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Correcting an error
In yesterdays newsletter (May 29, 2012) I inadvertently posted the Hard News headlines twice and omitted the Op-Ed articles.
I am resending the correct version below. Please forgive my error.
Peace and Joy
Tom Feeley
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"Our
society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're
being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put
away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it." - John Lennon
"The power of authority is never more subtle and effective than when it produces a psychological "atmosphere" or "climate" favorable to the life of certain modes of belief, unfavorable, and even fatal, to the life of others." - Arthur Balfour "When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic." - Dresden James "Chief among the spoils of victory is the privilege of writing the history." - Mark Alexander |
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Op-Ed Articles
BBC Engages In Anti-Syria Propaganda?
Truth behind BBC's vicious tactic
By Press TV
Britain's
state-run broadcast BBC has been heavily criticized for using a fake
photo of Iraqi dead children in order to sell a new NATO-led invasion,
this time targeting Syria. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31444.htm
West's Houla Syria Narrative Crumbles, Expels Syrian Diplomats Anyway
By Tony Cartalucci
UN
admits almost all of the 108 killed in Houla were killed at close
range by militants, not Syrian soldiers firing artillery. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31449.htm
Syrian Houla Massacres: Divide & Conquer Strategy Exposed
Video By Syrian Girl
The massacres in Syria are purposeful, to fuel a civil war in my country and pave the way for foreign interventions. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31450.htm
'Military Option' for Syria: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
By MACKENZIE WEINGER
Dempsey,
the president's top military adviser, also told CBS's "This Morning"
on Monday that he found the events in Syria "just horrific. Atrocious,
really. I expect that the international community, that pressure will
mount." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31451.htm
A Republican Party Warlord
How Bill Kristol Purged the Arabists
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Refuse to toe the neo-con line on Israel, and you have no future in the Republican Party. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31445.htm
Obama the Warrior
Barack Obama has become George W. Bush on steroids.
By Glenn Greenwald
A new NYT article sheds considerable light on the character of the Democratic Commander-in-Chief. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31454.htm
'Blair Is A War Criminal!'
Video
A
protester burst in on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as he
testified at a UK inquiry into media ethics at London's Royal Courts of
Justice on Monday. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31448.htm
IMF Chief: It's "Payback Time" For Greek Workers
By Stefan Steinberg
The
head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, vented her class hatred for the
workers of Greece, denouncing them as tax scofflaws and ruling out any
respite from the austerity measures that have devastated the country. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31453.htm
Heated MF Global Debate - Still NO Arrests 1.2 Billion Gone
Video By CNBC
How To Mislead Government Officials Without Technically Committing Perjury. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31447.htm
Cleveland Occupy Arrests Are the Latest in FBI's Pattern of Manipulation
By Arun Gupta
The
FBI fishes for dupes it can manipulate with informants and agents who
stroke their marks, plant ideas, suggest the plans, provide money,
weapons, vehicles and then heroically foil a terrorist act of the FBI's
own design. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31455.htm
California Agriculture Inspection Checkpoint Standoff
Must Watch - Video
"You Will Not Be Able To Enter The State Of California" http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31452.htm
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11 al-Qaeda fighters, 5 soldiers killed in S. Yemen: Clashes
around the town of Jaar, which fell to the militants more than a year
ago, left eight al-Qaeda fighters and two soldiers dead over the past
24 hours, they said. http://tinyurl.com/7exhykr
5 Killed as Insurgent Violence Hits 5 Provinces: At
least five people, including a local police commander, were killed in
their car travelling to Khudiadad village in Afghanistan's northern
Baghlan province Tuesday, a provincial police chief said. http://tinyurl.com/cayrrjm
Taliban say they shot down NATO helicopter in Afghanistan: The
Taliban claimed responsibility for shooting down a helicopter operated
by NATO-led international forces in Afghanistan on Monday, killing two
on board, dpa reported. http://en.trend.az/regions/world/afghanistan/2031062.html
US warns of military option in Syria: AMERICA'S
top military officer has warned Syria it might face armed intervention
as international outrage grows over the massacre of women and children
by tanks and artillery in the central town of Houla. http://tinyurl.com/6ok3qfo
Syrian Foreign Ministry to UNSC: Militants Committed Massacres with Cold Blood: "The
children, women and men were assembled at specific areas, and had they
been killed by shellfire as biased channels claim, there would have
been dust all over them, while the images show that the massacre was
committed in cold blood and from close distance," the letter added. http://tinyurl.com/7yqwml9
Western countries expel Syrian diplomats following Houla massacre: U.S.,
France, U.K., Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, and Canada expel
Syrian ambassadors and diplomats; Dutch government declares Syrian
ambassador 'persona non-grata.' http://tinyurl.com/7n7tkwx
Kill Syrian president and get $450,000:
Saudi scholar announces reward after massacre in Syrian town http://tinyurl.com/7lfhsux
Engineering Consent For An Attack On Syria :
Syrian army rebels will secure chemical weapons following Assad's fall: report: Once the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad collapses, the Syrian opposition plans to take control of the regime's chemical weapons depots and secure them, an Israeli daily reported citing a top opposition figure. http://tinyurl.com/7bdw2xl
Iran warns West: New sanctions will jeopardize talks over nuclear program: "This
approach of pressure concurrent with negotiations will never work.
