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people of the United States might find out about the truth, they are
afraid that something like that could erupt in their own territory -- a
Bolivarian movement" - Hugo Chavez - President of Venezuela
"The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the greatest liars: the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth." - - H. L. Mencken - (1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, |
| February 10, 2012 |
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Op-Ed Articles
Pakistan: '11 militants killed' near Afghanistan : Eleven
Taliban militants were killed and 19 wounded in northwest Pakistan
Friday during a crackdown by the Pakistani military near the border
with Afghanistan, according to reports.
http://bit.ly/wrtg88
Karzai condemns NATO airstrike that killed eight Afghan children: Lieutenant
Commander James Williams, a spokesman with the NATO-led international
forces confirmed the incident saying a joint NATO assessment team was
investigating the circumstances. http://en.trend.az/regions/world/afghanistan/1990361.html
Car bombs kill 28 in Syrian city of Aleppo - TV: Two
car bombs detonated outside security bases in the Syrian city of
Aleppo on Friday, officials said, killing 28 people in the worst
violence to hit the country's northern commercial hub in an
11-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
http://yhoo.it/xcnQK6
Report: Free Syria Army claims Halab blasts: French
television reported Friday that the Free Syria Army had claimed
responsibility for the twin car-bomb explosions that killed 25 people
and left 175 wounded
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4187947,00.html Free Syrian Army blames Assad for Aleppo bombing: Confusion reigned Friday, as the head of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) Col. Colonel Riad al-Asaad denied that his forces were responsible for a twin bombing in the country's largest city Aleppo. The denial followed an admission by FSA Col. Aref Hammoud to FRANCE 24 that it was indeed his forces who were responsible for the bomb attack http://f24.my/zNrAuP
US debates arming Syrian opposition as defense strategy: Lt.
Col. Tony Shaffer of the Center for Advanced Defense Studies believes
we should use the model the Clinton White House used for getting
weapons to the Bosnians, running so-called "black ops" to get weapons to
the Syrians. It's something the U.S. also did to fight the Soviets in
Afghanistan after the 1979 invasion. http://fxn.ws/wnKiOY
Syria: US says military options 'may not be avoidable': A
senior State Department official told The Daily Telegraph that the
Russian-Chinese veto of a UN resolution condemning the Syrian president
Bashar al-Assad (above) had made military involvement more likely.
http://bit.ly/zoyjEY
Pro- and anti-Syria regime gunmen clash in Lebanon:
Shooting broke out on Friday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli as gunmen deployed heavily in two rival neighborhoods, one group supporting and the other opposed to the regime in Syria. http://bit.ly/xwbexR
An Analysis: Barbara Walters' Interviews Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - Video -
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30490.htm
The biggest propaganda spectacle on Syria ever: Western
media (of course you can add Saudi and Qatari media) are involved in
the biggest propaganda spectacle that I have ever seen. http://bit.ly/ylN4BV
Libya decides to expel Syrian diplomats: The
Foreign Ministry also said Libyan's National Transitional Council now
stands in solidarity with the Syrian National Council, an umbrella
opposition group, and voiced its condemnation against the unabated
bloodshed plaguing Syria.
http://bit.ly/xbbvgS
US admits Israel is arming and training terrorist groups in Iran - Video http://bit.ly/xvApAj
Israel's useful idiot:
Rick Santorum: Obama helping Iran obtain nuclear weapons: Republican presidential hopeful, coming off a 3-state primary sweep, says American President 'throwing Israel under the bus' over U.S. dependency on oil. http://bit.ly/ylYe7y
Engineering Consent For An Attack On Iran: Report:
Saudi Arabia to buy nukes if Iran tests A-bomb: Citing an unidentified Saudi Arabian source, the Times newspaper in the U.K. said that the kingdom would seek to buy ready-made warheads and also begin its own program to enrich weapons-grade uranium. http://on.msnbc.com/xfSFS7
Bunker-Buster Bomb Improvements Sought by Pentagon Win Approval: The
move to improve the bomb shortly after the Air Force took delivery may
have been triggered by Iran's announcement Jan. 9 that it would begin
uranium enrichment at the Fordow facility near Qom that's tunneled into
mountains, said Kenneth Katzman, a Middle East military analyst for the
non-partisan Congressional Research Service.
http://bloom.bg/wTGgRd
Iran poll: US more supportive of overt/covert action: 44%
of Americans support bombing Iran's nuclear installations, versus 18%
in Germany, 23% in Britain and 20% in the Middle East.
http://bit.ly/yJSP9i
Gaza Hamas chief arrives in Iran: state TV: The
Hamas prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, arrived in Tehran on
Friday on a three-day trip and is due to speak at a rally marking the 33
anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution on Saturday, state media
reported. http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/02/10/193813.html
Arms and men out of Libya fortify Mali rebellion: Equipped
with heavy weapons from Muammar Gaddafi's looted arsenals, the
Tuareg-led rebels who assaulted the town of Aguelhoc in northern Mali
last month overwhelmed the remote garrison.
