Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Tuesday 18 September 2012


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 "Politicians and diapers should be changed frequently and all for the same reason." - José Maria de Eça de Queiroz
  
  "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." - Alice Walker


 
       
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Obama Wins Right to Indefinitely Detain Americans Under NDAA

By RT
A lone appeals judge bowed down to the Obama administration late Monday and reauthorized the White House's ability to indefinitely detain American citizens without charge or due process.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32482.htm 


Full Secret Video of Private Romney Fundraiser

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Mitt Romney wanted the full tape. Here it is.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32483.htm  


He is still alive!'
Video - US Ambassador Was Found Alive

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Video shows the moment US Ambassador Chris Stevens body is pulled from embassy . . . as witness says he was breathing.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32471.htm  


The Moslem World's Rage; Justified or Misplaced?

By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
While the First Amendment enabled insults to be hurled at Moslems, Moslems living in the United States were deprived of "free speech".   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32478.htm  


Why the Mideast Exploded, Really

By Ray McGovern
One can look at the military-industrial-congressional-media-security complex, especially the war profiteers and their favored politicians who stoke fear of the "evildoers." All the better to scare you with.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32477.htm  


Leaked Video
Romney says Palestinians have 'no interest in peace'

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The Republican presidential candiate can be heard saying that the Palestinians have "no interest whatsoever in establishing peace".   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32474.htm  


Binyamin Netanyahu's Iran Strategy Erases the Palestinian Problem

By Chris McGreal
Netanyahu's government, pays lip service to the creation of a Palestinian state while pursuing policies intended to stave off the day of its birth.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32480.htm  


Ex-US Ambassador
U.S. Will Go to War with Iran in 2013

By Haartz
Martin Indyk tells CBS there is not much time left until Iran has a nuclear weapon.    


The Road To WW3
World War III Is Coming And Here's Why!?

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The real motives behind the wars of the past two decades.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32475.htm  


To The Victors...

By Philip A Farruggio
Is it not time for the working stiffs of our nation, the so called 99%, to get out and shout out to the government and the corporations:   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32479.htm 

The Job Crisis, the "Unemployable," and the Fiscal Cliff

By Shamus Cooke
To stop this dynamic of austerity working people must unite and protest in massive numbers, like the working people of Europe.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32481.htm  


SECRET VIDEO:
Romney Tells Millionaire Donors What He REALLY Thinks of Obama Voters

By David Corn
When he doesn't know a camera's rolling, the GOP candidate shows his disdain for half of America.    


President Jill Stein?
By Carl Gibson
Imagine if two-thirds of those 90 million disillusioned voters did the same thing by voting for Jill Stein and ousting tea party Republicans and corporate Democrats from the House and Senate.   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32473.htm 

   
Hard News  
   
12 Killed in Afghan Bombing   
A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a minivan near Kabul's airport killing at least 12 people, including eight South Africans, in an attack claimed as revenge for an anti-Islam movie that has triggered violent protests across the Muslim world.

 


Kurdish Rebels Kill 7 Turkish Soldiers:  Turkish security officials say suspected Kurdish rebels have attacked a military convoy, killing seven soldiers and wounding more than 60. Authorities say the convoy was traveling in Bingol province in southeastern Turkey when it was hit by a rocket Tuesday.  http://is.gd/D2MRDr 

Pakistan: 7 killed in twin blasts outside shopping mall in Karachi:   At least seven persons were killed and 15 more injured when two improvised explosive devices went off in a crowded commercial area in Pakistan's financial hub Karachi on Tuesday evening, officials and witnesses said.  http://is.gd/4LbSJu 

Pakistan: 3 killed in suicide attack on bus carrying Shias:   At least three people were killed and nine others injured when a suspected suicide bomber targeted a bus carrying Shia pilgrims in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan on Tuesday, according to officials.  http://is.gd/7e68Bs 

Demonizing Syria/Iran?
Report: Syria tested chemical weapons delivery systems in August:   The report said that scientists from Iran and North Korea are said to work in the al-Safir research center, which is Syria's largest testing site for chemical weapons.  
http://is.gd/hF2axG 

