The New Dark Age

11 February, 2011 — Information Clearing House

Hosni Mubarak Resigns as President
By Al Jazeera
Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has resigned from his post, handing over power to the armed forces.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27453.htm

Al Jazeera English Live From Egypt
Video Live Stream
Video Reports From Egypt.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27365.htm

Palestinians Can Only Watch As Egyptians Are Living Their Dream
By Gideon Levy
All is despair. At the end of last week, the IDF once again invaded the camp and in the dark of night whisked four young men from their beds. Nobody in the camp knew why this happened, or where the men were taken.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27454.htm

Politics and Nonsense on Egypt
When the Dust Settles, US Policies Will Remain the Same
By James Zogby
Mike Huckabee, for example, used the occasion of the Egyptian uprising to make his 15th trip to Israel where he lamented that “the Israelis feel alone… and they cannot depend upon the United States, because they just don’t have confidence that the US will stand with them.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27455.htm

The Muslim Brotherhood is Kosher
By Gilad Atzmon
America makes its final preparation for a total geopolitical change. It grasps finally that its Barbarian little regional ally may not serve its interests after all. Israel and its lobbies better be prepared for the worst.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27462.htm

Iran Vows Mideast Without US, Israel
By Press TV
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that a new Middle East will be created in the near future without the United States and Israel.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27452.htm

The New Pharaohs of Egypt and the World
By John Stubley
The people of Egypt – the place in which such Pharaoh-ism originated – are showing us that now is the time for us to rise to the tasks of today. They are reminding us that no longer do we need to sacrifice our own freedom by elevating another into the position which we ourselves should rightly occupy. The thrones are ours.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27458.htm

Los Angeles Gets Tough with Political Protesters
By Kate Linthicum and Andrew Blankstein
For acts of political protest that his predecessor treated as mere infractions, Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich is seeking jail time.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27463.htm

A Christian Warmonger on Steroids
By Laurence M. Vance
The bottom line here is that the God of the Bible clearly honors those who show valor and gallantry in waging aggressive war in a just cause against the enemies of freedom, even while inflicting massive casualties in the process.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27457.htm

Building a Perfect Machine of Perpetual War
The Mexico-to-Colombia Security Corridor Advances
By Greg Grandin
The origin of this security corridor is Plan Colombia-Bill Clinton’s multibillion-dollar aid program to one of the worst human-rights violators in the world.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27460.htm

Make Sure the Wheelbarrow is Ready
By Mike Whitney
It’s a miracle. Who would have thought that Bernanke could engineer another bubble this fast. But he has.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27461.htm

My Associations with Liars, Bigots, and Murderers
By Thomas J. DiLorenzo
I speak of course of my recent visit to the U.S. House of Representatives to testify at Congressman Ron Paul’s first hearing on the Fed as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27456.htm

US Chamber’s Lobbyists Hired Hackers
To Sabotage Unions, Smear Chamber’s Political Opponents
By Lee Fang
The security firms hoped to obtain $200,000 for initial background research, then charge up to $2 million for a larger disinformation campaign against progressives.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27459.htm

More than 100 killed in southern Sudan :
At least 105 people have been killed in a spate of clashes between rebels and the south Sudanese army, days after results of a referendum on independence in the region.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/2011211134954234926.html

District governor along with 5 bodyguards killed, 8 hurt in martyrdom attack in Afghanistan:
The district governor of Char Dara district, Kunduz province along with five of his gunmen were killed and 8 more policemen were wounded in martyrdom operation on Thursday at approximately 11:00 am, local time.
bit.ly/fIyGcM

Eleven militants killed in Pakistan:
Pakistan’s military said it had killed 11 militants in the Swat valley, raising fears that rebels are again infiltrating the one-time tourism hub.
bit.ly/eHAT5C

US man Raymond Davis shot Pakistan pair ‘in cold blood’:
Lahore city police chief Aslam Tareen told a news conference that one of the men was killed while running away.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12427518

US tells Pakistan to release Davis or its envoy would be kicked out: Report:
The US has threatened Pakistan that its envoy will be “kicked out” if it fails to release the American official arrested for gunning down two men in Lahore by Friday, according to a media report.
bit.ly/icWc0q

Hosni Mubarak Resigns as President:
Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has resigned from his post, handing over power to the armed forces.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27453.htm

Egypt army vow on emergency rule:
Egypt’s military vows to lift a 30-year emergency when the crisis ends, as thousands mass in Cairo and President Mubarak goes to Sharm el-Sheikh.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12428273

Live blog Feb 11 – Egypt protests:
The Battle for Egypt – AJE Live Stream – Timeline – Photo Gallery – AJE Tweets – AJE Audio Blogs
blogs.aljazeera.net/middle-east/2011/02/10/live-blog-feb-11-egypt-protests

