Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Saturday 15 September 2012


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"As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles". - Bertrand Russell

"If you think of humanity as one large body, then war is like suicide, or at best, self mutilation"  - Jerome P. Crabb.

"If civilization has an opposite, it is war. Of these two things, you have either one, or the other. Not both"  - Ursula Kroeber Le Guin

"What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man?  It is Love, Love for all humanity." -  Sri Sathya Sai Baba
September 15/16, 2012
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No 'Red Line' for Israel
By Gilad Atzmon
So it seems that for now, the Obama administration has come to its senses.

Revealed: Inside Story of US Envoy's Assassination
By Kim Sengupta
Exclusive: America 'was warned of embassy attack but did nothing'

Mr Blowback Rising in Benghazi
By Pepe Escobar
The killing of the US ambassador in Libya is just an hors d'oeuvre to what may happen in Syria.

Libya: The Questions We Should Be Asking
By Barry Lando
When did you last hear about a Chinese embassy being burned down or pillaged?

The Human Cost of Western Fundamentalism
By Felicity Arbuthnot
We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is brought right back to our own front yards.

9/11 : Our Truth, and Theirs
By Justin Raimondo
"There is no indication that the Israelis were involved in the 9-11 attacks, but investigators suspect that the Israelis may have gathered intelligence about the attacks in advance, and not shared it."

Do Americans Harbor Childlike Delusions About the Future?
By Paul Smyth, Judy George
We've definitively entered the epoch Kunstler calls "the long emergency," an extended era of economic contraction and social stress caused by shrinking resources.

Chris Hedges: Sacrifice Zones of America
Must Watch : -Video
Chris Hedges calls them "sacrifice zones," huge pockets of impoverished America on the verge of cementing a permanent underclass.

Hard News  
   
Turkish forces kill 80 Kurds in air strikes:  
TURKISH armed forces have killed more than 80 Kurdish militants near the border with Iran and Iraq over the past week, as an offensive involving air strikes and several thousand ground troops intensifies.

12 Afghans killed in roadside bombing in southern province:  
"A vehicle touched off a roadside bomb at around 2 p.m. local time in Goband area of Gereshk district and the powerful blast killed 12 innocent civilians," spokesman Daud Ahmadi told Xinhua.

Three NATO soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan:  
At least three NATO service members were killed following roadside bomb explosion and militants attack in southern Afghanistan on Friday.

2 US Marines Killed in Attack on Base in Afghanistan:  
A spokesman for the militant group said Saturday the attack was in response to a film produced in the United States that insults the Prophet Muhammad, and because Britain's Prince Harry is serving at the base.

Two NATO soldiers killed by gunman thought to be Afghan police officer:  
A man thought to be an Afghan policeman killed two NATO soldiers in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Profince on Saturday before he was himself shot dead, security and coalition officials said.

Assad says ready to cooperate with Brahimi :  
"(The Syrian government will) cooperate with all sincere efforts to solve the crisis, so long as the efforts are neutral and independent," President Al-Assad said in a statement following his meeting with international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.

Assad calls for dialogue among Syrians: state TV:  
"The success of political action is dependent on putting pressure on the countries that finance and train the terrorists, and which bring weapons into Syria, until they stop doing so."

Largest Shipload of Libyan Weapons Heading to Armed Groups in Syria :  
"A Libyan ship carrying the largest consignment of weapons for Syria...has docked in Turkey," said The Times in an article published on Friday.

Hezbollah hails Pope's Lebanon visit as 'extraordinary and historic':  
Nearly 40 per cent of Lebanon's four million people are Christian, making it the most Christian nation in the Middle East. Lebanese authorities have imposed strict security measures, suspending weapons permits except for politicians' bodyguards and confining the visit to central Lebanon and the northern Christian areas.

Tunisia death toll rises to four in U.S. embassy attack:  
The death toll from Friday's attack on the U.S. embassy in Tunis, provoked by a film that mocks the Prophet Mohammed, rose to four, with 46 people injured, a hospital official said.

