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August 11, 2011

"Last Man Out" Makes Shocking 9/11 Disclosure William "Willy" Rodriguez is the 9/11 hero who helped save hundreds of lives, and the last person to escape alive from the World Trade Center (WTC) Towers. Read More »»

Veterans Today Solutions to the Claims Process Ed Mattson 50th anniversary of using Agent Orange in Southeast Asia Lorimer Wilson In Debt? How to Get Out Quickly and Dramatically! Stephen Lendman Destabilizing Syria Stephen Lendman The Greatest Depression

Veterans Today America's Massive Debt and the "Isolationist Threat" John Vogel TCP, Inc Offers Exciting Careers To Vets David Swanson The Divided Left Veterans Today Changing US Chemical Companies' Attitude Veterans Today Veterans Administration Inspector General Audit Report

Veterans News Now : VA and Federal Agencies Enthusiastically Opens Doors for Veteran-Owned Businesses Tom Dillman : Veterans Set Adrift Veterans News Now : McCain won't apologize for calling tea partiers 'hobbits'

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Veterans Today U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Aug 10, 2011 Federal Express, Washington, D.C. (HTC711-12-D-C001); Polar Air Cargo, Purchase, N.Y. (HTC711-12-D-C002); and United Parcel Service, Louisville, Ky. »» Dr. Ashraf Ezzat Bob Marley Video Targets Famine in Somalia Bob Marley newly released Video Targets African Famine »» Veterans Today Hijacking the Word "Islam" for Mantra Creation Let's begin at the very inception of the 'arc of crisis' which Zbigniew Brzezinski laid the groundwork for during his reign of terror upon the USSR as the National Security Advisor to the 38th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. »» Joshua Blakeney Black - White and Zionist Brownshirts in the UK Riots Football teams in England provide the ruling class with useful vehicles to divide and rule the working class. »» Terry Richards Great Depression, Anarchy, Burning Cities in America? Tax Hike for Rich for Revenue or Bust! »» Tom Valentine Microwave Weapon and EMP Killed Marines This is a saga of death and deceit that was buried down Orwell's memory hole like cat shit in a litterbox-The American way. »» Gordon Duff Norway Never Happened, Just Ask The Police (Suppressed Video) The Norway killings, more and more fully complicit police terrorism, Freemasons, Israeli agents, carefully timed slaughter, has gone silent. »» Stephen Lendman New York Times Opposition to Palestinian Self-Determination In September, when the General Assembly meets (beginning 9/13), Palestinians will seek de jure UN membership. »» Veterans Today Are You a Millionaire? 10 Reasons You May Not Be and What to do About It The reason you are not a millionaire (or even on your way to becoming one) is really quite simple. You probably assume it's because you aren't earning enough money but the truth is that, for most people, it does not matter how much money you make but, rather, the way you treat money in your daily life. Let me explain. »» Veterans Today Another Economic Collapse/Great Depression is Coming! Here's Why It really is hard to find the words to describe the true horror of the national debt of the U.S. The U.S. government has been on the greatest debt binge in all of human history, and a day of reckoning is coming that is going to be so painful that it is going to shock America to the core. »»

One of Two Choices

NPR needs to look at whether its decision-making processes are driven more by public relations concerns or journalistic ones, writes Eric Alterman.
More: Think Again: NPR: Still Bending Over Backward
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U.S. Troops Fire on Afghan Police, Survivors Say

By RAY RIVERA and TAIMOOR SHAH 4:37 PM ET

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — NATO and Afghan forces are investigating a claim by Afghan police officers in Kandahar that American soldiers fired on them for no reason, killing four officers and wounding two others.

