Industrial Workers of the World

War on a DIME ? One such munition may be Dime, or dense inert metal explosives, a weapon recently developed by the US army to create a powerful and lethal blast over a small area. The munition is supposed to still be in the development stage and is not yet regulated. There are fears, however, that Israel may have received a green light from the US military to treat Gaza as a testing ground. http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090112/FOREIGN/150565837/0/GLOBALBRIEFING

Police Agree to Investigate Raytheon's Role in War Crimes - Tuesday January 13, 2009 George Row. Nine Women obstruct doors inside Raytheon Plant Derry by chaining themselves together and to the doors. They were protesting against the use of Raytheon's weapons by Israel in the commission of war crimes in Gaza. They also called upon the local police to investigate Raytheon's participation in such crimes. http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90584

more "step on the Gas" background

The military invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli Forces bears a direct relation to the control and ownership of strategic offshore gas reserves. This is a war of conquest. Discovered in 2000, there are extensive gas reserves off the Gaza coastline. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=11680

BG Group is expected to make an announcement early in the New Year. Having spent £60 million, the company is anxious for a return, so the plan is to try to find a way of piping the Palestinian gas to Egypt where it would be refined and then exported to America and Europe. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1573428/Palestinian-gas-project-is-wrecked-by-Israel.html

Palestine Investment Fund "In 2000, the developers announced the discovery of proven commercial gas reserves in the Gaza Marine Field, and proven commercial gas reserves in the Border ..." www.pif.ps/etemplate.php?id=321

Israel and BG in talks over Gaza’s gas field - Tamsin Carlisle tcarlisle@thenational.ae July 27. 2008 12:59AM UAE / July 26. 2008 8:59PM GMT

One point in negotiations to tap the gas fields is whether Israel will guarantee uninterrupted supplies to Gaza and the West Bank. Reuters BG Group, the British gas producer, has resumed talks with Israel over developing a gas field off the coast of Gaza, reviving plans to exploit the territory’s only significant energy resource.

http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080726/BUSINESS/759755828/1005

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