These countries should not enter negotiations with such illusions and
misinterpretations," foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told
a news conference. http://tinyurl.com/834h967
Cyber 'superweapon' virus uncovered: Russian firm: A
Russian computer firm has discovered a new computer virus with
unprecedented destructive potential which could be used as a
"cyberweapon" by the West and Israel against foes such as Iran. http://tinyurl.com/7pxjb3l
Cyber war:
Netanyahu deputy hints at Israeli involvement in Iran cyber attack: Vice Prime Minister and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon hinted on Monday at possible Israeli involvement in the Flame bug, which was revealed to have targeted computers in Iran and the West Bank on Monday. http://tinyurl.com/d3xmk2q
Israel builds up shadow war against Iran's nuclear program: Report: In
a video report titled "Shadow War," broadcast by the German TV network
ZDF, Christian Sievers, the reporter, portrayed an array of anti-Iran
plots, hatched by Israel, that "have been running for years - unnoticed
by the general public." http://tinyurl.com/78a9ok8
Iranian team to collaborate with US company on nuclear fusion project: New Jersey company says it has permission for unique partnership to work toward the holy grail of energy sources. http://tinyurl.com/d9xbhbp
Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem flag row: Soldiers
on Monday violated the status quo on the esplanade of the mosques in
east Jerusalem by raising Israel's flag, the head of the Islamic Waqf
organisation that oversees the compound charged. http://tinyurl.com/7cjhvlb
Turkey seeks 18,000 years in prison for Israeli military commanders over flotilla killings: The
attorney general of Turkey has filed charges against four senior
Israeli military officers for the killing of nine people aboard the
Turkish ship Mavi Marmara, which tried to break Israel's blockade of
Gaza in 2010. The move comes just days ahead of the second anniversary
of the May 31, 2010, raid. http://tinyurl.com/6vysqdd
Egyptians torch Shafiq headquarters as vote triggers violence: Demonstrators
furious that Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister made it into the
run-off for Egypt's presidential election set ablaze his campaign
headquarters on Monday http://tinyurl.com/6nt3n6s
Shell Is First Major To Exit Oil Blocks In Post-War Libya: Royal
Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) Monday became the first major to exit oil and
gas exploration blocks in post-war Libya, amid concerns over insecurity
and contracts. http://tinyurl.com/7t3y4vb
US denies reports it parachuted soldiers into North Korea:
The United States military has denied reports attributed to the head of its special forces in South Korea that his men have been parachuted into North Korea to gather intelligence on the regime's network of underground military facilities. http://tinyurl.com/78d8a8x
From Hopeful Immigrant to FBI Informant - The Inside Story of the Other Abu Zubaidah: Meet
the brother of the first high-value detainee: he came to the US to
pursue the American dream, spent two years in an immigration jail
following the 9/11 attacks and was then recruited by the FBI to spy on
Muslims. http://tinyurl.com/7xr3eu5
Almost Half Of New Veterans Seek Disability Compensation: About
45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan are seeking compensation for service-related injuries -
more than double the 21 percent of veterans who filed such claims after
the first Gulf War, according to an AP investigation. http://tinyurl.com/8x978yl
The Julian Assange TV Program: Occupy Movement: In
the latest edition of Assange's very own interview programme Julian
Assange meets with prominent Occupy activists who say their collective
efforts target global institutions. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31446.htm
Canada: Lawyers protest silently against Bill 78: Although
they are sworn to uphold the laws of the land, hundreds of lawyers
marched through Montreal streets Monday in a subdued challenge to Bill
78, which limits public protests. http://tinyurl.com/7wcndvx
Japan and China to start direct currency trading on Friday: Japan
and China will start direct currency trading this week, Tokyo said
Tuesday, the first time Beijing has let a major unit other than the
dollar swap with the yuan. http://tinyurl.com/7tojojs
Bank of England prepares plans for euro collapse: The
Bank of England is poised to cut interest rates or launch another
round of quantitative easing if the euro collapses, it emerged on
Monday. http://tinyurl.com/7va7ry3
25 Signs That The Smart Money Has Completely Written Off Southern Europe: Some
large corporations are now pulling the money that they make in Greece
during the day out of the country every single night. It is becoming
increasingly clear that the upper crust of the financial world
considers a Greek exit from the euro to be "inevitable" http://tinyurl.com/c4pq27a
Heated MF Global Debate - Still NO Arrests 1.2 Billion Gone - Video By CNBC - How To Mislead Government Officials Without Technically Committing Perjury. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31447.htm
Consumer Confidence Has Biggest Drop in Eight Months:
Americans' confidence in the economy fell in May to its lowest level in eight months as consumers fretted about slow hiring, a big stock market drop and the global economy, said a private research group. http://www.cnbc.com//id/47598202
Time to fight for a minimum wage increase: The
federal minimum wage is now $7.25 cents an hour, about $15,080 for a
full time, year round worker. Poverty wages offend both justice and
common sense. It is time to raise the floor http://tinyurl.com/89udocm
"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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| Cost Of War
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: 4,807
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,019
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001 |
