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Thursday 23 August 2012


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WMD 'Excuse for US to Intervene in Syria'
U.S. Has Contingency Plans to Invade Syria.

By David S. Cloud and Shashank Bengali

The contingency plans call for sending U.S. special forces into Syria to protect or destroy any unguarded stockpiles to keep them from militants, officials say.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32263.htm



Syrian False Flag Planned?

By Stephen Lendman

Never bet against Washington's imperial plans. New tactics follow failed ones. Efforts to oust Bashar- al-Assad continue. Proxy killers can't do it alone.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32273.htm



Foreign Fighters Join Syria's Rebels

By Al Jazeera

Syrians battling government forces in Aleppo express disappointment more local residents have not joined their cause.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32274.htm



Disinformation?
CIA Spies Smuggle 14 Stinger Missiles into Syria

By The Daily Mirror

"Knowing that Stingers are in the hands of the opposition forces will hopefully mean Assad's air power will be much diminished but this will be a slow process."  
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32265.htm



Syrian Insurgents Using Captured Prisoners As Suicide Bombers

BBC Video Report




Preparing The Public For The Attack On Hezbollah

By Dan Lieberman

When the rhetoric starts to ratchet, the bombs are ready to explode. Before the assault the attacking nation unleashes a propaganda offensive that shapes the public mind to regard the soon to be attacked nation as wanton killers, which must be eliminated before they eradicate every woman, child and baby seal in the universe.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32269.htm



Investor Wars - Korea Thru Syria

By Jay Janson

In every single case of US mayhem (that if totaled up reaches many multi-holocaust proportions), civil war, fomented by the US itself, has been used as a pretext for unlawful barbaric criminal intervention by US Armed Forces.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32270.htm



Getting Rid of George W. Bush Wasn't Enough.
The US Remains a Bully

By Owen Jones

The issue isn't Obama, any more than it was Bush before him. The issue is US power.  
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32266.htm



In Case You Missed It
America Is A Bully. OK. There, I Said It!

By Tom Feeley

It is deplorable that a mind set exists which allows us to think, that simply because we were born within these borders, we are somehow entitled to a enjoy a greater degree of respect and dignity than we are prepared to acknowledge are the birth right of all the worlds people.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19094.htm



The Pursuit of Julian Assange is an Assault on Freedom and a Mockery of Journalism

By John Pilger

The British government's threat to invade the Ecuadorean embassy in London and seize Julian Assange is of historic significance.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32267.htm



The case of Brandon Raub:
Can the government detain you over Facebook posts?

A former U.S. Marine, was arrested after authorities deemed his Facebook posts threatening. - The FBI, Secret Service, and local authorities swarmed Raub's property to question and then seize him.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32271.htm



Indefinite Detention Is Not a New Policy

By Washingtons Blog

The government's claim that it can indefinitely detain American citizens living on American soil based upon a vague "suspicion" that they might be supporting or affiliated with bad guys is disturbing. But this is nothing new ...  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32272.htm



What Ayn Rand Taught Paul Ryan

Video

"I grew up reading Ayn Rand, and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are and what my beliefs are. It's inspired me so much that it's required reading in my office for all my interns and my staff." -- U.S. Representative Paul Ryan  
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32268.htm

Hard News  
   
Syrian False Flag Planned?

By Stephen Lendman

Never bet against Washington's imperial plans. New tactics follow failed ones. Efforts to oust Bashar- al-Assad continue. Proxy killers can't do it alone.  



Foreign Fighters Join Syria's Rebels

By Al Jazeera

Syrians battling government forces in Aleppo express disappointment more local residents have not joined their cause.  



Disinformation?
CIA Spies Smuggle 14 Stinger Missiles into Syria

By The Daily Mirror

"Knowing that Stingers are in the hands of the opposition forces will hopefully mean Assad's air power will be much diminished but this will be a slow process."  



Syrian Insurgents Using Captured Prisoners As Suicide Bombers

BBC Video Report




Preparing The Public For The Attack On Hezbollah

By Dan Lieberman

When the rhetoric starts to ratchet, the bombs are ready to explode. Before the assault the attacking nation unleashes a propaganda offensive that shapes the public mind to regard the soon to be attacked nation as wanton killers, which must be eliminated before they eradicate every woman, child and baby seal in the universe.  



Investor Wars - Korea Thru Syria

By Jay Janson

In every single case of US mayhem (that if totaled up reaches many multi-holocaust proportions), civil war, fomented by the US itself, has been used as a pretext for unlawful barbaric criminal intervention by US Armed Forces.  



Getting Rid of George W. Bush Wasn't Enough.
The US Remains a Bully

By Owen Jones

The issue isn't Obama, any more than it was Bush before him. The issue is US power.  



In Case You Missed It
America Is A Bully. OK. There, I Said It!

By Tom Feeley

It is deplorable that a mind set exists which allows us to think, that simply because we were born within these borders, we are somehow entitled to a enjoy a greater degree of respect and dignity than we are prepared to acknowledge are the birth right of all the worlds people.  



