on Iran sanctions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<p>Support Antiwar.com!<\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in buying advertising space at <a href=\"http:\/\/Antiwar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Antiwar.com<\/a>, please contact Angela Keaton at +1-323-512-7095. 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