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Features Karzai Election Decree Complicates Afghan Political Crisis Afghan President Hamid Karzai's decree ordering electoral authorities to resolve a lingering dispute over last year's parliamentary election results threatens to further divide parliament, rather than bring it together. More   English Tea 'Antiriot' Brews Online Hundreds of thousands of people are responding to the riots in Britain by brewing a cup of tea, part of an ongoing viral "antiriot" organized by a 22-year-old British man. As buildings still smolder in London and elsewhere following violence organized with the help of Blackberry Messenger and other social gadgetry, the massive popularity of Facebook's "Operation Cup of Tea," almost 300,000 strong, opens an opportunity for social media to be part of the solution. More   Preparing A New Generation For The Ramadan Fast As Muslims across the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan, many parents take care to teach their children lasting lessons of self-discipline, charity, and understanding. More   As It Cleans Up After Riots, Britain Looks For Answers Four nights of rioting by youths in cities across Britain have left the country stunned and searching for answers. Prime Minister David Cameron has attributed the violence to simple criminality but others see social problems related to economic disparity and racial tensions. More   News Baku Protests 'Irresponsible' Remarks The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has formally protested anti-Azerbaijani statements allegedly made by an Iranian official. More   Lukashenka Pardons 9 For Protests Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has pardoned nine of the 41 people convicted for taking part in the massive December 19 protests that followed his disputed reelection. More   West Warns Syria Of Tougher Action European members of the UN Security Council are threatening Syria with tougher action unless Damascus ends its crackdown against antigovernment protesters. At the same time, Washington is preparing for the first time to explicitly call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. More   Official Slams Kazakh Language Abilities The head of Kazakhstan's agency for the affairs of state service has announced that there are plans to toughen mandatory language tests for state employees. More   From Our Bureaus Moldovan Coalition Party Suggests Solution To Political Deadlock A junior partner in Moldova's coalition government says it is ready to accept a castling between acting President Marian Lupu and Prime Minister Vlad Filat as a way out of the country's prolonged political deadlock. More   Uzbek Court Jails Tajik Citizen For Espionage A military court in Uzbekistan has sentenced a Tajik citizen to 12 years in prison on espionage charges. More   Poland Admits Role In Activist's Arrest Poland's Foreign Ministry said today that authorities in Belarus did receive banking information about activist Ales Byalyatski from the Polish Prosecutor-General's Office. More   Striking Kazakh Oil Workers Quit Ruling Party Thousands of striking oil workers have gone to the ruling Nur-Otan party's headquarters in western Kazakhstan to officially quit the party. More   Hard-Line Iranian Media Demonize Western 'Cultural Threat' The hard-line daily newspapers "Kayhan" and "Resalat" have called for a new round of "media purification" in Iran. More   Kyrgyzstan Extradites Journalist Wanted By Turkey For Terror Links A Turkish journalist wanted on suspicion of terrorist links has been extradited to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan. More   Slain Kyrgyz Journalist's Brother Beaten A younger brother of slain journalist Alisher Saipov has been badly beaten in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh. More   Iranian Kickboxer Gives Basij The Boot Iranian martial arts expert Ahmad Fouladizadeh says he has left the country rather than agree to train Basij volunteer paramilitaries and plainclothes police how to neutralize participants in street protests. More   Armenian Police Arrest HAK Activists Seven young activists from the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) are still in detention after clashing with police in Yerevan in unclear circumstances. More   Ukrainian Experts Say Kyiv Correct In Selling Carrier To China Ukrainian military experts say Kyiv had no choice but to sell an unfinished ship to China that has been turned into Beijing's first aircraft carrier. More   Transmission In Bosnia, Even Donating Blood Highlights Divisions When would-be blood donors arrived at the Transfusion Institute in Sarajevo, they were stunned to hear that administrative barriers prevent donated blood from being sent between the Muslim and Croat Federation and the rest of Bosnia. More   The Power Vertical A Homecoming For Russia's Mr. Fix-It? Lost amid all the drama about Valentina Matviyenko's convoluted bid to become Federation Council speaker has been a more interesting -- and consequential -- question: Who will be the new governor of St. Petersburg? More

TimesCast: New Housing in East Jerusalem

Israel approves new housing in East Jerusalem; Mitt Romney addresses an aggressive crowd in Iowa; and European regulators consider banning the short selling of stocks.

