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To
one that advised him to set up a democracy in Sparta, "Pray," said
Lycurgus, "do you first set a democracy in your own house." : Lycurgus - Source: in Plutarch's "Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders"
Our
real enemies are the people who make us feel so good that we are
slowly, but inexorably, pulled down into the quicksand of smugness and
self-satisfaction: Sydney Harris
"World
events do not occur by accident. They are made to happen, whether it
is to do with national issues or commerce; and most of them are staged
and managed by those who hold the purse strings." Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC, British Labour politician.
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Op-Ed Articles
Russia Says West Arming Syrian Rebels
Accuses West of being "Accomplices" in Violence
By David Blair
"Western
states that push the Syrian opposition into uncompromising measures,
which arm them and give them advice and instructions, are accomplices
in the process of inflaming the crisis,"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30500.htm
Kings and Ex-Colonial Powers "Championing" Democracy
By Prabir Purkayastha
No
wonder that the US and other western countries rejected out of hand
Russia's amendments, one of which asked for democracy, not just in Syria
but for all of Middle East.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30506.htm
Syria's Uprising in Context
By Stephen Gowans
Syria
remains too much like the socialist state the Arab Socialist Ba'ath
Party founders envisaged for it, and too little like a platform for
increasing the profits of overseas banks, investors and corporations.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30511.htm
Syria as Tonkin Gulf for Attack on Iran?
By Daniel McAdams
News
organizations and websites that have uncritically reported the
atrocity stories from these "human rights" groups have helped set the
stage for military action against Syria, and have been in fact part of
the psychological preparation of the battlefield.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30501.htm
US Congress Pulsates With War Fever
By Eric Margolis
Iran is next on the chopping block if the US American-Israel Public Affairs Committee has its way.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30503.htm
Who is Threatening Whom?
45 US Bases Surround Iran
Map
Each star is a US base. But just to be clear, Iran is the one that is threatening US.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30504.htm
With Liberty and Justice for Some
Glenn Greenwald & Noam Chomsky - Video -
The
United States has a two-tiered judicial system, one for the "haves"and
one for the "have-nots." Greenwald presents his thoughts in
conversation with political theorist, Noam Chomsky at the Brattle
Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30505.htm
Greece: Riots In Syntagma Square
Live Video Stream
GREEK
police used tear gas on petrol bomb-throwing protesters outside
parliament where lawmakers were debating a new austerity plan aimed at
staving off bankruptcy.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30509.htm
'Responsible Capitalism?'
Video Interview
Marxist
historian Eric Hobsbawm told Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman that capitalism
was concerned only with growth and making profit, not responsibility.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30507.htm
5 Right-Wing Governors Gutting Schools to Fund Prisons,
Tax Breaks for the Rich...And a Bible Theme Park
By Sarah Jaffe
Here's
a look at five of the governors taking money away from their states'
kids, and a look at some of the things they are still funding.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30510.htm
Rick Santorum's Plans For America
By Professor Lawrence Davidson
Santorum
believes that religious values (at least his religious values) should
play a large role in shaping government policies. For those not sure
what this means, Santorum has a list of examples.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30508.htm |
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Arab bloc to request Syria peacekeeping force: The
Arab League will ask the United Nations to form a joint peacekeeping
force and appoint a special Arab envoy to try to halt the violence in
Syria, members have agreed.
Former Jordan minister named as Arab League envoy to Syria: Al-Arabi,
meanwhile, accepted the resignation of Sudanese General Mohammed
al-Dabi as head of the League's observer mission to Syria. No reason
was given for the resignation.
http://bit.ly/xTxuUx
Turkey working to recognize Syria opposition as country's official leaders: Turkish
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is working to advance a conference of
"Syrian friendly nations," geared at recognizing the Syrian opposition
as the country's sole representative and as an alternative to Assad's
regime.
http://bit.ly/yysHYc
Russia Says Syrian Opposition Bears 'Responsibility' For Ending Crisis : The
Russian Duma on February 10 passed a resolution calling for the UN
Security Council not to take sides in Syria and declaring that Russia
opposes any military interference in any country without the explicit
sanction of the Security Council.
http://bit.ly/xANnXU
Jihadists, weapons 'moving from Iraq to Syria': Jihadists
are moving from Iraq to Syria and arms are also sent across the border
to opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, Iraq's
deputy interior minister said in an interview with AFP on Saturday.
http://bit.ly/yRQ44w
Fact or fiction:
Al-Qaeda behind Syria blasts: US: THE Iraqi branch of al-Qaeda, seeking to exploit the bloody turmoil in Syria to reassert its potency, carried out two recent bombings in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and was probably behind Friday's suicide blasts that killed at least 28 people in the largest city, Aleppo, US officials said. http://www.smh.com.au/world/alqaeda-behind-syria-blasts-us-20120211-1syc0.html
Al Qaeda leader backs Syrian rebels: In
the eight-minute video, entitled "Onwards, Lions of Syria" and posted
on an Islamist website, the Egyptian-born Zawahri also urged Muslims in
Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan to come to the aid of Syrian rebels
confronting Assad's forces
http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article574581.ece
Crimes in Syria committed by terrorists backed by Western and Arab countries; "These
crimes were committed by terrorists, backed by Western and Arab
countries which do not fulfill their international obligations and seek
to undermine security of Syria and its citizens."
