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"The
evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good
intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack
understanding." - Albert Camus
"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding". - Albert Einstein
"It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them." - Alfred Adler
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| February 13, 2012 |
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Op-Ed Articles
"The Real Opposition in Syria
is Not the Syrian National Council or Free Syrian Army,"
By Idaf
I'm
fed up with the simplified, naive views and the manipulative
perception management tactics that aim to draw unrealistic picture
about the conflict by conveniently framing it simply as idiot proxies
and armed elements (SNC/FSA) vs. the brutal mass-murderer autocratic
regime (the regime). http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30512.htm
The Arab League Has Misjudged its Actions on Syria
By Abdel Bari Atwan
By
misjudging and underestimating the Russian and Chinese response to it
has demonstrated a reliance on an outmoded paradigm in which Washington
always prevails.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30517.htm
The Covert US War Against Syria
By Stuart Jeanne Bramhall
Russians
and Chinese - veto makes more and more sense as events on the ground
unmask US culpability in the civil war in Syria. Yes, civil war. That's
what you call it when an armed resistance takes up arms against a
sovereign government.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30521.htm Israel's Useful Idiot Iran and a "Potential" Nuclear Bomb
Video
Khader Adnan's Heroic Struggle for Justice
By Stephen Lendman
Act on behalf of a man too courageous to let die. Do it now and tell others to show support in solidarity!
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30518.htm
'Greece Doomed, Economy Total Farce & Fiction!'
Video By RT
The
lawmakers voted early Monday in favor of the bill that will cut 15,000
public-sector jobs and lower the minimum wage by 20 per cent. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30513.htm
What's Inside the New "Austerity Measures"
A Death Sentence for Greece
By Mike Whitney
None
of this has anything to do with helping Greece. It's just corporate
pillaging gone haywire. Greece is a big pinata that's just been cracked
open and everyone is pushing and shoving to grab their fistful of
candy. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30515.htm
Occupy Draws Strength From the Powerless
By Chris Hedges
here
is a recipe for breaking popular movements. I watched it play out over
five years in the war in El Salvador. I now see these familiar
patterns in the assault against the Occupy movement. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30514.htm
Love, Work, and Dissent
in a Time of Hazmat Suits and Political Hypochondria
By Phil Rockstroh
Many
seem at a loss to understand why some are driven to struggle for a
more just world, even though, time and time again, their ardor will be
met by seemingly implacable, ruthless resistance...that one's heart will
be repeatedly broken.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30519.htm |
| Hard News
NATO admits 8 Afghan children killed in Kapisa: Afghan
government officials showed gruesome photographs of eight dead boys,
and said seven of them had been aged between six and 14, while one had
been around 18 years old. They were bombed twice while herding sheep in
heavy snow and lighting a fire to keep warm, they said. http://bit.ly/w6tz7u
Six "Taliban" killed, 19 surrender in Afghanistan : At
least six Taliban rebels, including a commander named Fida Mohammad,
have been killed in a clash with security forces while 19 have
surrendered in separate incidents in Afghanistan, officials said
Monday.
http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-157990.html
Army Officer's Leaked Report Rips Afghan War Success Story: "If
the public had access to the classified reports," Davis writes, "they
would see the dramatic gulf between what is often said in public by our
senior leaders and what is true behind the scenes." http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106726
Pakistan: Gilani charged with contempt, pleads not guilty: Pakistan's
Prime Minister Mr Yousuf Raza Gilani was today indicted by the
country's Supreme Court for contempt for refusing to revive graft cases
against President Asif Ali Zardari, but the PM pleaded not guilty to
the charges, conviction for which may cost him his job.
http://bit.ly/A3C76m
For Iraqis, Aid to Rebels in Syria Repays a Debt: Not
so long ago, Syrians worked to send weapons and fighters into Iraq to
help Sunnis fighting a sectarian conflict; suddenly, it is the other way
around.
http://nyti.ms/zFZdso
Israel's useful idiot
Lieberman: US should arm Syrian opposition: Lieberman, who chairs the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, said the Pentagon is putting plans together and that it is time to "help the brave Syrian freedom fighters." http://bit.ly/At4xs5
The West Should Help Assad: A
Syrian state crumbling under terror followed by large sectarian
slaughter and refugee streams with certain spillover of fighting into
all neighboring countries. That can not be in anyone's interest. http://bit.ly/xFqicb
The USA Enables the Killing Arab Christians: This
morning at church, our pastor read a plea from a Christian pastor in
Syria who wrote that the Syrian opposition forces - people endorsed by
the U.S. Government - have been murdering Syrian Christians with
impunity.
http://bit.ly/z0KlNd
Syria launched "indiscriminate attack" on civilians - U.N.: The
failure of the U.N. Security Council to pass a resolution on Syria has
encouraged Damascus to step up its assault on the opposition and
launch an "indiscriminate attack" on Homs, the U.N. human rights chief
said on Monday.
http://bit.ly/z0KlNd
Russia balks at Syria peacekeeping plan: Russia's
foreign minister has made it clear that Moscow would not support a
plan to send United Nations peacekeepers to Syria unless there was a
halt to violence by both government forces and their armed opponents.
