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The Israeli government denied Monday that the withdrawal of ground forces from southern Gaza on Sunday meant that it was giving up on its plan to attack Hamas in the city of Rafah and destroy the last four terrorist battalions. Israel pulled out its troops suddenly, leaving only the Nahal Brigade to control a corridor of access from Israel into Gaza, and to prevent movement from southern to northern Gaza, keeping Hamas terrorists bottled up in the south. The sudden movement was an apparent response to pressure from President Joe Biden, who told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he...

One glance at the map below, showing the current distribution of U.S. naval assets, reveals something that has almost never happened at any time in the past decade: As the map shows, US aircraft carrier, CVN 71 Theodore Roosevelt is currently on its way out of the Persian Gulf, leaving just the LHD-2 Essex Amphibious Warfare ship group to defend the Persian Gulf and more importantly, leaving the hotly contested middle east without U.S. carrier-based air support for the first time in years. How did this happen? According to USNI News, the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group left U.S. 5th...

US Federal Reserve is reporting a major deposit withdrawal from the nation’s bank accounts. The financial system has not seen such a massive fund outflow since 9/11 attacks. The first week of January 2013 has seen $114 billion withdrawn from 25 of the US’ biggest banks, pushing deposits down to $5.37 trillion, according to the US Fed. Financial analysts suggest it could be down to the Transaction Account Guarantee insurance program coming to an end on December 31 last year and clients moving their money that is no longer insured by the government. The program was introduced in the wake...

US Federal Reserve is reporting a major deposit withdrawal from the nation’s bank accounts. The financial system hasn’t seen such a massive fund outflow since 9/11 attacks. ­The first week of January 2013 has seen $114 billion withdrawn from 25 of the US’ biggest banks, pushing deposits down to $5.37 trillion, according to the US Fed. Financial analysts suggest it could be down to the Transaction Account Guarantee insurance program coming to an end on December 31 last year and clients moving their money that is no longer insured by the government. The program was introduced in the wake of...

The EU Is Considering Limiting ATM Withdrawals And Imposing Border Checks If Greece Leaves The Euro Luke Baker, ReutersJune 11, 2012 European finance officials have discussed as a worst-case scenario limiting the size of withdrawals from ATM machines, imposing border checks and introducing capital controls in at least Greece should Athens decide to leave the euro. EU officials have told Reuters the ideas are part of a range of contingency plans. They emphasized that the discussions were merely about being prepared for any eventuality rather than planning for something they expect to happen - no one Reuters has spoken to...

more: http://www.SHTFplan.com/ From what we can gather, according to eye witness testimony, St. Louis PD has barricaded the Bank of America building and is refusing customer access to deposits. Eye witness account: ‘They would not let me get past that barricade, where those three guys are. I talked to the liutenant of the St. Louis Police Department – and he said they [customers?] don’t have a legal right – but he was going to try to work out something, a symbolic gesture where eight people to pull out their money, I being one of them.’ He came back later and...

In the HEALTHCARE BILL HR 3200 there are two pages that are NOT just directed at Seniors, but your bank account. On page 58 there is Government ID CARD, with all your information on it. On page 59 there is provision for the US Gov't to electronically transfer money out of your account, from your bank account. (paraphrased) I do not believe it is age specific.

Yesterday Obama announced a new time frame for troop removal with a big surprise. 50,000 troops will remain to do, among other things, "anti- terrorism operations": "President Barack Obama will announce today that most U.S. combat troops will be out of Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010, though thousands will remain behind to support Iraqi forces, two administration officials said. Obama plans to leave 35,000 to 50,000 military personnel in Iraq through 2011 to perform duties such as training, equipping and supporting the Iraqi military and protecting civilian operations. Some of the remaining troops would conduct anti- terrorism operations, the officials...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Two of President Barack Obama's top picks for government jobs sensationally withdrew Tuesday, in bombshell announcements which rocked his young administration and tested his vow to clean up politics. Tom Daschle, the nominee to lead Obama's ambitious healthcare reform and Nancy Killefer, his choice for budget watchdog both quit after becoming engulfed in storms over past unpaid taxes. The departures were the first grave challenge to Obama's administration, distracted from his effort to force his huge economic stimulus plan through Congress and called his promise of a new era of ethical politics into question. "This morning, Tom...

UPDATE 1-Pardus $2 billion hedge fund suspends withdrawals Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:12pm EDT (Adds details, byline) By Dane Hamilton NEW YORK, March 31 (Reuters) - Pardus Capital Management, a global activist hedge fund with over $2 billion in assets, said on Monday it suspended investor withdrawals in the face of slumping values of some of its holdings and demands for capital return. Pardus -- which holds positions in both Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and United Air Lines parent UAL Corp (UAUA.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and has urged the companies to merge -- said it suspended...