Business

Berlusconi's partners grow restive over ECB prescription for Italy

The Guardian, 11 Aug 2011

John Hooper in Rome

Coalition ally accuses central bank of trying to destabilise Italian government by demanding tough conditions for support

… prime minister's coalition partner, Umberto Bossi, on Thursday accused the bank of trying to oust the government. And in an equally unusual move, some of Berlusconi's own, normally docile, MPs warned the prime minister he could not count on their support…

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Information Clearing House Newsletter News You Won't Find On CNN August 11, 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   "If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion." Aldous Huxley = "Observe all men; thy self most." -Benjamin Franklin = "If you know yourself, then you know all people." - Tom Feeley === Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590" Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq:  4,792 www.icasualties.org/oif/ Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,669 = Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan Total Cost of Wars Since 2001 $1,233,693,767,520http://www.costofwar.com/ = Waging a Savage War on Libyan People By Lizzie Phelan I watched their heartbroken and incensed loved ones bury the 33 children, 32 women and 20 men. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28812.htm === Bring NATO War Criminals To Justice Does the international community exist? By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey NATO is committing war crimes daily in Libya. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28811.htm === More Lost By the Second By Kathy Kelly Imagine it. People in an Afghan village pass sleepless nights, anxious that their home might be targeted by a U.S.-led night raid. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28817.htm === AIPAC's Iran Strategy Mirrors Run-Up To Iraq War Tactics By Eli Clifton Sanctioning Bank Markazi might, as mentioned by the Wall Street Journal's Jay Solomon, be interpreted as an act of war. But that doesn't seem to bother AIPAC. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28810.htm === Why S&P Was Right To Downgrade U.S. Debt By Philip Greenspun The U.S. almost surely will default on some of its currently acknowledged obligations. The only question is whether it will be public employee pensions, Social Security, Medicare, or bonds. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28815.htm === Romney: 'Corporations Are People' By Maggie Haberman Video of Mitt Romney's tense moments at the Iowa State Fair. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28816.htm === An Explosive New 9/11 Charge By Philip Shenon Ex-national security aide Richard Clarke suggests the CIA tried to recruit 9/11 hijackers-then covered it up. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28814.htm === Bombs kill 6 NATO occupation force soldiers in Afghanistan: The attacks occur in southern Afghanistan, where most of the foreign forces are American or British. http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fgw-afghan-bombs-20110812,0,5333516.story === Up to six people killed, 14 injured, in two "coordinated" blasts in Pakistan: Bombers killed up to six people on Thursday in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, where a woman suicide attacker blew herself up and roadside explosives struck a police vehicle, officials said. http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/08/11/161784.html === US has killed at least 168 children in Pakistan : In just a single attack on a madrassah in 2006 up to 69 children lost their lives. http://tgr.ph/qtaPos === Drones: Tyranny of flying terror: The morally bankrupt Obama administration insists on using brutal and massive force against unarmed and hapless civilians in gross violation of international law and in flagrant breach of basic human rights. http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=108381 === Pakistan: Report lifts veil on military and intelligence apparatus' repression in Balochistan: A report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) late last month is a devastating exposure of the brutal and inhumane tactics Pakistan's military and security agencies are using to suppress Baloch secessionists and nationalists in the country's poorest province. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/aug2011/paki-a11.shtml === Syrian forces kill five in swoop on northern towns: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had the names of five people killed and 16 wounded in morning raids by security forces backed by tanks on Qusair, near the Lebanon border, after overnight protests calling for Assad's removal. http://bit.ly/mWW1f7 === Obama, Erdogan agree need for Syria 'transition': White House: US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed during a phone call Thursday on the need for a "transition to democracy" in Syria, the White House said. http://bit.ly/pRPS3E === Rebels fight Gadhafi troops in key oil terminal: Mohammed al-Zawawi says two rebels died and 16 were wounded in Thursday's clashes. http://bit.ly/nTadKt === Patrick Cockburn: Libya's Ragtag Rebels are Dubious Allies: Rebels, from the Wars of the Roses up to the present civil war in Libya, usually try to postpone splitting into factions and murdering each other until after they have seized power and are in full control. However deep their divisions, they keep them secret from the outside world. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28813.htm === Press Conference by Moussa Ibrahim on Majer/Zlitan Massacre by NATO  Video - (English): People should ask themselves why Libya is so resilient and why the Rebels need so much foreign support for bombing fellow Libyans. If there really was so much popular support the uprising would have ended many months ago. http://bit.ly/rib8Hi === Libya: Weapons Transfers - the French and Qatar Connections: Arms controls continue to be flouted in the context of the Libyan armed conflict. Both France and Qatar have openly admitted to supplying arms to the rebels as a complementary strategy to the NATO-led air strikes. http://allafrica.com/stories/201108111096.html === US troubled by rising anti-Americanism in Egypt: The Obama administration on Wednesday expressed concern about a "creeping" trend of anti-American sentiment in Egypt, where it says it has noticed mounting attacks and criticism of U.S. aid and motives as the country transitions to democracy. http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110810/ap_on_re_us/us_us_egypt === Three killed in twin west Iraq blasts: Twin bomb attacks against the home of a police officer in western Iraq killed at least three people and wounded 24 others Thursday evening, security and medical officials said. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/three-killed-twin-west-iraq-blasts-174548212.html === Demonizing Iran: CNN Pundits Blame Iran For Attack On American Helicopter In Afghanistan: You know, the Iranians don't always come in the front door and oftentimes they work through proxies and they insert themselves to cause Americans and American forces difficulty around the world http://youtu.be/7QYng7qjtV0 === Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran: Texas Congressman: Keep Tehran in check: We must not underestimate the threat of Iran. http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/176367-keep-tehran-in-check === Israel approves 1,600 illegal "settler" homes in occupied East Jerusalem: The ministry is expected to approve the building of a further 2,700 homes, an official has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14488066 === In case you missed it: International law is clear: Israeli settlements are illegal: A recent Times Op-Ed article got it wrong: The Fourth Geneva convention explicitly prohibits colonizing occupied territories. http://ifamericansknew.org/cur_sit/illegal.html === Israel Lobby Dominates Congress, Media Covers it Up: You might think that 20 percent of the American Congress going on all-expenses-paid, weeklong junkets to a foreign country - paid for by a lobby for that country - would be newsworthy, especially when the top congressional leaders of both parties are leading the trips. http://original.antiwar.com/alison-weir/2011/08/10/israel-lobby-dominates-congress/ === US asks China to explain why it needs aircraft carrier: The United States said Wednesday it would like China to explain why it needs an aircraft carrier amid broader US concerns about Beijing's lack of transparency over its military aims. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1146313/1/.html === David Cameron considers banning suspected rioters from social media: PM says sites such as Twitter and Facebook 'can be used for ill' and that broadcasters should hand footage of riots to police http://bit.ly/nqnoDH === A tortured choice in famine: Which child lives?: Wardo Mohamud Yusuf walked for two weeks with her 1-year-old daughter on her back and her 4-year-old son at her side to flee Somalia's drought and famine. When the boy collapsed near the end of the journey, she poured some of the little water she had on his head to cool him, but he was unconscious and could not drink. http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/a-tortured-choice-in-1097281.html === Greece begins €50bn privatisation drive: The starting gun for one of the biggest fire-sales in western history was fired as Greek officials began appointing advisers for the country's ambitious privatisation drive. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/01/greece-50bn-privatisation-drive === Beijing Downgrades US-Treasury to A+ - Is Anybody Listening?: The most important voice in the debate about the credit worthiness of America's debt, is not the twisted opinions of the US-credit rating agencies, but rather, that of China's credit rating agency http://www.sirchartsalot.com/article.php?id=155 === Jim Rogers: US Will Default: " Geithner Is Incompetent: Video - http://bit.ly/peL396 === Tea Party activists: Bring on defense cuts: Groups affiliated with the conservative grassroots movement say defense cuts should be on the table as the supercommittee tries to compile at least $1.5 trillion in deficit cuts. http://bit.ly/qXMU6L === Debt Panel Co-Chairman Murray Counts U.S. Defense Industry as a Top Donor:  As the newly appointed co-chairwoman of the 12-member, bipartisan committee charged with finding $1.5 trillion in budget savings, Murray's campaign supporters now are sure to come calling for her help. http://bloom.bg/n9M9Cd === Bank Of America's Backdoor Bailout - Dumping Mortgage Trash Onto Taxpayers Via Fannie Mae: - The official bailout of the financial system may be over, but the government is apparently far from finished propping up big banks, as evidenced by the news that Bank of America has struck a deal to dump a bunch of near-worthless home loans on U.S. taxpayers. http://bit.ly/osGQgv === "Let us be peace and joy" Tom Feeley