http://aje.me/wDb6D3
Russia Not Ruling out Peacekeepers for Syria: "If
we agree the terms of the mission's presence in the country, if the
principles of the UN organization charter are fulfilled, there will be
no problem," Russian Presidential Middle East Ambassador Mikhail
Bogdanov said on Monday. http://en.rian.ru/russia/20120213/171298532.html
Mossad chief's secret U.S. visit meant to gauge American response to Israeli attack on Iran : Pardo
asked top American officials questions such as : "What is our posture
on Iran? Are we ready to bomb? Would we [do so later]? What does it
mean if [Israel] does it anyway?" The report added that Israel has
ceased sharing a "significant" amount of intelligence concerning its
military preparations with the U.S.
http://bit.ly/AdbpXo
Bombs target Israeli diplomats in India, Georgia; 2 injured: The
wife of an Israeli diplomat in New Delhi and her driver were injured
on Monday when the car they were traveling in was bombed, officials
said. A second attempted bombing was defused outside the Israeli
embassy in Tblisi, Georgia, at about the same time. http://wapo.st/AgwMmT
Chabadniks in India deny espionage charge: Chabadniks
in the southern Indian city of Kochi on Tuesday vehemently denied a
report that appeared in local media earlier in the day accusing them of
being part of an Israeli covert operation.
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=256836
Netanyahu: Iran behind attack on Israeli officials in New Delhi: In
wake of car bomb attack, PM says Israel will not cease its fight
against international terror, of which Iran is the 'world's greatest
exporter.' http://bit.ly/xwEYpV
Report: Iran summons Azerbaijan envoy over alleged Mossad activity: The report said "terrorists" linked to the killings of Iranian nuclear scientists escaped to Israel through Azerbaijan.
http://wapo.st/yybLgu
Obama prepares Georgia for Iran war: Analyst: Last
week Georgian Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia announced the imminent
arrival of a delegation of American military experts, asserting
US-Georgia military relations were entering "an entirely new phase." http://www.presstv.ir/detail/226491.html
Iran presses ahead with dollar "attack": Last
week, the Tehran Times noted that the Iranian oil bourse will start
trading oil in currencies other than the dollar from March 20. This
long-planned move is part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's vision of
economic war with the west.
Palestinian PM: Armed Resistance Best Option for Defense against Israel: "Gun
is our only response to Zionist regime. In time, we have come to
understand that we can obtain our goals only through fighting and armed
resistance and no compromise should be made with the enemy," Haniya
said. http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9010174630
Israeli gulag:
Israel rejects Palestinian hunger striker's appeal: An Israeli military court on Monday rejected an appeal by a Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for more than eight weeks over his detention without charge, his lawyer Jawad Bulus said. http://bit.ly/wYgNQQ
Khader Adnan's life at risk as hunger strike enters 58th day; solidarity protests spread: Doctors
have expressed grave concern for the life of Khader Adnan, who has
been on a hunger strike for the 58 days since his arrest. He also
recently stopped drinking water. http://bit.ly/yaRVK0
Egyptian lawmaker: US aid to Cairo 'assured': Senior Muslim Brotherhood official tells 'Al Hayat' if the US cuts aid to Egypt, it would be violation of 1979 peace accords.
http://bit.ly/y8Ger0
Egyptian police detain four over 'incitement': Labour activist and Australian reporter among four people accused of paying Egyptians to protest against authorities.
http://aje.me/xdJRWu
U.S.-Backed Bahraini Forces Arrest and Deport Two American Peace Activists Acting As Human Rights Observers: On
Saturday, Bahrain arrested and detained two American citizens, Huwaida
Arraf and Radhika Sainath, for their role in recent protests. They
were deported Sunday and returned to New York last night. http://bit.ly/y4xSQu
Guantánamo: It's time for America to put an end to this shameful scandal : It is staggering to contemplate that the US government has perpetuated this injustice http://ind.pn/wiUMGU
Fukushima reactor readings raise reheating concern: Concern
is growing that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan is
no longer stable after temperature readings suggested one of its
damaged reactors was reheating. http://bit.ly/wQmacg
Greek lawmakers approve austerity bill as Athens burns: Cinemas,
cafes, shops and banks were set ablaze in central Athens as
black-masked protesters fought riot police outside parliament.
http://reut.rs/zZXZEm
Greece still to convince Europe over rescue deal: Scenes
of running battles between police and rioters and flames engulfing
cinemas, shops and banks underscored a sense of deepening turmoil in
the country after more than four years of recession and two of punishing
austerity.
http://trib.in/zGpiem
The end of Greece : Within
the last four weeks the Germans have outrageously plotted to cunningly
take over the Greek Parliament, particularly in relation to its power
of expenditure.
http://bit.ly/yfpNCM
Obama budget plan to tax the rich?: The proposal includes $1.5 trillion (£950bn) in new taxes, much from allowing Bush-era tax cuts to expire. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17014744
Obama budget proposes new security, airline fees: - Airlines
and their passengers would pay up to $32 billion in new air traffic
and security fees over 10 years, and grants to big airports would fall
sharply under White House budget proposals on Monday aimed at deficit
reduction.
http://reut.rs/xPTzlV
"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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