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Where Journalists Get Their News
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"The
two parties have combined against us to nullify our power by a
'gentleman's agreement' of non-recognition, no matter how we vote ...
May God write us down as asses if ever again we are found putting our
trust in either the Republican or the Democratic Parties." - W.E.B. DuBois
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| February 05, 2012 |
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Op-Ed Articles
U.S. Wrongly Demonizes Iran
By Karl Lindemann
As
with any country that is attempting to develop its nuclear technology,
Iran should be monitored. But the current U.S. policies are completely
unwarranted. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30448.htm
Yet Another War for Israel
By William A. Cook
Has
it come to this, that unnamed Israeli spokespeople, voicing AIPAC's
policies, determine what nation the U.S. should invade without
consultation with the representatives of the American people? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30452.htm
Two Front International Struggle For Palestine:
By Lawrence Davidson
It
is important to point out that even a one-state solution capable of
bringing justice to the Palestinians, and in doing so, saving the Jews
from the folly of Zionism, will not be possible without worldwide
intervention. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30458.htm
Facts from Fiction:
What's Really Happening in Syria?
By RT
The
deadly crossfire has left international media relying on snatches of
information and dubious or unverifiable sources to report the unrest
dragging the nation towards civil war.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30456.htm
Heading for War on Syria
By Stephen Lendman
Assad
confronted a Western-backed armed insurgency replicating the Libya
model. By so doing he acted responsibly against a heavily armed
insurrection. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30455.htm
Obama Terror Drones
CIA Targeting Rescuers and Funerals
By Chris Woods and Christina Lamb
The
CIA's drone campaign in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians who
had gone to help rescue victims or were attending funerals. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30449.htm
Behold: The U.S. God Of War
The Holy Fire of Patriotism
Must Watch Short Video
O
Lord our God, ... help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the
shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their
humble homes with a hurricane of fire. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30450.htm
Truth, Lies and Afghanistan
By Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis
I
spent last year in Afghanistan, visiting and talking with U.S. troops
and their Afghan partners. --- What I saw bore no resemblance to rosy
official statements by U.S. military leaders about conditions on the
ground. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30454.htm
The January Jobs Are Statistical Artifacts
By Paul Craig Roberts
The phony data serve many interests, but not those of the American people. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30451.htm
Occupying Corporations
How to Cut Corporate Power
By Bill Quigley
The
legal fiction of corporate personhood and the constitutional rights
taken by corporations must cease. Join the efforts to cut them down to
size and restore the right of the people to govern. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30457.htm
The Cancer in Occupy
By Chris Hedges
The
Black Bloc anarchists, who have been active on the streets in Oakland
and other cities, are the cancer of the Occupy movement. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30453.htm
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Civil war rages as 25 killed in Syria: Upwards
of 17 civilians were killed and dozens wounded as security forces
renewed their bombardment of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights said. http://bit.ly/zldQel
Syrian deserters destroy army post: rights group: Syrian
army deserters destroyed a military control post in the northeast
overnight, killing three officers and capturing 19 soldiers in the
process, a rights group said Monday. http://yhoo.it/xeyf48
Armed groups fire missiles into Homs: According
to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 17
people have been killed in Homs on Monday. Government troops have been
fighting terrorist groups in Homs for several days. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/225250.html
Syrian army defectors form higher military council: The
council, named "The Higher Revolutionary Council" and designed to
supersede the Free Syrian Army (FSA), said its head was General Mustafa
Ahmed al-Sheikh, the highest ranking deserter who had fled to Turkey. http://reut.rs/yyo7fC
After Russia's UN veto, US talks of "coalition of the willing" against Syria: The
discussion on the resolution was a political manoeuvre from the
outset, designed either to force Moscow and Beijing into agreeing to a
UN cover for a Libya-style operation against the regime of President
Bashar al-Assad, or justify a predetermined alternative route to
regime-change. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/feb2012/syri-f06.shtml
Russia, China Vetoes Spur Western Hysteria, Indecent Comments: Russia
and China condemned Monday the angry Western reaction to its veto of a
UN resolution over Syria where US envoy expressed her "disgust" and
France Defense Minister said such countries deserve a "kick in the
ass"! http://bit.ly/y1PSvx
U.S. closes Syria Embassy, pulls all staff: Robert
Ford, the American ambassador, and 17 other U.S. officials left Syria
and were expected to travel back to the United States. Ford informed
Syrian authorities of the decision to leave earlier in the day, State
Department officials said. Two diplomats left by air and the others
went overland to Jordan. http://bit.ly/w4azA9
9 killed as car bomb explodes in Afghan blast : The
blast went off at a parking lot outside the police building in
Kandahar, Saisal Ahmad, a spokesperson for the provincial government,
said on Sunday. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/02/20122597730407.html
US colonel: Don't believe US statements on progress in Afghanistan:
I spent five years covering the Iraq war, and at the end of it I was not inclined to believe anything official spokesmen had to say about Iraq anymore. http://bit.ly/wt2Ozt
Four soldiers killed in blast N. Iraq: Four
Iraqi army soldiers were killed in a bomb blast that targeted their
patrol in Mosul, northern Iraq, Iraqi police said on Monday. http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2219788&Language=en
US-made bomb killed Iran expert: Report: The
United States provided an anti-Iran terrorist group with the bomb used
to assassinate Iranian scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan last month, a
report has revealed. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/225277.html
President Obama: U.S., Israel in 'lockstep' on Iran: President
Barack Obama said Sunday that he's committed to working in "lockstep"
with Israel to try to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72479.html
House Intel Chair: Israel Attack on Iran Would Harm U.S. National Security: "If
Israel does a unilateral strike, this could be a real problem for the
national security interests of the United States," Rep. Mike Rogers,
R-Mich., said today http://abcn.ws/w3ELmR
No Evidence Iran Would Attack U.S.: Obama: : Obama said: "We don't see any evidence they have those intentions or capabilities." http://bit.ly/yG8Zy7
An Act Of War: US freezes all assets of Iranian government and central bank:
US President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Monday imposing new, stricter sanctions on Iran and its central bank, saying a broader asset freeze was necessary because Iranian banks were concealing transactions. http://bit.ly/wkQ8gb
Iran vows to retaliate against any country that stages attack: Gen.
