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M AY T H E E A RT H H E A R T H E WO R D S O F M Y M O U TH

September 9, 2011| 3 Elul 5771

FOR THE TENTH YAHRZEIT OF 9/11: “LITTLE BLESSINGS”

New Yorkers running away from a dust cloud produced by the destruction of Twin Towers .

Vol. 7, Iss. 32

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ISRAEL TO BOMB IRAN THIS FALL?

EX-CIA OPERATIVE PREDICTS ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES Former Spy Robert Baer: “It's a nightmare scenario [...] I think we are looking into the abyss”

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Republican Candidate Bob Turner being endorces by Former NY Mayor Ed Koch.

Throwing his hat in the ring as the Republican contender for the vacant congressional seat in New York City's 9th district is Bob Turner, a back-tobasics, no-nonsense candidate. s the 2012 presidential race gains momentum, Mr. Turner has an eye toward creating new and vibrant leadership in Washington, while taking issue with the controversial policies of the Obama administration. Recently, The Jewish Voice sat down with Mr. Turner to get his perspective on the issues confronting Americans today.

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saw women in business suits and high heels running south towards Bowling Green Park. Why are they running? I thought. Then I noticed some people crying. Someone near me said there was a plane crash at the World Trade Center. Someone else said that was the second plane. I figured I would go to my office and see if I could find information on the Internet. When I got to my floor, I noticed that the lights were flickering. What if the elevator stops working? I thought. I wanted to get out of the building and see what was

INTERVIEW WITH CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE BOB TURNER

BY FERN SIDMAN

BY RAIZY ROSENFELD, I had just exited the subway at Broad Street. While walking under scaffolding along Beaver Street, I heard a loud boom. I cowered, thinking something was about to fall on me, but to my relief nothing did. When I got to the corner of Beaver and Broadway, near the OU building, I got my first real inkling that something was very wrong.

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Baer predicts that the Israeli Air Force would attack Natanz and other Iranian nuclear facilities to degrade their capabilities. He then says that the Iranians will "strike back where they can.” attack of this kind would compel the United BY JV STAFF WRITERS Media sources are reporting that Robert Baer, a former CIA officer in the Middle East has predicted that Israel will bomb Iran's nuclear facilities prior to the UN general assembly vote on the creation of an independent Palestinian state. elivering his remarks in July on the Los Angeles-based radio talk show "Background Briefing" hosted by Ian Masters on the KPFK station, Baer, (who spent 21 years in the Middle East) said that an

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JV: Mr. Turner, can you tell us why, at age 70, having never been involved in politics, you are running for elected office?

States to become embroiled in another major war in the region and would result in endangering U.S. military and civilian personnel (and other interests) throughout the Middle East and beyond. Stopping short of naming specific sources for his prognostication of an Israeli attack, Baer did say that his sources include Israeli security figures who have gone on record warning that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak

BT: Actually, my political career began 18 months ago when I ran against former Congressman Anthony Weiner. While I lost that election I did garner 41% of the vote, which signified to me that a sizeable number of voters in the 9th congressional district felt that Weiner was not representing their positions on the issues. Personally, when I heard Weiner speak I was outraged at his absurd explanations

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