anyone hear Sy Hersh on NPR's Fresh Air?

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pretty remarkable what he was saying about Cheney still having tentacles (or moles?) in the government.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102495389

Seymour Hersh: Obama To Spotlight Syria

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Fresh Air from WHYY, March 30, 2009 · Journalist Seymour Hersh reports that a major change in American policy toward Syria is underway. As Hersh explains in his April 6 article for The New Yorker, "Syria Calling," the Obama administration is considering mediating talks between Israel and Syria

The talks are are likely to focus on the Golan Heights — a territory Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 war. Rich in Biblical history and water resources, the Golan Heights contains Syria's only means of access to the Sea of Galilee and the upper Jordan River. Hersh writes that the Obama administration's new strategy toward Syria is part of a broader plan to bring peace to the Middle East and to counter the influence of Iran.

Hersh has been a regular contributor to The New Yorker since 1993. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1970 for international reporting and has also been awarded two National Magazine Awards.

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1. Ottoman Archives Show Land Deed Forged

http://www.counterpunch.org/cook03252009.html


Turkey's Fallout with Israel Deals Blow to Settlers
By JONATHAN COOK

A legal battle being waged by Palestinian families to stop the takeover of their neighbourhood in East Jerusalem by Jewish settlers has received a major fillip from the recent souring of relations between Israel and Turkey.

After the Israeli army’s assault on the Gaza Strip in January, lawyers for the families were given access to Ottoman land registry archives in Ankara for the first time, providing what they say is proof that title deeds produced by the settlers are forged.

On Monday, Palestinian lawyers presented the Ottoman documents to an Israeli court, which is expected to assess their validity over the next few weeks. The lawyers hope that proceedings to evict about 500 residents from Sheikh Jarrah will be halted.

The families’ unprecedented access to the Turkish archives may mark a watershed, paving the way for successful appeals by other Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the West Bank caught in legal disputes with settlers and the Israeli government over land ownership.

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