Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Tuesday 21 July 2015

July 20-21, 2015
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Op-Ed

If Poroshenko Attacks His Days Are Numbered
By The Saker
Have the Novorussians suddenly gone crazy? -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42435.htm 
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The Real Reasons For the Iran Agreement
By Paul Craig Roberts
Washington has belatedly realized that the concocted Iranian and Muslim threats are using up time, energy, and resources that Washington needs to apply to Russia and China. -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42438.htm
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Seeking War to the End of the World
By Robert Parry
To understand the enduring influence of the neocons - and the Kagan clan, in particular - you have to appreciate the money connections between the business of war and the business of selling war. -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42430.htm
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Propaganda Wave Portends Invasion of Syria
By Tony Cartalucci
US and British special forces are already operating in Syria alongside terrorist militants. -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42431.htm 
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Syrian Intervention, Yemeni Airstrikes and David Cameron's Contempt for Democracy
By Elliot Murphy
The UK government gives diplomatic and military support to tyrants worldwide and places imperial agendas above democratic decisions. -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42437.htm
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What a Choice for Egypt - a Megalomaniac President or the Madness of Isis
By Robert Fisk
The images of an Egyptian gunboat exploding off the coast of Sinai last week were a warning to our Western politicians. -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42440.htm
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Desertion: A Long, Proud History
By CJ Hinke
You can do no greater good than refusing to kill. If you are in the military, anybody's military, do the right thing: RUN AWAY! -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42428.htm
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The Horrors of John McCain: War Hero or War Criminal?
By Jeffrey St. Clair - Alexander Cockburn
McCain flew 23 bombing missions over North Vietnam, each averaging about half an hour, total time ten hours and thirty minutes. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42439.htm
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Journalist John Pilger condemns Syriza's historic betrayal of Greek voters.
By John Pilger
"It was elected with a clear mandate - to get rid of the dreadful imposition of indebtedness. And it became a pleading supplicant to the big power brokers in Europe" -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42436.htm
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Greece, The Troika and Maggie Thatcher
By David Morris
The "Troika" - has actively and enthusiastically embraced Maggie Thatcher's social and political philosophy, memorably captured in her chilling assertion, "There is no such thing as society." -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42432.htm
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British Royal Nazi Salute - a Sign of the Times
By Finian Cunningham
It is important to understand the image as more than a mere historical oddity, as British royalists and the British mainstream media would have us believe. -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42434.htm 
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The US Presidency For Sale
By Patrick Martin
This entire process has nothing whatsoever to do with democracy. It shows how the US financial aristocracy manipulates public opinion, seeking to preserve the illusion of popular choice. -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42433.htm 
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New Orleans Katrina Pain Index at 10: Who Was Left Behind
By Bill Quigley
The median income for white families in New Orleans is $60,553; that is $35,451 more than for Black families whose median income was $25,102. -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42429.htm 
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Hard News    


 Death toll from Yemen rebel shelling doubles to nearly 100:
The death toll in Yemen from the Shiite rebel shelling of a town near the southern port city of Aden rose Monday to nearly 100, the head of an international aid group said, describing it as "the worst day" for the city and its surroundings in over three months of fighting.


Yemen fighters take Aden's Tawahi district from Houthis: Report:
 Local fighters and army units backed by Yemen's exiled government have taken control of Tawahi, the last district of central Aden still held by the Houthi militia and its allies, a spokesman for the fighters said on Monday.


Yemen: Britain lurks behind Saudi atrocities:
Our government has no qualms about backing the latest slaughter in Yemen, writes IAN SINCLAIR


40 killed as army, Daesh clash in Iraq's Anbar province:
 At least 25 Daesh militants and 15 Iraqi security personnel were killed Sunday in separate incidents across Iraq's western Anbar province, according to Iraqi army and police sources.


At least 30 killed as blast hits southeast Turkey:
At least 30 people were killed in a possible suicide bomb attack in southern Turkey on Monday, a local official said. Abdullah Ciftci, district governor of Suruc, said 21 were killed at the scene of the blast in the town center and another nine died at local hospitals.


Airstrikes on IS-Held Town in Northern Syria Kill 20:
More than 20 people have been killed, many of them children, and dozens of others wounded Monday in airstrikes that targeted a northern Syria town held by the Islamic State group, activists and the IS group said.


