Blankfort cites article on indigenous resistance to Correa approving copper and gold mining in Ecuador’s Condor rain forest; reviews Hagel vote with comments by Bill Kristol and Sen. Inhofe; previews AIPAC’s policy conference; cites Israeli TV report that Obama to tell Netanyahu he’ll bomb Iran with Israel on sidelines; reports on Israel plans to steal Syrian oil from Golan; quotes Craig Murray on that and UK House of Commons refusing to act on Bahraini human rights complaints; quotes Sharmine Narwani on political uses of casualty figures in Syrian, Iraq, Darfur, Libya, Congo.