http://bit.ly/wSNU0y
Maldives President and Climate Advocate Forced at Gunpoint to Step Down: Maldives
leader Mohamed Nasheed, called the "world's most environmentally
outspoken president" because of his calls for drastically cutting
greenhouse gas emissions, was forced to resign-at gunpoint, he claimed
http://bit.ly/AcEPMQ
Anonymous Takes Down CIA Web Site: Anonymous has ended a rather busy week with a hack of the CIA website, which is currently offline.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400140,00.asp
"Torture taxi" business: CIA 'rendition' program still divides N.C. town: To the disappointment of human rights groups, the White House has said it will continue to permit extraordinary renditions http://wapo.st/z6NK9W
Diabetic man is beaten by Henderson police during traffic stop: - Video - The motorist, Adam Greene, will receive $158,000 settlement from the Henderson City Council tonight.
http://bit.ly/z6A93n
International lenders refuse to approve Greece bailout: EU
leaders have set several conditions Greece must fulfill before
receiving a second bailout, including more painful austerity measures.
In protest unions are staging a 48-hour strike, halting bus and metro
services.
http://bit.ly/zz2AIU
Greek police union wants to arrest EU/IMF officials: - Greece's
largest police union has threatened to issue arrest warrants for
officials from the country's European Union and International Monetary
Fund lenders for demanding deeply unpopular austerity measures.
http://bit.ly/wtUcY7
Clashes erupt on sidelines of Greek austerity protest: Greek
protesters threw stones and firebombs at riot police who responded
with tear gas in Athens on Friday as clashes erupted on the sidelines
of a protest against new austerity cuts. http://bit.ly/ynktA0
Greek deputy foreign minister resigns: reports:
Greece's deputy foreign minister resigned Friday to protest tough new austerity measures demanded by the euro zone and International Monetary Fund. Lucas Papademos, is the sixth minister to resign over the last two days. http://bit.ly/wSdpWr
Greek default now inevitable: With
Greek economic output in freefall, a messy debt default followed by
the country's ejection from the eurozone now looks very much like a
question of when rather than if. http://bit.ly/xEBAz4
This is no bailout for Main Street America: In reality, a $25bn mortgage deal with banks is a drop in the ocean - given US homeowners' $700bn of negative equity http://bit.ly/wmU176
The insiders are selling heavily:
On the theory that corporate insiders - officers, directors and largest shareholders - know more about their firms' prospects than do the rest of us, it can't be good news that they are selling at such a heavy pace. http://bit.ly/xhxCZX
Anyone can buy guns, no questions asked: Legal loophole permits weapons powerful enough to down aircraft to be sold without checks
http://on.today.com/yrs4cJ |
| Hard News
Pakistan: '11 militants killed' near Afghanistan : Eleven
Taliban militants were killed and 19 wounded in northwest Pakistan
Friday during a crackdown by the Pakistani military near the border
with Afghanistan, according to reports. http://bit.ly/wrtg88
Karzai condemns NATO airstrike that killed eight Afghan children: Lieutenant
Commander James Williams, a spokesman with the NATO-led international
forces confirmed the incident saying a joint NATO assessment team was
investigating the circumstances. http://en.trend.az/regions/world/afghanistan/1990361.html
Car bombs kill 28 in Syrian city of Aleppo - TV: Two
car bombs detonated outside security bases in the Syrian city of
Aleppo on Friday, officials said, killing 28 people in the worst
violence to hit the country's northern commercial hub in an
11-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. http://yhoo.it/xcnQK6
Report: Free Syria Army claims Halab blasts: French
television reported Friday that the Free Syria Army had claimed
responsibility for the twin car-bomb explosions that killed 25 people
and left 175 wounded http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4187947,00.html
Free Syrian Army blames Assad for Aleppo bombing:
Confusion reigned Friday, as the head of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) Col. Colonel Riad al-Asaad denied that his forces were responsible for a twin bombing in the country's largest city Aleppo. The denial followed an admission by FSA Col. Aref Hammoud to FRANCE 24 that it was indeed his forces who were responsible for the bomb attack
US debates arming Syrian opposition as defense strategy: Lt.