http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/340389.html
Russia urges AL to verify reports about foreign troops in Syria: Russia
on Friday called on the Arab League (AL)'s monitoring mission in Syria
to check on reports alleging that foreign troops were deployed in the
Middle East country.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-02/11/c_131403876.htm
'Foreign military presence in Syria raises ghost of Libya': Chairman
of the State Duma International Affairs Committee Alexei Pushkov spoke
out following reports that a "foreign special task force" has been
dispatched to Syria in an effort to provide assistance to the political
opposition.
http://rt.com/politics/syria-russia-libya-duma-statement-975/
The UK's Secret mission to Beat Assad? :
British efforts to help topple Colonel Gaddafi were not limited to air strikes. On the ground - and on the quiet - special forces soldiers were blending in with rebel fighters. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30502.htm
Gunmen kill senior Syrian official: Gunmen shot dead a senior Syrian military doctor outside his home in northern Damascus, the state news agency SANA said.
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/gunmen-kill-senior-syrian-official-4717100
Two killed in north Lebanon in clashes over Syria: -
Two people were killed and at least eight wounded in street battles in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli on Saturday, a security source said, during a second day of clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. http://bit.ly/A2HWLk
Presstitute alert::
In pictures: Syrian military 'artillery deployment': The US state department has published a series of satellite images showing what it says is proof of Syrian government attacks on residential areas. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16995725
Satellite Pictures Of Syria - No Artillery "Deployed": The
US State Department obviously knows what the pictures really show but
is trying to use the lie of artillery deployment against the rebels as a
pressure argument for military intervention.
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2012/02/lying-with-pictures.html#more
Turkish diplomat: Iran is ready to cut a deal: Turkish
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also criticized economic sanctions
against Iran as ineffective and warned that any military strike against
the country's nuclear facilities would inflame the region while doing
little to curb Iran's ambitions.
http://wapo.st/wgaNfK
Iran: War Drums Beating: The
idea of an Islamic bomb exerts a peculiar fascination on American
political culture and shines a searchlight on how the gross
dysfunctionality of American politics emerges synergistically from the
individual dysfunctions of its component parts:
http://huff.to/wqueQS
'Israel funds MKO; MKO funds US politicians'?: "One
of the most under-reported political stories of the last year is the
devoted advocacy of numerous prominent American political figures on
behalf of an Iranian group long formally designated as a Terrorist
organization under US law," Glenn Greenwald wrote on salon.com on
Friday.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/226175.html
Israeli attack kills Palestinian in Gaza: Elderly man dies after being wounded during a series of Israeli airstrikes, Gaza medical sources say.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/02/20122129500759816.html
Hundreds in Israeli jails join hunger strike: Palestinian inmates join Khader Adnan, who has gone 56 days without food or water to protest his pre-trial detention.
http://aje.me/wUnUeN
For the sake of his dignity: After
over 50 days of hunger strike against what he terms humiliating Shin
Bet interrogation techniques, Khader Adnan's health is deteriorating.
http://bit.ly/ze59wQ
Israel's Mossad still using foreign passports in undercover operations: According
to The Times, new evidence indicates that foreign nationals in Israel
willingly allow the Mossad to use their passports in order to carry out
undercover operations abroad.
http://bit.ly/wppOVz
83% of US public supports Obama's killing people in Pakistan:: Eighty-three
per cent of those asked in the Washington Post/ABC News survey said
they backed Obama's use of unmanned drone aircraft against suspected
militants in the tribal belt of Pakistan
http://bit.ly/zeZQ4l
Pakistan: US Plans Swoop On N-Bombs: THE United States military plans to seize Pakistan's nuclear weapons to keep them out of terrorist hands.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/234939/US-plans-swoop-on-N-bombs/
7 "Militants" Killed, 18 Detained in Afghan Operation: At
least seven "militants" were killed and 18 others were captured in an
operation by Afghan and Nato-led troops in the country in the past 24
hours, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said
http://bit.ly/xasSAF
Militants execute three men in south Yemen: "Islamist"
militants in southern Yemen said they had executed three men on Sunday
for giving the United States information used to carry out drone
strikes in the area.
http://on.msnbc.com/yj9Ebx
Guatemalan president to propose legalizing drugs in Central America: "I
want to bring this discussion to the table," he said. "It wouldn't be a
crime to transport, to move drugs. It would all have to be regulated."
http://wapo.st/xSVNul
Germany refuses to sign copyright treaty: Germany
will not sign an international copyright treaty, despite having
already agreed to it in principal, government sources in Berlin said
Friday, after protests over its implications for internet users.
http://bit.ly/Ahn9uX
Greece: live video : Greece strikes against new cuts: live: A
major demonstration is planned for Sunday in Athens to protest the
harsh, new cutbacks agreed upon by the Greek cabinet to secure the
country's vital rescue loan program.
http://rt.com/on-air/greece-strikes-new-cuts/
Ireland: Shocking injustice of austerity taxes revealed: 'Coping class' paid three times more tax than in previous year as take for richest actually drops
http://bit.ly/wLngYe
Mind-Blowing Charts From the Senate's Income Inequality Hearing:
In another sign that Democrats have embraced income inequality as a cause célèbre, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the subject today. The committee's ranking Republican, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, managed to look concerned during two hours of testimony about the kneecapping of the Middle Class. http://bit.ly/zy27Wg
"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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