The New Dark Age

21 March, 2011 — Information Clearing House

US Army ‘Kill Team’ in Afghanistan Posed for Photos of Murdered Civilians
By Jon Boone
– WARNING – Images depict the reality and horror of war – Viewer discretion advised.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27738.htm

West in “Mediaeval Crusade” on Gaddafi, Putin Says
By Maria Golovnina and Michael Georgy
China’s official newspapers on Monday stepped up Beijing’s opposition to air attacks on Libya, accusing nations backing the strikes of breaking international rules and courting new turmoil in the Middle East.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27738.htm

A Flippant Beginning to Another War
By: Timothy P. Carney
Maybe Obama doesn’t think 112 Tomahawk Missiles and a pledge to shoot down Libyan aircraft flying in their own airspace counts as “war”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27731.htm

Obama’s Serbia-Solution for Libya;
By Mike Whitney
All of Libya’s resources lie in the eastern province which can be easily split-off Serbia-style with the support of foreign imperialists using their proxy armies and their “democracy promoting” puppets.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27733.htm

Farrakhan Warns, Advises Obama on Libya
Video
Minister Farrakhan blasted Pres. Obama and Secy. Clinton for their arrogance in meddling in another sovereign nation’s affairs and publicly recommending regime change.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27734.htm

‘Barack-A-lujah! I Have Seen The Light!’
By Cindy Sheehan
I used to be against ALL wars and the use of violence, but (and I must admit a little confusion on this one, at first) now it seems that I am against wars, acts of war, and violence ONLY if a Republican is president.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27735.htm

Revolutions and Unrest in Arab Countries
Hezbollah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah Speech
Video
Any accusation that the US manufactured and launched these revolutions is unjust speech toward these peoples, especially that we are talking about regimes which are allied with the USA, serve the American project and pose no threat to Israel.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27736.htm

CIA Rambo Escapes Pakistan
By Eric Margolis
The US government just decided Islamic shariah law is not so bad after all – at least not in the case of jailed CIA agent Raymond Davis.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27732.htm

Libya: missile destroys Gaddafi building:
A missile totally destroyed an administrative building of Col Gaddafi’s Tripoli residence according to reports.
bit.ly/eG7R1T

Libya army declares immediate ceasefire as Western powers continue air strikes:
Western forces pounded Libya’s air defenses and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the “bombardment of civilians”.
bit.ly/ga79uE

Tripoli says coalition, rebels breaking ceasefire:
LIBYA on Monday accused coalition forces and rebels of violating a new ceasefire declared late on Sunday by Muammar Gaddafi’s military, JANA news agency quoted defence ministry sources as saying.
www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_647605.html

US / French attack kills 64 civilians in Libya:
Broadcaster Al Arabiya quoted the health official as saying that the death toll had increased from the 48 deaths cited by the Libyan armed forces. An estimated 150 people have been injured in the strikes.
bit.ly/eNPEGF

At least 14 dead on bombed east Libya road-Reuters: –
A Reuters correspondent saw a total of at least 14 dead on Sunday around the bombed out military vehicles of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on an east Libya road after Western strikes.
www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/20/libya-east-toll-idUSWEA961920110320

Libya In Pictures – From The Front Lines
cryptome.org/info/libya-fight/libya-fight-03.htm

Russia calls for halt to Libya attack:
“The reports say that during air raids on Libya strikes were also delivered on non-military facilities. … As a result, 48 civilians are reported dead and over 150 wounded,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the RIA Novosti news agency.
bit.ly/fmm0cf

Arab League chief condemns killing of Libya civilians by Western powers:
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa calls for emergency meeting to discuss situation in Libya, says Arabs did not want military strike on Libya by Western powers when the League called for a no-fly zone.
bit.ly/gBALwm

Venezuela’s Chavez: Airstrikes killing civilians in Libya:
Chavez was speaking on his Sunday TV and radio program. He called the military intervention “imperial madness.”
wapo.st/hvcdv9

UK Government refuses publicly to rule out ground troops in Libya:
The UK government’s Chancellor has pointedly refused publicly to rule out British ground troops being sent in – despite the clear position of UN Security Resolution 1973 to the contrary.
www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/14369

Bill Kristol calls for U.S. ground forces in Libya:
“The political goal is to remove Gaddafi and ultimately military assets will serve that political goal.”
www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/20/bill-kristol-calls-for-u-s-ground-forces-in-libya/

Anti-war activists arrested near White House:
More than 100 anti-war protesters, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, were arrested outside the White House on Saturday in demonstrations marking the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
bit.ly/dNptBX