Col. Tony Shaffer of the Center for Advanced Defense Studies believes
we should use the model the Clinton White House used for getting
weapons to the Bosnians, running so-called "black ops" to get weapons to
the Syrians. It's something the U.S. also did to fight the Soviets in
Afghanistan after the 1979 invasion. http://fxn.ws/wnKiOY
Syria: US says military options 'may not be avoidable': A
senior State Department official told The Daily Telegraph that the
Russian-Chinese veto of a UN resolution condemning the Syrian president
Bashar al-Assad (above) had made military involvement more likely. http://bit.ly/zoyjEY
Pro- and anti-Syria regime gunmen clash in Lebanon:
Shooting broke out on Friday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli as gunmen deployed heavily in two rival neighborhoods, one group supporting and the other opposed to the regime in Syria. http://bit.ly/xwbexR
An Analysis: Barbara Walters' Interviews Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - Video - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30490.htm
The biggest propaganda spectacle on Syria ever: Western
media (of course you can add Saudi and Qatari media) are involved in
the biggest propaganda spectacle that I have ever seen. http://bit.ly/ylN4BV
Libya decides to expel Syrian diplomats: The
Foreign Ministry also said Libyan's National Transitional Council now
stands in solidarity with the Syrian National Council, an umbrella
opposition group, and voiced its condemnation against the unabated
bloodshed plaguing Syria. http://bit.ly/xbbvgS
US admits Israel is arming and training terrorist groups in Iran - Video - http://bit.ly/xvApAj
Israel's useful idiot:
Rick Santorum: Obama helping Iran obtain nuclear weapons: Republican presidential hopeful, coming off a 3-state primary sweep, says American President 'throwing Israel under the bus' over U.S. dependency on oil. http://bit.ly/ylYe7y
Engineering Consent For An Attack On Iran: Report:
Saudi Arabia to buy nukes if Iran tests A-bomb: Citing an unidentified Saudi Arabian source, the Times newspaper in the U.K. said that the kingdom would seek to buy ready-made warheads and also begin its own program to enrich weapons-grade uranium. http://on.msnbc.com/xfSFS7
Bunker-Buster Bomb Improvements Sought by Pentagon Win Approval: The
move to improve the bomb shortly after the Air Force took delivery may
have been triggered by Iran's announcement Jan. 9 that it would begin
uranium enrichment at the Fordow facility near Qom that's tunneled into
mountains, said Kenneth Katzman, a Middle East military analyst for the
non-partisan Congressional Research Service. http://bloom.bg/wTGgRd
Iran poll: US more supportive of overt/covert action: 44%
of Americans support bombing Iran's nuclear installations, versus 18%
in Germany, 23% in Britain and 20% in the Middle East. http://bit.ly/yJSP9i
Gaza Hamas chief arrives in Iran: state TV: The
Hamas prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, arrived in Tehran on
Friday on a three-day trip and is due to speak at a rally marking the 33
anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution on Saturday, state media
reported. http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/02/10/193813.html
Arms and men out of Libya fortify Mali rebellion: Equipped
with heavy weapons from Muammar Gaddafi's looted arsenals, the
Tuareg-led rebels who assaulted the town of Aguelhoc in northern Mali
last month overwhelmed the remote garrison. http://bit.ly/wSNU0y
Maldives President and Climate Advocate Forced at Gunpoint to Step Down: Maldives
leader Mohamed Nasheed, called the "world's most environmentally
outspoken president" because of his calls for drastically cutting
greenhouse gas emissions, was forced to resign-at gunpoint, he claimed http://bit.ly/AcEPMQ
Anonymous Takes Down CIA Web Site: Anonymous has ended a rather busy week with a hack of the CIA website, which is currently offline. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400140,00.asp
"Torture taxi" business: CIA 'rendition' program still divides N.C. town: To the disappointment of human rights groups, the White House has said it will continue to permit extraordinary renditions http://wapo.st/z6NK9W
Diabetic man is beaten by Henderson police during traffic stop: - Video - The motorist, Adam Greene, will receive $158,000 settlement from the Henderson City Council tonight. http://bit.ly/z6A93n
International lenders refuse to approve Greece bailout: EU
leaders have set several conditions Greece must fulfill before
receiving a second bailout, including more painful austerity measures.
In protest unions are staging a 48-hour strike, halting bus and metro
services. http://bit.ly/zz2AIU
Greek police union wants to arrest EU/IMF officials: - Greece's
largest police union has threatened to issue arrest warrants for
officials from the country's European Union and International Monetary
Fund lenders for demanding deeply unpopular austerity measures. http://bit.ly/wtUcY7
Clashes erupt on sidelines of Greek austerity protest: Greek
protesters threw stones and firebombs at riot police who responded
with tear gas in Athens on Friday as clashes erupted on the sidelines
of a protest against new austerity cuts. http://bit.ly/ynktA0
Live Stream Greece Protest - Video - http://www.livestream.com/stopcarteltvgr
Greek deputy foreign minister resigns: reports:
Greece's deputy foreign minister resigned Friday to protest tough new austerity measures demanded by the euro zone and International Monetary Fund. Lucas Papademos, is the sixth minister to resign over the last two days. http://bit.ly/wSdpWr
Greek default now inevitable: With
Greek economic output in freefall, a messy debt default followed by
the country's ejection from the eurozone now looks very much like a
question of when rather than if. http://bit.ly/xEBAz4
This is no bailout for Main Street America: In reality, a $25bn mortgage deal with banks is a drop in the ocean - given US homeowners' $700bn of negative equity http://bit.ly/wmU176
The insiders are selling heavily:
On the theory that corporate insiders - officers, directors and largest shareholders - know more about their firms' prospects than do the rest of us, it can't be good news that they are selling at such a heavy pace. http://bit.ly/xhxCZX
Anyone can buy guns, no questions asked: Legal loophole permits weapons powerful enough to down aircraft to be sold without checks http://on.today.com/yrs4cJ
"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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