Fireworks in Beirut over Mubarak’s resignation:
Moments after Egypt’s Vice President Omar Suleiman made the announcement, the fireworks lit up the sky Friday night. Celebratory gunfire could be heard in the Shiite dominated areas in south Lebanon and in southern Beirut.
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4027245,00.html

Swiss freeze possible Mubarak assets:
“I can confirm that Switzerland has frozen possible assets of the former Egyptian president with immediate effect,” spokesman Lars Knuchel said, declining to specify how much money was involved.
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110211/wl_nm/us_swiss_mubarak

Wikileaks:US Embassy Cables: Suleiman vowed to prevent Hamas rule in Gaza:
Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman promised Israel in 2005 that he would prevent Hamas’ rise to power in the Gaza Strip, according to a document leaked to the WikiLeaks website and published by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten.
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4027149,00.html

Palestinians can only watch as Egypt is living their dream:
Residents of Jenin’s refugee camp closely followed events in the land of the Nile, in a mood of melancholy jealousy.
bit.ly/eWYdAD

Wikileaks:US Embassy Cables: The economic reasons behind the siege on Gaza:
The ripple effects of the Wikileaks documents are still being felt, but until recently Israeli officials continued to boast that the documents were ‘good for Israel’.
www.globalexchange.org/countries/mideast/palestine/7407.html

Turkey Gaza flotilla probe: Five shot dead at close range:
Report says Israel blatantly violated international laws.
bit.ly/fgzgak

US vows to oppose UN resolution on Israel:
The United States, a veto-wielding permanent UN Security Council member, will use “the tools that we have” to block a resolution condemning Israeli settlements, a top US diplomat said Thursday.
bit.ly/hLzrt6
 
Israel issues a travel warning to citizens visiting Venezuela:
Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau, attached to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, urged travelers to avoid “concentration of Israelis” in Venezuela, Egypt, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Mali and the Ivory Coast
english.eluniversal.com/2011/02/11/en_pol_esp_israel-issues-a-trav_11A5149013.shtml

Police in south Yemen disperse ‘day of rage’ protests:
Dozens of protesters in Aden called Friday for the secession of southern Yemen, before police moved in to disperse them, witnesses said.
uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20110211/twl-police-in-south-yemen-disperse-day-o-3cd7efd.html

US diplomat calls African dictator a good guy:
A U.S. diplomat called Equatorial Guinea’s dictator of 31 years one of “the good guys” in leaked diplomatic cables urging Washington to engage with its third largest oil supplier or risk endangering energy security.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/11/AR2011021102312.html

US Embassy Cables: Wikileaks:
US has spy at the NATO commander’s office: U.S. has secret sources of staff of NATO’s Secretary General. Sources leaking documents and information. The information is used to stop the initiative from the NATO commander.
www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/wikileaks/article4025424.ece

Julian Assange extradition hearing – final day live updates:
All parties return to Belmarsh magistrates’ court today for the last day in the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition hearing
www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/feb/11/julian-assange-extradition-hearing-live

When China goes hungry, the world shakes:
A SEVERE drought is threatening the wheat crop in China, the world’s largest wheat producer, resulting in shortages of drinking water for people and livestock.
www.smh.com.au/business/when-china-goes-hungry-the-world-shakes-20110211-1aqgl.html

IMF calls for dollar alternative:
The International Monetary Fund issued a report Thursday on a possible replacement for the dollar as the world’s reserve currency.
money.cnn.com/2011/02/10/markets/dollar/index.htm

Over 100 under investigation in Iceland bank crash probe:
Iceland’s Special Prosecutor into the banking crisis says that well over a hundred people are being investigated by his office.
www.icenews.is/index.php/2011/02/11/over-100-under-investigation-over-iceland-bank-crash/

US trade deficit widened by 33% in 2010:
The trade deficit – the difference between imports and exports – hit $497.8bn (£311bn) last year, up 32.8% on the year before, the biggest annual percentage gain since 2000.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12431066

Fannie, Freddie bailout: $153 billion … and counting:
When the dust settles, the federal bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be the most expensive government rescue of the financial crisis — it already stands at $153 billion and counting.
money.cnn.com/2011/02/11/news/companies/fannie_freddie_losses/index.htm

U.S. Home Values Lost $798 Billion Last Quarter:
The average home is down 27 percent from peak. This puts the total loss from the housing crash at an incredible $9.8 trillion.
www.businessinsider.com/zillow-fourth-quarter-798-billion-2011-2

Obama’s Big Budget Cut Proposals Target The Poor:
As Democrats and Republicans wrangle over fiscal austerity and the shape of the 2012 federal budget, the White House is targeting programs in the $4 trillion budget that benefit low-income Americans.
huff.to/gempyv

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,421,933"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’s War On Iraq: 4,754
icasualties.org/oif/
 
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,324

Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
$1,150,798,896,076
www.costofwar.com/