Hossein Salami, deputy commander of the elite Revolutionary Guard,
Iran's most powerful military force, did not elaborate. His comments
appeared to be a warning to Iran's neighbors not to let their territory
or airspace be used as a base for an attack. http://bit.ly/xoFd0o
'Israeli attack will prompt Pakistani response': European
diplomat based in Islamabad says Israeli strike would force Pakistan
to support Iranian retaliation, while EU official says 'political and
economic consequences of attack would be catastrophic for Europe' http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4185684,00.htm
Engineering Consent For An Attack On Iran:
Santorum: Iran would nuke Missouri: Rick Santorum warned that if Iran procures a nuclear weapon, it would pose a threat even to Missouri. http://bit.ly/xgsZJT
Iranian calls for pre-emptive strike on Israel: Mr.
Tavakoli said a pre-emptive strike would be justified in Islamic terms
and in practical military terms, given the threats emanating from
Israel. http://bit.ly/w9biEs
Israel can clear Mideast of nukes, it just won't: If
Israel accepts an invitation to the conference in Helsinki, it will
have an opportunity to move ahead on a deal: comprehensive nuclear
disarmament in exchange for comprehensive peace, says researchers'
position paper. http://bit.ly/wZh7pl
India delegation to go to Iran to boost oil exports: "You
have to devise a mechanism with which you can pay for the import of
oil and avoid attracting sanctions," the official said. http://yhoo.it/AfMAMz
Pacifists protest possible war against Iran: Hundreds
of protesters demonstrated Saturday in New York and pacifist groups
took to the streets in dozens of other US and Canadian cities in a "Day
of Mass Action" against a possible war with Iran. http://bit.ly/zDxYPX
Abbas to lead Palestinian unity cabinet, following Hamas-Fatah deal: Agreement
between rival factions represents a significant breakthrough in the
efforts to reach Palestinian reconciliation; still not clear when unity
government will be sworn in. http://bit.ly/wWkIXS
U.S. Jews who put Israel first are merely exercising their democratic rights: Some
may retort that Israel is a foreign country, not a domestic policy
choice; a vote based on a foreign countries interest is clearly not
something that a loyal citizen would do. There are many responses to
this accusation, I will lay out two. http://bit.ly/yxKKyK
Egpytian foreign workers' trial goes ahead despite US threat: Egypt
has referred to trial the cases of 19 US citizens and 24 other
employees of civil society groups charged with illegally using foreign
funds to foment unrest. http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/115079
Lawmakers: U.S. aid to Egypt at risk: A
bipartisan group of more than 40 House lawmakers are warning top Obama
administration and Egyptian officials they'll oppose U.S. aid to Egypt
unless a standoff over nongovernmental organizations is resolved
quickly. http://politi.co/xqll5m
Offshore Everywhere :
How Drones, Special Operations Forces, and the U.S. Navy Plan to End National Sovereignty As We Know It http://www.tomdispatch.com/archive/175498/
U.S. Marine expeditionary unit possible in Australia: The
Navy's top officer raised the possibility Saturday of a Marine
expeditionary unit deploying to Australia on a rotational basis as part
of a new agreement reached between the Pacific nation and the U.S. http://bit.ly/xpFveB
Australia: Passengers face body scans before flights: PASSENGERS
at airports across Australia will be forced to undergo full-body scans
or be banned from flying under new laws to be introduced into Federal
Parliament this week. http://bit.ly/wJ9wTI
Soros: Obama, Romney 'Not Much Difference': Billionaire
financier George Soros thinks that, if Mitt Romney wins the
presidency, there will be "little difference" between him and Barack
Obama in the White House. http://bit.ly/wzFvr0
Bradley Manning Nobel Peace Prize Nomination 2012: February
1st 2012 the entire parliamentary group of The Movement of the
Icelandic Parliament nominated Private Bradley Manning for the Nobel
Peace Prize. http://bit.ly/waC7ve
Temperature Soars Mysteriously Inside Fukushima Nuclear Reactor: - The
temperature of a reactor at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
plant has soared and remained mysteriously high Monday, despite more
water being pumped through it. http://bit.ly/yybhbi
Greece caves to pressure and cuts state jobs: Move to eliminate 15,000 civil service jobs signals major shift in policy in run-up to crucial coalition meeting. http://aje.me/ABhAEw
Romanian PM resigns after protests: Romania's
prime minister, Emil Boc, and his government resigned on Monday in an
apparent attempt to take the heat out of protests against austerity
measures and alleged government cronyism that have been simmering for
three weeks. http://on.ft.com/xhXPw4
The battle for McPherson Square: Video - Rough police tactics rout 300 protesters from their tent city in the heart of Washington http://bit.ly/zatKWU
"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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