UK Foreign Secretary doesn't rule out sending arms to Syrian rebels:   Mr Hague dismissed suggestions the UK was trying to arm groups by the back door by "outsourcing" the job to nations such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia.  http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/123519/ 

Foreigners flood into Syria to join battle to overthrow Assad:   Rebels in Syria are becoming increasingly radicalised as more and more foreign fighters join the battle to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad's regime, United Nations human rights investigators have warned.  http://is.gd/ky4HLJ 

Who Are the Saudis and the Qataris Arming?: Op-Ed -   Disorder and distrust plague two of the rebels' international patrons - Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The two Gulf powerhouses are no longer on the same page when it comes to who among the plethora of mushrooming Syrian rebel groups should be armed.  http://is.gd/l5PGhY 

Egypt, Iran, and Turkey in high level talks over Syria:   On Monday night, foreign ministers from Egypt, Iran, and Turkey met at the Foreign Ministry in Cairo to discuss what a spokesperson called, "the deteriorating situation in Syria and put[ing] an end to the suffering of the Syrian people."  http://is.gd/0vgXvh 

Saudi Arabia blocks Syrians from hajj:   Saudi Arabia has barred Syrians from entering the country to perform the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage, Syrian state media said Tuesday, marking the latest break between the two Arab nations.  http://is.gd/SjyEBg 

EU, Iranian Nuclear Negotiators to Meet:   Top EU and Iranian representatives are holding talks on restarting stalled negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program. Foreign policy Chief Catherine Ashton and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili are meeting in Istanbul on Tuesday.  http://is.gd/QJ8p4m 

Iran's nuclear chief: Explosive materials found in centrifuges:
"Iran bought 200 vacuum items from overseas markets four years ago and the saboteurs waited until this equipment could be installed on the centrifuges," Abbasi added.  
http://it.tmcnet.com/news/2012/09/18/6591131.htm 


Iran launches sub as US, allies hold massive naval drills in Persian Gulf:   Iran launched a submarine and a destroyer into the Persian Gulf from Bandar Abbas port on Tuesday at the same time as U.S. and allied forces held massive naval exercises in the same waters to practice keeping oil shipping lanes open.  

Presstitute and Propaganda Alert:
Brian Ross Makes Outrageous Claim on Iran's Nuclear Capabilities - Video  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npxmq5dltX4 

In case you missed it:
Netanyahu claimed to have predicted WTC attacks:   PM says he suggested Iranians might use militants loyal to them in the West to plant a nuclear bomb in the basement of the World Trade Center.  
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32476.htm 

Palestinian hunger strikers 'close to death':   Amani Sarahna said that Samer Barq, one of three prisoners on hunger strike for weeks to demand their release from detention, was placed in intensive care at Assaf Harofeh medical centre, in central Israel, early on Monday evening.  http://is.gd/EGnBXy 

Shocking short video -
A Palestinian family under occupation -  
http://is.gd/oDprJA 

Bahrain charges police officers with torture:   Seven lieutenants are charged with torturing Shia medics to obtain confessions during height of last year's uprising.  http://is.gd/mRL19F 

The Bush Administration's Oft-Repeated (and Now Challenged) Waterboarding Claims:   For many years, Bush administration officials have said that the CIA waterboarded only three terror suspects.  http://is.gd/K1XRp0 

Mitt Romney: it's not my job to worry about the poor:   Secret video emerges of Republican telling rich donors that 47 per cent of Americans are 'victims who pay no taxes and will vote Obama'  http://is.gd/lKxMBI 

Should This Woman Be Jailed By The U.S. For Refusing To Kill?:   In the next 48 hours, Kimberly Rivera will have her moment of truth: she will find out whether she will be deported to the US., where she will be immediately jailed for her resistance to the Iraq War.  http://is.gd/hGphvX 

EU bans 'naked' airport body scanners over safety concerns:
The move in Europe begs the question - why are they still allowed in the United States? Hundreds of the devices are in use at least 68 airports across the nation.  
http://is.gd/AFHYDa 




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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 : 3,187
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
      
 
 $1,374,100,273,806