52 people killed as Yemen president fires cabinet:
Several ministers have resigned from the government after security forces killed at least 52 protesters on Friday. Abdullah Alsaidi, Yemen’s ambassador to the United Nations, has also quit in protest over the violence.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/03/2011320180579476.html

Top army commanders defect in Yemen:
Troops and tanks deployed in Sanaa to protect anti-government protesters as senior military officials back uprising.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/03/2011320180579476.html

Nine killed in Iraq violence, 6 from same family:
Attacks around Iraq left nine people dead on Sunday, including six members of a family killed by a suicide bomber north of Baghdad, security sources said.
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7 insurgents killed in N. Afghan province: official:
NATO-led troops based in Afghanistan during search operation eliminated seven Taliban insurgents in Baghlan province, some 160 km north of capital city of Kabul on Sunday, an official said.
en.trend.az/regions/world/afghanistan/1848974.html

Two Gazans shot dead by Israel:
Palestinian medical officials said yesterday they had found two bodies southeast of Gaza City, apparently shot by Israeli troops a day earlier.
www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=178547

Hamas: If IDF continue to bomb Gaza, response will be severe:
The spokesman for Hamas’ Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, stated that the numerous rockets fired towards Israel in recent days are a message to Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip. “The resistance will not sit idle and watch the crimes of the occupation, especially in light of the recent bombings,” he said,
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4044887,00.html

Israel admits to kidnap of Gaza engineer:
Dirar Abu Sisi, 42, went missing “under unknown circumstances” in the early hours of Feb. 19 after boarding a train in the eastern city of Kharkiv bound for the capital Kiev, according to Viktoria Kushnir, a spokeswoman for the Ukrainian Interior Ministry.
bit.ly/gyM3eh

Ukrainian PM hopes Israel didn’t kidnap Palestinian who disappeared on Ukrainian train:
Azarov says he doesn’t want “to imagine that such things are carried out on the soil of a friendly state.” The interview was published on Thursday.
bit.ly/g5pygE

WikiLeaks: Christian leaders voiced support for Israel’s attack on Hezbollah:
Newly released WikiLeaks cables reveal Lebanese Christian leaders supported Israel’s strikes against Hezbollah during the Second Lebanon War
bit.ly/eNLyET

Saudi Arabian intervention in Bahrain driven by visceral Sunni fear of Shias:
Despite an official stance that the Saudis were there to restore order, the real aim was to crush the rebels
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/20/bahrain-saudi-arabia-rebellion

Iran expels Bahrain diplomat in tit-for-tat move: :
Iran ordered a Bahraini diplomat to leave the country on Sunday after Bahrain expelled Iran’s charge d’affairs amid rising tensions over protests in the Gulf island state.
gulfnews.com/news/gulf/bahrain/iran-expels-bahrain-diplomat-in-tit-for-tat-move-1.780100

Foreign plot against Bahrain ‘foiled’:
“There is a foreign plot that has been in the making for at least 20 to 30 years so that the ground is ready for its execution. If it is successful in one of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, it might spread
gulfnews.com/news/gulf/bahrain/foreign-plot-against-bahrain-foiled-1.780115

Fresh protests break out in Morocco:
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters gathered in Rabat and Casablanca on Sunday shouting “the Moroccan people demand change!” and holding up placards reading “For the freedom and dignity of the Moroccan people.”
www.presstv.ir/detail/170929.html

Egypt voters choose constitutional change as early results are released:
Partial preliminary figures show high turnout and favour eliminating restrictions on political rights and civil liberties
bit.ly/i6zFWo

America’s Saudi air war:
The Pentagon is planning to bring dozens of Saudis to the US to train them to fly – and to kill.
english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/03/2011316131230188238.html

About 30 arrested at rally for Wikileaks suspect:
Hundreds rallied outside a Virginia Marine Corps base to protest the treatment of an imprisoned Army private suspected of providing classified data to Wikileaks.
bit.ly/hHXoGJ

Wikileaks: Bradley Manning’s Welsh supporters protest:
Campaigners from Wales have travelled to London to protest over the alleged treatment of a US army private accused of leaking confidential papers.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-12800705

US ambassador to Mexico resigns:
Decision linked to disclosure of Carlos Pascual’s criticism of Mexican president’s handling of war against drug gangs.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/03/201132041757120738.html

Unemployment rises in nearly all metro areas:
Unemployment rose in nearly all of the 372 largest U.S. cities in January compared to the previous month
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/18/business/main20044747.shtml

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: 4,757
icasualties.org/oif/

Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,373

Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
$1,168,645,563,178
www.costofwar.com/