Qaeda says Benghazi attack 'revenge' for leader's death: 
 "The uprising of our people in Libya, Egypt and Yemen against America and its embassies is a sign to notify the United States that its war is not directed against groups and organisations ... but against the Islamic nation that has rebelled against injustice."

Islamist militia braces for reprisals as Libyan anger mounts over US deaths:  
The black flag of the Islamist Ansar al-Sharia militia continued to flutter over its base in downtown Benghazi, but the garrison was nervous, braced for reprisals after the killing of the US ambassador to Libya on Tuesday night.

Ansar Al-Sharia to be disbanded "by force if necessary" :  
Ansar Al-Sharia, the militant group believed to be behind Tuesday's fatal attacks on the US consulate in Benghazi, is to be disbanded, by force if necessary, a reliable source close to Prime Minister-elect Mustafa Abushagur has told the Libya Herald.

Libyan officials: U.S. drones behind airport closure:  
U.S. drones hovered over the eastern city of Benghazi on Friday and militia forces fired toward the crafts, prompting authorities to close the airport for several hours for fear a commercial aircraft could be hit, Libyan officials said.

Anti-American violence sweeps across Muslim world:  
In all, there were protests in at least 23 nations, stretching from Morocco to Indonesia and from London to Mogadishu, Somalia. At least seven people died from the violence.

Australian police tear gas anti-US demonstrators in Sydney :  
Police in Sydney, Australia, fired tear gas at protesters staging a demonstration against the anti-Islam film that has sparked mass public outrage across the Arab world.

Pentagon prepares to drop the hammer on anti-US Muslim riots?: ­ 
"We have to be prepared in the event that these demonstrations get out of control," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a Friday interview with Foreign Policy.

Thierry Meyssan: Blasphemy as a Tactic: Op-Ed :  
The U.S. Ambassador was not merely a diplomat but was functioning as Governor, as the de facto head of state.

Inside the Islamophobic-Religious Right Alliance Whose Film Sparked a Crisis in the Middle East:  
An alliance of Egyptian Coptic Christians, right-wing American Christians and anti-Muslim activists is behind the "Innocence of Muslims" film.

L.A. sheriff: Federal probation officers interview man linked to anti-Islamic movie:  
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, was interviewed at the department's Los Cerritos station near his home, Sheriff's Deputy Don said. Walker said Nakoula traveled voluntarily in a squad car with deputies.

Glenn Greenwald: US media angrily marvels at the lack of Muslim gratitude: Op-Ed :  
NBC News, along with a leading US newspaper, insist that Egyptians should be grateful to the US for having 'freed' them

Robert Fisk: The forgotten massacre:  
Thirty years after 1,700 Palestinians were killed at the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps, Robert Fisk revisits the killing fields

US, Allies Set to Launch Anti-Mine Naval Exercises:  
The United States and more than two dozen allies are gearing up for the largest naval exercise ever in the Middle East focused on countering the threat of anti-ship mines. A wary Iran says it will be watching closely.

Romney's foreign policy: An ideology that dare not speak its name:  
The Romney campaign does not dispute that Mitt Romney is a neoconservative, it just refuses to say the word neoconservative.

Mitt Romney's foreign policy advisers include Bush veterans and academics:  
Republican candidate's team of 40-plus conservative counsellors includes a few familiar faces from the George W Bush years

Is police brutality getting worse?: Video -  
Civil rights groups are demanding federal investigators look into cases of excessive police force and brutality. Questionable arrests, caught on video, are putting into questions the old police motto of "to serve and protect,"but communities are fighting back

More Americans opting out of banking system: 
Released Wednesday, the study found that 821,000 households opted out of the banking system from 2009 to 2011 and that the so-called unbanked population grew to 8.2 percent of U.S. households.




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"Let us be peace and joy"

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 : 3,177
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
      
 
 1,373,088,978,098          

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