Citigroup Inc (C.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has barred investors in its CSO Partners hedge fund from withdrawing their money, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Friday. Citigroup suspended redemptions in CSO, a fund specialising in corporate debt, after investors tried to withdraw more than 30 percent of the fund's $500 million in assets, said the story. CSO had an 11 percent loss last year, forcing Citigroup to inject $100 million to stabilise the fund, said the Journal.

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates held out hope Friday that U.S. forces in Iraq could continue a steady decline next year if security keeps improving — leaving 100,000 by year end. But he did not rule out a small uptick in U.S. troops in Afghanistan. While Gates would not put a specific number on Iraq troop levels, he agreed a consistent reduction would leave 10 brigades — roughly 100,000 troops — soon after American voters go to the polls for the 2008 presidential elections. There are currently 158,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. The first brigade that is not being...

WASHINGTON - The end came quickly, and quietly, for Jim Gilmore, the former Virginia governor, who withdrew via email [PDF] from the 2008 presidential race last Saturday. Even over a slow news weekend, Gilmore's move drew scant mention on the Sunday morning talk-shows or Monday newspapers. Indeed, the biggest impact of his withdrawal, coupled with widespread predictions of John McCain's imminent demise, might be to remind us that, in fact, the field of candidates running for president will surely narrow considerably before the first votes are cast next winter.

Q. How do you know the liberal American media are doing their best to bury a good-news story about Iraq? A. When an official Chinese communist news outlet gives it more coverage than the MSM.When the UK recently announced that it was reducing the number of its troops in Iraq by 1,600, the news was the subject of massive media coverage in the United States. In addition to innumerable MSM news reports on the development, pundits filled the airwaves with hours of dire conjecture as to whether the British move signalled the collapse of the coalition, etc. But when news...

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2006 – One day after Iraq's unity government was sworn in, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said it's too soon to try to project when major U.S. troop withdrawals might occur. Speaking today on NBC's "Meet the Press," Rice said conditions on the ground and consultations with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government would play the question out over time. "We are going to sit with the new Iraqi prime minister and his team and look at the security situation both in terms of what remains to be done and who should do it," Rice said. The secretary...

Sharansky Says Bush Will Try to Discourage Olmert on Withdrawals 19:58 May 18, '06 / 20 Iyar 5766 (IsraelNN.com) Knesset member Natan Sharansky said on a radio program Thursday night that American President George W. Bush will try to discourage Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from pushing his plan for more destruction of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. The Prime Minister is to fly to Washington next week. Speaking on the Voice of Israel program "From the Left and From the Right," the former Prisoner of Zion explained that the timing of the Olmert's policy is very unfavorable for the...

Kadima party officials told the Likud’s coalition negotiating team that Kadima plans to implement its “convergence plan” to uproot dozens of Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria by 2008. Kadima negotiators said the withdrawals would be made prior to the next U.S. presidential election in November 2008. After the meeting between the two teams which took place in Ramat Gan’s Maccabiah Olympic village, former Education Minister, MK Limor Livnat (Likud) concluded, “the chance that we’ll be joining the coalition is very, very unlikely.” Kadima negotiators also told their Likud counterparts that Kadima would oppose holding a national referendum on carrying...

Last update - 23:04 22/03/2006 Olmert: Coalition partners must back withdrawals By Haaretz Service and the Associated Press Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that any party wishing to join a coalition government headed by Kadima after the March 28 elections must support his plan for further withdrawals in the West Bank. The latest opinion polls all give Kadima the most Knesset seats, making it likely that Olmert, as the party's leader, will be asked to form the next government. "Anyone who is not prepared to be a partner to [the plan] and the diplomatic agenda cannot be a...

Olmert Hints at Future Withdrawals; Opposed from All Quarters 16:18 Feb 08, '06 / 10 Shevat 5766 By Hillel Fendel Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in his first major interview since assuming office, says that Israel wants to separate itself from most of the Arab population in Judea and Samaria. Speaking on Channel Two television last night, Olmert implied that he would initiate another unilateral withdrawal. "Israel will preserve most of the settlement blocs," he said. "We will come together in central settlement blocs, and maintain a united Jerusalem. Ariel, Gush Etzion and Maaleh Adumim will be part of Israel."...

America’s retail investors made record withdrawals from stockmarket mutual funds during July, as shares hit four-year lows, according to data released this week. The sell-off has been followed by a sharp rally, leading some to argue that it signalled the end of the bear market. Is the worst over? AMERICA has its public to thank for the great bull market of the 1990s. It was America’s workers who boosted productivity to historical highs and individual investors, piling into stockmarkets with unprecedented enthusiasm, who drove share prices ever higher. And when the going got tough, small investors did not panic. As...