The Pursuit of Julian Assange is an Assault on Freedom and a Mockery of Journalism

By John Pilger

The British government's threat to invade the Ecuadorean embassy in London and seize Julian Assange is of historic significance.  



The case of Brandon Raub:
Can the government detain you over Facebook posts?

A former U.S. Marine, was arrested after authorities deemed his Facebook posts threatening. - The FBI, Secret Service, and local authorities swarmed Raub's property to question and then seize him.  



Indefinite Detention Is Not a New Policy

By Washingtons Blog

The government's claim that it can indefinitely detain American citizens living on American soil based upon a vague "suspicion" that they might be supporting or affiliated with bad guys is disturbing. But this is nothing new ...  



What Ayn Rand Taught Paul Ryan

Video

"I grew up reading Ayn Rand, and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are and what my beliefs are. It's inspired me so much that it's required reading in my office for all my interns and my staff." -- U.S. Representative Paul Ryan  



Yemen: : 17 killed in suicide attack:  More than 17 people were killed and 10 others injured when a group of terrorists from Al Qaeda attacked the intelligence office and and the adjacent radio and TV building in the southern coastal city of Aden, local and official sources said Saturday. 



Lebanon: Tripoli remains tense, toll rises to 12:  The death toll from the fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli rose to at least 12 with more than 100 wounded, medical sources said on Wednesday, in what residents said were some of the fiercest clashes there since Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war. 



Six killed by Afghan roadside bomb: official:  A roadside bomb killed six civilians, mostly women and children, travelling in a motorised rickshaw in southern Afghanistan Thursday, police said. 



One Turkish soldier killed, five injured in ongoing clashes with PKK:  Hours after Ankara said it had killed 16 terrorists in the area following a raid on a military convoy. 



Syria recaptures heart of Aleppo:  Turkey, US devise plan to hasten Assad's fall 



Engineering Consent for an attack on Syria
David Cameron and Barack Obama warn Syria over chemical weapons:  Prime Minister David Cameron and US president Barack Obama have agreed that the use of chemical weapons in Syria or even a threat to deploy them would be "completely unacceptable". 



US & allies discuss plan to secure WMDs in Syria:  The United States believe that thousands of troops would be required to secure the chemical and biological weapons 



Russia: We have guarantees Assad won't move or use Syria's chemical weapons:  Speaking in an interview to The Associated Press, Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said Russia is working closely with the Assad regime to make sure its arsenal of chemical weapons is secure. 



Robert Fisk: 'Rebel army? They're a gang of foreigners' :  Here is the official scorecard of the battle for the eastern side of the old city of Aleppo 



U.N. chief defies U.S., Israel; plans trip to Iran: -  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend a summit meeting of leaders of non-aligned developing nations in Iran next week, defying calls from the United States and Israel to boycott the event, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday. 



S Africa approves 'Made in Palestine' labels:  The move, to place new tags on imported goods from Jewish settlements, provokes an angry response from the Israelis. 



We are Women Against Rape but we do not want Julian Assange extradited:  For decades we have campaigned to get rapists caught, charged and convicted. But the pursuit of Assange is political 



Poll: GOP really dislikes Muslims:  A new survey shows just how uncomfortable the Republican base is with Muslim and Arab people 



Supporters Fear Facebook Marine Being 'Disappeared':  Raub, a former veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, was involuntarily detained for psychiatric questioning last week by authorities in Virginia's Chesterfield County for leaving anti-establishment messages on Facebook which questioned the official story behind 9/11 and referred to corruption within the U.S. government. 



Judge Orders Release Of Detained Marine From Psychiatric Hospital:  A circuit court judge has ordered that the Marine veteran detained over anti-government Facebook posts be released from a state psychiatric hospital 



The morality of capitalism:  We'll make a killing out of food crisis, Glencore trading boss Chris Mahoney boasts: Drought is good for business, says world's largest commodities trading company 



Greece may sell off islands amid privatization scheme: report:  The Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said this week that the country is willing to sell off its uninhabited islands as part of a plan to accelerate privatization across the country 



Iceland's recovery continues, declared 'impressive':  Unlike the US and several countries in the eurozone, Iceland allowed its banking system to fail in the global economic downturn and put the burden on the industry's creditors rather than taxpayers. 



Hedge funds are betting on disaster:  Hedge funds are betting on a disaster hitting the financial markets within the next several quarters, with managers holding onto historic levels of cash. 



Jobless Claims Rose Slightly Last Week:  There were an estimated 372,000 first-time claims for unemployment insurance last week, up by 4,000 from the week before, the Employment and Training Administration reports. 



One in Four Mississippi Residents Struggle to Afford Food:  Residents in Alabama and Delaware are also among the most likely to struggle to afford food. Residents of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Vermont are among the least likely to have this problem. 


    

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Tom Feeley
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:  4,883

Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,155
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001

        $1,365,494,935,683