Saudi Prince Threatens 'Military Action Without American Support' Against Iran:
Prince Bandar bin Sultan said the deal would allow Iran to acquire a nuclear bomb and would "wreak havoc in the region." The prince also said, "Saudi Arabia and the Gulf powers are prepared to take military action without American support after the Iran nuclear deal"


Senior defense source: IDF preparing for possible covert Iranian nuclear production :
He added that no one within the Israeli defense establishment thinks Iran has given up on its vision of reaching a nuclear capability in the future.


US Defense Secretary says military option against Iran remains on table:
"One of the reasons this deal is a good one is that it does nothing to prevent the military option .?.?. which we are preserving and continually improving," Carter told reporters en route to Tel Aviv.


Europe backs Iran nuclear deal in signal to U.S. Congress:
In a message mainly aimed at skeptical voices in the U.S. Congress and strong resistance from Israel, EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels stressed that there was no better option available.


US mulling 'unprecedented' arms package to Israel after Iran deal:
The package reportedly will include sophisticated weaponry that Israel does not yet possess, as well as cutting-edge technology. "The deal endangers our security, our survival even, and the security of the Middle East and the world," Netanyahu said, during a US media blitz in the wake of the deal.


ICC orders review of deadly Israeli flotilla raid probe:
Prosecutor dropped investigation despite finding evidence of war crimes. The International Criminal Court on Thursday ordered its chief prosecutor to review a decision not to investigate Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010, saying "errors were made".


Eight killed in suicide bomb on edge of Nigeria's Damaturu city:
Three policemen and five militants were killed on Monday by a car suicide bomb at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Damaturu, capital of Yobe state in northern Nigeria, a police spokesman said.


Isis in Libya: Islamic State kidnap three Christians and crucify one man in Sirte accused of spying:
The offshoot of Islamic State (Isis) in Libya has claimed responsibility for kidnapping three African Christians and crucifying an alleged spy in its coastal stronghold of Sirte.


US 'friendly fire' kills up to 10 Afghan soldiers:
A US airstrike killed up to 10 Afghan soldiers Monday at an army checkpoint in a Taliban-infested province south of Kabul, one of the deadliest episodes of "friendly fire" from foreign forces in recent years. The bombing marked the second such incident in the area since last December when a NATO air strike killed five civilians and wounded six others.


9 militant commanders of banned outfit killed in Pakistan:
At least nine militant commanders of a proscribed outfit involved in the killing of 44 personnel from frontier works department, were killed on Sunday during a clash with paramilitary troops in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province.


US-Ukrainian military drills launch in Yavoriv:
The largest number of soldiers come from the United States, while combat units also include personnel from the United Kingdom, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, and Lithuania.


US-led drills in Ukraine may threaten peace process: Moscow: -
Moscow said on Monday that US-led military exercises in western Ukraine that began this week may have "explosive" consequences and threaten to derail the peace process in the separatist east.


Greece makes due payments, no longer in arrears - IMF:
The IMF has confirmed it has received about €2 billion from Greece, which means the country is no longer in arrears. The Greek Finance Ministry has said it started payment of €6.2 billion to the IMF and the ECB.


Taxes and more taxes: Greeks grapple with new price hikes:
In return for getting a bailout request to European creditors off the ground, the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has had to enact a series of confidence-building measures, the biggest of which was a steep increase in the sales tax from 13 to 23 percent.


Child Killed in Military Attack in Mexico:
A 12-year-old kid was killed in the southern Mexican state of Michoacan after agents from the federal police opened fire against villagers in the small port town of Ixtapilla, local press reported on Sunday.


Cuba Foreign Minister Demands End of Blockade as Embassy Opens: .
Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez spoke of the importance of addressing the outstanding issues between the U.S. and Cuba during a press conference Monday morning marking the reopening of embassies.


Anonymous vows revenge for masked activist shot dead by confused Canadian police:
 Anonymous group hacktivists are mounting a campaign to avenge a man "in a Guy Fawkes mask" shot dead by Canadian police in British Columbia on Thursday after being mistaken for a suspect. Cyber-attacks have already hit national police websites.


American families spent 16% more on college this year:
Families shelled out an average of $24,164 to cover college costs during the 2014-15 school year, compared to $20,882 the year prior. It's the first time in five years that families have increased college spending year over year, according to Sallie Mae.